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I still listen to sor2 ost in the car.

My Uncle bought me Streets of Rage 3 and Eternal Champions plus the Sega Activator for Christmas in 1995. I also got the movie Heavyweights with Ben Stiller. At age 38 now, I still haven't had a better Christmas than back in 95. Although N64 Chtistmas two years later was pretty awesome too. Being a kid in the late 80s and into the 90s was the best!!! Love you guys!!!

Streets of Rage 3 just needed a few tweaks to be perfect to me. I thought it was a solid sequel though. It felt way darker than 1 and 2 tone wise.

There was a Streets of Rage game between SoR3 and 4. It was a 3D one. But then they renamed it Fighting Force.

They changed the intro and storyline. They took out Ash. There was supposed to be motorcycle levels that werent in either version. SOR 3 turned out pretty well considering what it could have been.

My friend lent me SoR2 , which lead to purchase SoR3 , i was blown away by the new moves and ability for all the characters to run and unlockable characters

The soundtrack takes a lot of flack for not being the same genre as 1 and 2, but it really is great stuff if you're into harder techno

I loved SOR 3, just hated they ramped up the difficulty and I never was able to beat it

I enjoyed the 3rd one.

once "dub slash" and "max man" starts playing you'll get the infinite adrenaline rush

I’ve always loved 3 best of all SOR prior to 4. I was aware of everything else mentioned but never knew the soundtrack was an issue until this video. I love how frantic Yuzo and the team made the music as it perfectly matched the bizarre nature of the game. SOR3 remains my favorite of the trilogy because it’s the most technical. Comparing to Street Fighter, I always said it’s the Third Strike/Super Turbo of SOR: flawed on the surface but definitely a gem on its own with a lot to be found

You can actually play as Ash with the Game Genie. SoA for whatever reason also changed his color pallet.

I always loved the music in club section of stage 2.

People hate on sor3 so much but in every way its my favorite one... well until 4 finally came out

The soundtrack is one of the best things about SOR3

Out of the first 3. Sor3 was my fave cuz it had so much content. I was a kid when it got released i can understand why people hated the music cuz it wasn't appealing at the time cuz it sounded too robotic which yuzo koshiro said that he was aiming and thats the premise of the game. He also said sor3 music waa his best work. Last few years people started to appreciate sor3 music

I just realised, Mona-Lisa

First thing I did when I hacked my megadrive mini was add Bare Knuckle 3.

Streets of Rage 3 was my favorite of the original tribology, the music was being the main part where it drew me in.

I don’t like when people forget to mention Motohiro Kawashima’s musical contributions. His music really turns the YM-chip to the MAX.

The Japanese version was great. The U.S. version was atrocious

I had fun playing Streets of Rage 3 with friends during my childhood. One thing that my friends and I often wondered was why Blaze looked nothing like the Streets of Rage 2 artworks. Her outfit didn't even match these artworks either. Part 3 fixed this though because she actually shared the same look in game.

I like how you say the game used the same enemy sprites as in SOR2 yet you clearly ignore the 2 (of many) you face immediately at the start of the game🤦🏾‍♂️

My brother used add player 2 moments before P1 was out of continues. Hard mode was no joke.

I should have invented some sort of funnel contraption to use in the arcades pumping quarters into these cabinets back in the day. I absolutely LOVED beat 'em ups and fighting games with a passion, especially Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, Final Fight, and Streets of Rage.

I tried playing Streets of Rage 3, but the stage with the flashing lights started hurting my eyes, so I stopped playing it at that point, I don't have epilepsy, but I would worry for anyone who does on that stage.

Sor 3 was the first one i ever played and the robots and cyborg stuff made it my favorite to this day.

