It's clearly a passion project, rather than any kind of cash-in, as evidenced by the devs' strict mandate that it must not be charged for. 19 playable biff-masters, 64 enemies, 103 stages, plus local co-op and all manner of bonus content. No simple tribute, it's in fact an attempt to merge all three Streets of Rage games into one enormous omni-basher. After a remarkable eight years in development, you can play the 'final' version of this labour of violent love right now. Now, a cartel of indie devs have painstakingly remade the bally thing as an elaborate, faithful but free PC game. And yes, I do remember that thing where the police car turns up and bombs everything to death with as much fondness as the next man.
No matter - many buttons were bashed, many men were thumped, many naughty-swears were uttered.
Though it might have been the second game, now I think of it. I have only foggy memories of Sega's 1991 side-scrolling man-thumper Streets of Rage (I was more of a Final Fight man, played on a chum's Amiga) but I remember visiting the house of the only boy in the world to own a Mega-CD / Sega CD and playing it with him there.
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