STREETS OF RAGE Z History - The OUTRAGEOUS Game from CHINA!

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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of Streets of Rage Remake. The amazing fan project that is argued by many to be better than the original trilogy
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[@arthurwindsor5726]

I personally could never get tired of streets of rage content

[@duncandownham4726]

I also suffer whatever this condition is

[@tobydanger86]

Same lol

[@user-xs2pc2im9i]

If I recall correctly, the first OpenBOR SOR mod (and used as a base for other SOR OpenBOR mods later) was Rage of the Streets, created by AxelBlazeAdam and Albatross, and released in 2006. Then a modded version of Rage of the Streets, with 4-player support, new stuff, some of them ripped from the version 4.0 of Streets of Rage Remake, and new routes was released as "Streets of Rage XXX" (XXX is pronounced as Triplex), and it was made by Chinese developer Allan.Cylakes in 2007. There is some videos of this mod development here on KZbin. In early 2010, a Chinese developer named Volcanic released "Bare Knuckle Vacuum". Volcanic also re-used some stuff from the last two OpenBOR games and the Remake, however the game fared so much better Gameplay-wise, even being "head-to-head" at the Remake's gameplay (the SOR BOR mods compared to the Remake back then were a lackluster, Vacuum was a big improvement). Vacuum also introduced new routes and a new Combo system. Then a upgraded version of Vacuum, released as "Bare Knuckle VI" was made by Volcanic and AnKing, again with new updates and now ripping some of the stuff of Streets of Rage Remake version 5.0, gameplay-wise same as Vacuum. The "Z" series was made by ChiNa, who also re-used some stuff from Vacuum (I think Z was made with Bare Knuckle Vacuum as a base) and some time later ChiNa would release Streets of Rage Z 2 with Ralf and Yuri from KOF as playable characters, again with new stuff and some of them ripped from SORR.

[@user-xs2pc2im9i]

Aaaaaaaand back in 2010 Sega would release the original Streets of Rage to mobile phones, which was developed by a Chinese game studio.

[@joethestrat]

12:20 Jesus, 2 boxers and an Abedede?! That's brutal.

[@docsavage4921]

As far as coverage goes, look up Legend of the Double Dragon. It's intended as a fan remake of SNES Super Double Dragon, complete with cut scenes and story that never made it into the game. But they took the ball and ran with it to create something totally original. Put it this way, you know the term "easy to pick up, hard to master"? This game has that. The sheer depth and scope of the fighting engine is just mind blowing, especially for an OpenBor game.

[@AngelSammy]

"It came from China". I heard what you did there, well done!!!!! XD

[@rayneoftera]

Me too, hahahahaha!

[@miguelwesten3408]

CCP entered the chat*

[@devilmaycry383]

🤣

[@MentalDeviant]

It's the Chinese Streets of rage 😂

[@c7po457]

Haha I can't say or hear the word 'China' without thinking of Trump's way of saying it

[@andrewhughes5205]

The boss at the 7:30 mark is Jadoh from the super Nintendo game Tuff e Nuff (Dead Dance in Japan).

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Thank you!

[@hdofu]

I thought it looked like him or cheap boss type used in mugen.

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

I knew someone would already have beat me to the punch given how much time has past. 'Tuff E Nuff (aka Dead Dance)' was a post-apocalyptic competitive fighting game that takes place in the 22nd century. It was developed and published by Jaleco in the early 90's and at the time was probably the closest thing to a 'Fist of the Northstar' fighting game available on the SNES.

[@Gouzinstrumentals]

i luv tuff e nuff 😍 1 of the 1st snes games i ever played

[@osurpless]

Andrew Hughes People need to splice in stuff from the utterly self-aware Violent Storm. The music itself being used would be far more memorable than Mortal Kombat yet again.

[@RobertBatchelor]

The mutants are ripped from Mutation Nation on the NeoGeo MVS.

[@SonGara]

As a huge SoR fan, I had no idea there were fan remakes let alone so many of them, but honestly I'm not surprised. Will need to track down and try to play some of these. Thanks for the video.