SOR3, at the end of the Genesis era, needed to play it safe rather than be experimental. It needed to look, play and SOUND like a SOR game. Why it failed was because it didnt hit the mark on the third requirement...the sountrack is a major part of the experience. The difficulty I could have handled as long as I was rockin' to some killer tunes but since we weren't, the whole experience became unworthy of our time spent playing it. 🤷‍♂️

Personally always think 3 the best from previous. Still didn't get why some praises 2 over it, but then again, I always played the JP version back in the day. While I never understood what those JP test are, it's the game core what's matter. It would be years later when I learned about the international releases, being retitles as "Street of Rage" which imo not very impressive as opposed to Bare Knuckle which hits hard by the pronounce alone. Then there's those many cuts on those international releases. No wonder 3 was heavily panned out there, it would probably get way better reception if it stays like how the JP version does.

I know that the Shinobi Music during the boss fight may have been an Easter egg, but does it hint that Streets of Rage and Shinobi series take place in the same world?

SOR3 was great. The soundtrack was not as good as part one or two. But it was excelent experimental music. Those acid and IDM vibes where way ahead of it's time.

All it needed was better music, no robots, and more levels.

flaws and all, i still love SOR3. the first genesis game i had for the system.

I could almost see Ash being removed from the US version because people were afraid he’d turn their kids gay.

I still think that SOR 1 has the best 16bit music of all time 🤘🏽i had to stop this vid and play SOR3 i got to stage 3 and an hour just passed by, ok back to the vid…Continue

I think Ash could come back if he's redesigned. He can still be gay and flamboyant whilst still having a proper fighting style.

SoR3 was in line with SEGA games that launched around its time. The story and lore helped moved the series along just like Rushing Beat 3/Peace Keepers.

I was happy to see Streets of Rage 4 out but was turned off when paid DLC came out. Thankfully, I got gifted the GOG version and never upgraded to the version that has ads on the menu to purchase the DLC.

So a Japanese dojo level out of place in a martial arts beat em up game? 😂

I loved SOR 3. I’ll never understand the hate towards it.

Those robots near the end of Streets 3 is more like RoboCop than Terminator. Never mind you finally mentioned that. 😊

I like this soundtrack. i never played the game, but it's impressive since fm synthesis requires so much musical experience to make it shine. Yuzo koshiro and motohiro kawashima are impressive maybe aphex twin will be on the new streets of rage soundtrack?

regarding localization, I asked the late Michael Latham (the creator of Eternal Champions) about this several years back. This was all marketing's doing.

What I recall about this game was that most reviewers were furious over the censorship in the Western release. *Removing* the gay character was a major sticking point (showing how things have flipped in super dork culture) and there was a massive freakout over the music. I don't recall much annoyance about Blaze getting jacked for the third one relative to what she looked like in the first game. That would probably be the meltdown today.

I had already forgotten that it existed. Then I saw the kangaroo and remembered.

I don’t care what anyone says, SOR3 is one of my favorite games of all time!

I love that Sega still took Final Fight and did it better on a home console

Streets Of Rage Remake is the only version that anyone would ever need

Streets of Rage 3 is a masterpiece. It has the best battle system of the original trilogy. Period. The OST was different, but still brilliant. People just reacted negatively because it wasn't the same style as the first two games. It fit the darker tone of the plot and stage designs. The only negative mark is how much the US version butchered it. If you focus purely on Bare Knuckle 3, the game is the best in the series imo. The outrage was so bad that even the developers of 4 mostly ignored 3 and regressed the gameplay back into SOR2.5. It's quite a shame.

Axel's color palette swap was a deal breaker

Hahaha, I totally forgot about the Ash character

The Japanese version of Streets of Rage 3 is available in the Sega Classics Collection for XBox, Switch and PS4.

Didn't even realise it had any hate. I prefered it to SoR2 as it expanded the move list. Being able to run and do moves after dashing added alot more to it.

The game starting out with its first level in broad daylight was an instant red flag for me

I remember when your channel started. You've kept the charm, intelligence, and fighting fire alive well. Great show my friend

I enjoy every SoR game, but the music on the 3rd one is my only complaint

SoR2 had the best soundtrack for sure of the 3, but SoR3 was my favorite due yo the storyline and additional hidden characters. I remembered unlocking Shiva accidentally as a kid and playing this with my dad who love playing as Axel. I of course used Skate. Still enjoy playing SoR3 to this day, although i never played the Japanese version and i always wanted to.

