

This rule isn't consistent as the boss refights in Round 6's elevator room do not reveal their HP bar. * HP bars from the enemies are only used for mid-bosses and major bosses.

* The stat stamina actually means something, Axel takes the least amount of damage whereas Skate takes more damage than Axel/Blaze to the point he can lose 100% of his life from an explosion caused by destroying a robot. * Axel's jumping attack sprite is using his knee to harm enemies which is identical to his Streets of Rage 1 counterpart. * This is the only version of Streets of Rage 2 to only have 1 type of aerial attack, just like all 3 versions of Streets of Rage 1.

Axel is a direct hit fireball and is the strongest out of the three whereas Blaze and Skate star specials are full screen but deal slightly less damage than Axel's. * This is the first true appearance of Star Specials (27 years before Streets of Rage 4), the input method is to stand still and hold the attack button for a few seconds then release it when your character is in a charging pose, they are all very deadly moves and great against bosses. The only mode I couldn't test properly is multiplayer due to the lack of a good Game Gear emulator (from my knowledge) and lacking 2 Everdrive carts to test it on real hardware.įun facts about Game Gear SoR2 if you haven't played this entry. The SoR2 GG quirks from final build are still in the prototype build including stamina differences (Skate dying to an explosion) and always facing left when walking upwards. Doing the same method on the prototype build doesn't work which makes me wonder if this is a near 100% build as the main game itself is very identical.įrom my playthrough as Axel, I didn't noticed anything different. The method for the final build is to set BGM at 14 and set SE at 21, then whilst highlighting SE, hold + then press up to refresh the option menu to unlock level select, invincibility and higher starting lives (originally 5 now can go up to 9). As a die-hard fan who played the game to not only 1 Credit Clear the game on Hard but also speedran it at European Speedrunner Assembly charity events a few years ago, I was really interested to see if I can spot anything different.įirst, I had a look and checked if the cheats still work.
