Yep, just thought I'd tell the fighting game fans here that if they didn't know already the game has been released :D

Just played it - freaking awesome piece of work!!! XD

I've also posted a comment about it in the "Free games list and 3rd party mods" topic.

Cool! Thanks for posting, I'll be sure to try it in the next few days.

Yup just saw this at RPS too. Really cool. If I recall correctly, the last last update they had was a bit barebones, so this latest one is really quite a surprise.

Looks amazing, I've downloaded it and will be playing this evening!

oh crap, I stole a char from the item shop and now I'm barred!! I guess I owe Blaze some points, lmao

This game is kicking my arse.

I know I tend to suck at action games, but believe it or not, I actually completed SOR1+2 back in the day! (and all three in two player mode several times).

Also, any parts where you have to jump (across the subway trains, or rope bridge) are really far too difficult if you choose a character with low jump. I tried going through the stage on top of the train with Max, and couldn't make it.

I love Final Fight ever so much, but I never played Streets of Rage, so I should probably get this.

I like beat-em-ups, but I don't seem to run across them on PC very often. The only one I've played recently cast me as an effeminate half-demon with a motorcycle sword, which is not nearly as awesome as the mayor not wearing a shirt.

fired it up just now and i love it, so many memories coming back of playing the originals, looking forward to seeing the new stuff too (already loving Adams new moves)

also trying to work out which of the routes correspond to which games (especially confusing with there being 4 to choose)

This is just very close to perfection. Only thing missing is netplay.... even though it's still the best to fight your way through hordes of thugs with a friend at your side!

I've been playing this a bit. There is major awesome going on here. Love it.

But can somebody clue me in on what the "Series" and "Special Combo" buttons do? I cannot figure them out, and the manual is no help.

"Series" lets you perform the last "knockdown" attack in your basic combo, useful if your surrounded - KD the folk on one side quickly then turn and fight the others.
"Special Combo" is related to your "forward, forward, attack" move. When you have 1-3 stars below your health bar (you earn one every 40000 pts without dieing - lose one when you die) you can perform an alternate and slightly more powerful version of the attack if you use this button instead of the normal attack button. (if you have "Star Moves" in the Game Options set to "X Button")
Incase you didn't know, (I'll assume you don't if you didn't know about the buttons) When the "OK Bar" is filled you can use your special attacks without them draining health, if its semi-filled then health loss is reduced.

If some folk are finding the game hard set the options to these, you might find the game a little easier:
GAME
Player Damage - No
Star Moves - X Button (you can still perform the original move with the normal attack button this way)
Weapon - SOR 1 (if you like using Max and don't like weapons to much, you might prefer to use SOR 2 - You drop weps when you grab folk)
Meter Type - Both
Combo - SOR 2
Jump - SOR 1
Death - SOR
Use Guns - Yes

MISC
Camera - SOR 3
SOR 3 Exception - No
Police - Yes
Run N Roll - Yes
Pause Delay - Remake

HAPPY RAGIN' :)

This has taken me by surprise; I had started thinking this was never going to come out.

Many thanks for the heads up. :)

Hmm. My back attack is also a knockdown, so that could be useful. I noticed that the button did a high kick with a cooldown, but I figured there was more to it than that.

I noticed that my dash attack powers up as I earn more stars, but my character performs her upgraded attack automatically. I have Star Moves set to B button. Putting that together with what's in the manual, I guess that means setting it to X button lets me use the basic one with 'attack' and the powered-up one with 'special combo'? Does that mean it pretty much does nothing if it's set to B button?

I did get that much, at least. I definitely abuse that special attack. :p

Thanks for the help, that clears things up a lot.

This game is pretty awesome. I've been playing as Blaze; I poked around a bit with all the characters, and her moves and control feel the best to me right now, though I'm sure I'll play more with the others as well (okay, not Skate, and maybe not Max, that guy is slow as hell). I managed to get as far as Shiva, but by that point I had no lives and no continues left, so it wasn't a very long fight.

By the way, what's up with Adam? His stats on the character screen are way better than anyone else's. Is he actually that strong? He did seem pretty nasty from what I played of him.

If your surrounded performing a Series, Back attack is easier than doing series, turn, series or turn, back, turn, back. But I never really noticed anything else about the attack or button.

Almost spot on, but there is also a way to use the button to perform star moves even if you don't have the necessary amount of stars. I personally never used this, I don't rely on dash attacks that much. Scroll down to the bottom of the 1st post

When you unlock the unlimited special bar cheat Max is freaking awesome - you just charge all over the damn place with him. I lost only 2 lives with him when i played with an AI on hard. :)

I never really used Adam in the original and I haven't used him yet in this, so I can't comment but I guess the reason they decided to make him pretty strong would be because Mr X captured him first in SOR2 because he's possibly the strongest and thought the other 2 wouldn't have been much of a threat without him, if only he knew about Max and Skate :D

Well, thats my reasoning for his strength anyway.

Downloaded this the other day but have not tried it yet. I'm not that into beat 'em ups, but 16bit fun like this is hard to turn down.