Speaking of Streets of Rage... and since you've been putting out content for these games again. You've covered the Remake & 2X fan-made games in the past, wonder if we should get an update on X which is 2X's new name for future updates, as well as finally covering New Era... which the version 3.0 upcoming update is looking mad promising, a fan-made SoR game that also supports modding & 4 player online. High recommend on covering New Era, even pre-version 3... which is and was already shaping up to probably be one of the best SoR fan-made experiences.

Bare Knuckle III introduced some quality of gameplay improvements, allowing most if not all playable characters to run, the ability to dash vertically, and changed the way special attacks work to reduce the amount of the life bar used if the player is patient enough. Though the music isn't as catchy as the first two entries. Streets of Rage III has a bugfix here or there when compared to Bare Knuckle III, but the irritating choices to change the characters' outfit colours, put the difficulty through the roof, remove one or more unlockable characters and butcher the story kill my enjoyment of the game. I'll live with the bugs in BKIII.

I had no idea there was outrage. I loved it. For me there was only Rage. Nothing was out. Also, I can listen to “Dub Slash” on an endless loop for the rest of my life.

There’s a copy of this, no book for £120 in CEX near me. I picked up the Megadrive Collection for PS3 and it features all 3 SoR games.

I never could beat it as a kid, the bulldozer mini boss always took like 2 lives from me. But recently replayed as an adult on a Sega simulator console. It’s still tough, but after some practice I learned the patterns and could get the official ending. Pretty sweet after all those years

Because the Tokyo club scene music they used. It's not good, or it doesn't sound good on the Genny sound chip

idgaf the char select theme for sor3 is godlike and nothing will ever change my mind

Part 3 was clutch and i used to love playing all three in order and when i found out about Sor remix my mind was blown! 😂😎💯I still play the remix because i love how well bombergames put it together 💪🏿

Luckily I had bare knuckles 3.. I had all 3 of them and the 3rd part is my all time favorite. The music is awesome, I don't care who says what.

I'm so glad we had the bare knuckle import instead of streets of rage 3 growing up. It was class

Hey man, I was just wondering when Are you going to cover ''Ultimate Double Dragon" Been really looking forward to that one, loved the ''Legend Of The Double Dragon'' one!!

Great game

21:00 I can't remember so well so please forgive me but, with the Megadrive/Genesis cartridges, if you imported a cartridge from another region, didn't you have to "shave" (cut) the cartridge on both sides to "fit" your console? (I'm sorry, this is going way back but I heard something like this needed to be done because of the shape of the cartridges/slots of different regional consoles. Can anyone clarify? Thanks bros 👍

Just a tiny small correction in your video, in order to play as Victy also known as Roo the kangaroo you need to defeat the clown, and only the clown and he will escape, if you defeat him first he will not join you, in your video you killed him first with axel lol

