The police force, as Axel knew it, was gone with everyone he knew either transferred or fired so our heroes must save the city by themselves! Time to teach these thugs what being a pirate is really like! Ex, the syndicate leader! In the following days, the syndicate had taken complete control of the city. One day, Skate's house is trashed while he was at school and his brother, Adam, had been kidnapped! At the ruined house's doorstep, there was a photo of Adam kneeling before someone they know all too well: Mr. Axel and Blaze are former police officers, Max is Axel's friend, and Skate is Adam's little brother (Adam was from the first Streets of Rage). For starters, it can be played solo or with a friend as players control one of four friends: Axel, Blaze, Max, and Skate. Streets of Rage 2 released during December 1992 in North America and January 1993 in Japan. Streets of Rage 2 was one of the best beat 'em ups of the '90s so let's have some fun playing through this classic brawler yet again. Written by Alex Legard for Retrospectives on J👊