To better understand the pressure that was present on Ancient at the time in I993, Bare Knuckle III was in development at the same time as The Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis), this is ultimately the reason for why both games have Demo or Prototype Tracks that were not properly converted to their respective soundfonts that you can still listen to in the Sound Test and you truly have to commend Yuzo Koshiro and company for working Double Time and change to get both of these completed in a timely manner; as for the production handicaps of Bare Knuckle III, the axing of the extra content (Ash, as well as Round 02 and 07's Motorcycle segments, as well as Round 06's Underground area that was fortunately restored in as close to its original vision in Bare Knuckle III DX) may very well have been a mixture of Time Costs and Quality Control, and looking further at matters I think that I wouldn't be wrong today to say that is a convincing truth: ~ Even if it has never been explicitly stated by developers at Ancient and Sega Consumer Research and Development 03, Ash is most likely a direct reference to Glenn Hughes of The Village People, his Leatherman design was prominent in the I970s and he was still using it at this time before he left the band in I996; this being said though, Ash's gameplay is not properly polished, many of us wouldn't be able to truly witness his peak gameplay capabilities until Bare Knuckle Remake (Streets of Rage Remake) and that alone should be enough to tell us how much was left on the table because he clearly was not ready for American Primetime. Had he not been cut out in the Censored releases, I feel Ash would be more similar to his BK Remake counterpart, he is a very Technical character to master in III because of the precision that you need with every one of his actions and an optimal version of him would've made him far more than viable to be incorporated in the International builds that he would've become a fixture right away. ~ Round 02 and 07's Motorcycle segments presumably had to be axed due to the code for them not being optimized in time for launch, it is believable at this point that these would've been this game's equivalent to the Horse and Surfing segments in The Super Shinobi II (Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master) and if there are some overlaps in their handing then I wouldn't be surprised; we still need to get the Prototype ROMs that have these intact, there should be at least Two ROMs to look out for (the one with Round 02's segment should predate the one with Round 07's by a few months, given their dynamic differences in Menu Visuals) and we might need to get help from current and former members of the Gaming Press who covered Bare Knuckle III's development throughout Mid to Late I993 (if not Early Quarter 0I of I994). ~ Round 06's Underground segment getting shelved was probably also the end result of the area not being polished enough in time for launch, the area is still very rough in older builds of Bare Knuckle III DX (despite how much effort was put in to get it to work) and it truly shows how ambitious this area was originally supposed to be; no matter what, the Poison Gas would've still activated before Axel and company made it out of Mister X's building, the escape from the building is incredibly brutal and if you can manage to do this without losing a single stock then you will have truly mastered this game's handling and routing.

Ain't no way Mr X would be allowed his cigarette in 2024

Is Ash in the Japanese version of BR3 on the Sega Collection for PS4? If so is it the same method to unlock ?

SoR III was my favorite, still is. Granted- when I was a kid cyborg scientists was a VERY easy way to win me over.

Not as good as Streets of Rage 2 and hard as balls, but still a really good game.

I'm sure no one will read my sor2 story... But growing up we couldn't afford game consoles. I was given a busted up Genesis by a neighbor. Sometimes the sound would go out and I'd play in silence for hours at a time. I saved up like 10 bucks and told my dad to take me to a game store called electronic boutique. This was when the PlayStation 2 was already out and they had a few in the back and I remember some guys playing Tekken tag. I was drawn in by the cover art of sor2 and I had enough with the 10 bucks I had to buy it. When I went to the register the employee laughed at me and said " you really wanna buy this" ... I remember feeling kinda embarrassed, but when I got home and finally got it to load on my busted Genesis I was hooked! And luckily the sound on my Genesis worked that night too 😂 best sound track ever!!!

Bro that was a great video

They tried to sneak that flamer Ash into the game and all hell broke loss lol

SOR 3 is definately an aquired taste. Ultimately I really came to appreciate the US version after completing it. The ability to run and dodge up and down plus all the additional moves was aweome for mobility and crowd control, making it play the best out of any of the 3 entries. Its still not my favorite entry because its a little too drawn out overall. I think the core combat is the best it ever was, at that time, however. The music kind of grew on me too, though not near the extent of previous games, but it does fit the theme pretty well. The game has some nice looking areas, like the construction area with debris blowing around. Some nice atmosphere. Though the colors looked more dull then previous entries to me. My biggest issue wasnt the extra challenge, but how it was implemented. It feels like your fighting waves and waves of enemies for an especially long time before it lets you inch the screen. The bosses seem to have alot more health and fights can really drag on. A good example is the samurai bosses. Theres 3 of them and they have multiple health bars each. I feel like sections over stay consistantly. Since these bosses can only be hit at very specific openings, this can really be tedious. It was satisfying once I really mastered crowd control and that was definately my favorite aspect of the game, not so much the boss fights. There is a little too much of the same enemy types thrown at you in waves. Enemy types are mixed up but you spend ALOT of time fighting the same enemies before you can advance the screen. Prefer the pacing of the first 2 games. Some bosses really exploit the old Hit and Run or hide off screen tricks that never enhance these types of games for me. For anyone interested I went over the practice process and all the details of my playthrough in this tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc6eo7Wjut3ao5c.html I show all the 1 Up locations and go into detail about why I think Zan was a great character for a first time playthrough.

Streets of rage 2 was the best

Adam should have returned as a playable character in Streets of Rage 3

Please do videos on the two D&D beat em ups, the bouncer, urban reign, mortal kombat shaolin monks, the scott pilgrim vs the world game, dragon's crown, & mighty morphin power rangers mega battle

I actually liked sor3 the best it's not as stiff as 2 other than the sound track witch is not bad everything else was an upgrade I never agreed with people saying it ain't as good

I never heard one person that played the game complain about the music at all.. They all said it was too much like part 2 and too quick

One of my biggest problems was the repetition of the stage 1 theme i mean come on really thats what theyre gonna use for the bosses especially Shiva i would have preferred to hear his sor2 theme rather than the stage1 theme

To me, the gameplay was the bigger problem. The controls on SoR3 were a lot less tight. Skate got a giant nerf, Blaze and Axel became floaty to play. The gouge meter was way to punishing and only reliant on time to fill, wich made u never use your specials properly or without getting a massive health loss. Bear Knucle 3 seens better, but i dont think would be enought

It was my favorite Streets of Rage and I don't care why people think I'm not allowed to feel that way. I am surprised anything could be outrageous about it, though. Maybe now when everything is, but back then?

I played SOR3 before 2 and even 1 as a kid, so my nostalgia for 2 isn't nearly as strong as those who grew up playing 2 before 3. Without SOR2 as a reference, I thought SOR3 was fine, certainly a quality beat 'em up for the Sega Genesis to put up against the poor SNES Final Fight port (including the "Blockbuster Video-exclusive" version Final Fight Guy that replaced Cody with Guy) or even either of its questionable SNES-only sequels, but for nostalgia reasons I wouldn't necessarily put it up against the SNES port of Capcom's Knights of the Round or even the Sega CD port of Final Fight. Once I got a hold of the SNES port of Konami's TMNT Turtles in Time back then, however, the convo immediately became "Streets of What?" "Who's Fight?"

Some of those tunes on SOR3 are headache inducing. This game needed more time to be refined and less meddling from Sega of America.

SOR2 was more polished. SOR3 had more content but less polished and the music was way ahead of its time. Only now can you appreciate its style. I play both OSTs in my car :)

SOR3 is my least favourite of the series due to the atrocious localisation of Bare Knuckle 3 with the ridiculous difficulty spike with the game being far harder than the first 2 games combined. I know many people give the soundtrack a lot of flack but I like the soundtrack even if it’s more experimental in its nature. Anyway great video as always Top Hat Gaming, i definitely enjoy your content.

The game wasn't bad, it was the music that turned people off.

I dont remember this stage in sor2 lol 2:20

I'm not gonna lie Crazy Train and Ash theme are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I loved it when i played it. Love the power meter system (i hate when special moves are tried to mine health meter), the unlockable fighters, multiple endings, & the story was good too. Yeah censorship sucks...but I'm not shocked 😂 his a stereotype. If he wasn't slapping & crying; I don't think people would've had a problem with it. Funny enough, that dude it op. He melts life bars with his slaps.

Best beatemup ever

Before I watch this video. I remember me and my friends seeing a remake of the 2nd game with just different characters. Still same levels just longer. Wasn't worth the £40 - £55 price for a game that was already more likely back in your home.

I feel like people were too critical of SOR3. It was a classic IMO I liked the music, i knew they were going with a rave type of feel. But SOR3 and Remake are my preferred SORs.