[@victorlaurence2204]

Thank you very much for reviewing this fantastic game! Max has a spinning pile driver when you reach power level L5. Grab any enemy and then press down, up and punch!

[@ChronikSpartan]

Glad to see you went with the thumbnail suggestion 😉

[@OzzieAstaroth]

At 9:52 the boss X8 is a boss known as Kozuma from the Neo Geo game Eight Man. A kind of obscure reference, but I do really like that game.

[@C1K47]

I play Streets of Rage 2X. It allows up to 4 players, it has Widescreen, air combos, input commands (quarter circle forward + attack), etc... In my opinion the best OPENBOR SOR

[@robertlawrence9000]

Oh? Is that Streets of Rage 2 themed only?

[@NBeev1]

Blanka from SF2 is one of the end of stage bosses in 2X

[@PsychoGoldVideos]

@@robertlawrence9000 No it has a SOR3 route and you can unlock additional characters and modes as you complete the game

[@robertlawrence9000]

@@PsychoGoldVideos oh cool! Thanks. So is it different than Streets of Rage Remake or does it use any of the same assets or something?

[@robertlawrence9000]

@@NBeev1 that sounds cool. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

[@themollymachine]

As a kid me and my friend called fatty boom boom “the big fat fire baby”

[@p1Stunts]

Oh man, I remember my times messing around with OpenBOR back in 2013. The sheer number of mods available are endless. It's a shame that the first hosting site for these mods went under and a lot of them became lost media. However, there are still a vast number of them available today.

[@stevensonchambers5577]

Is it me or did I see Slash from Final Fight as one of the enemies?

[@MorbidThrasher666]

Yup

[@user-py3nk3wj8w]

Known as "Roads Of Anger" in the states

[@LobsterPuncher]

I prefer Highways of Hatred.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

My boxed copy called it Pathways of Pisstivity...hmmm...probably got a UK bootleg.

[@JesusSaves86AB]

Bare Chuckle

[@Lenriak]

I got a bootleg that has no difficulty options, was called 'Footpaths of Mild Annoyance'.

[@JesusSaves86AB]

"Trails of Irritability"

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Thanks for sharing did not know of this game, really enjoy your video's keep on going ! 😃

[@danielebagnasco1123]

6:55 the v4 version of the final boss theme is so particular, i simply love it

[@neddyf00]

Finally, you're just discovering what is Openbor. There are plenty of other mods really well done. Actually this one is just an old strange one. Glad to see some videos talking about this modding game "scene" !!

[@Control-Max]

D you know what game is that at 15:10 by any chance? Thank you

[@greathornytoads2260]

Great video , much enjoyed !!

[@joeyvdm1]

Thanks THGM. I have never heard of this. It does look fun though. I am gonna see if I can find it and give it a bash. I love me some streets of rage👍

[@eduardopereiradossantosmel7403]

How about a video of Violent Storm?

[@MatMadikGCA]

AWESOME 🎩👏!!! I hope you can find out what the Chinese text at the end meant eventually 😊.

[@wrena79]

Denjin Makai 2 is one of the very best beat-em-up’s out there imo. The original which got a release on SNES is worth a look too. As someone who’s not that up on the whole rom hack scene I’d love a decent video explaining how to get games like this running. Appreciate it’s not really your ‘style’ but if anyone can recommend one in KZbin I’d be very appreciative 👍

[@arrozconeverything]

The fact that there is a clip of you running the art museum steps in Philly....bravo. I'll buy you a beer if you find yourself here, in future.

[@7ten]

God I remember playing the KOF scrolling beat em up on the Dreamcast! What a throwback

[@ikagura]

What was the name?

[@7ten]

Beats of rage

[@ikagura]

@@7ten Thanks

[@avalond1193]

Great video! I love streets of rage

[@timjoseph3971]

We still need to see WORLD HEROES review from you...

[@JeffreyOsb]

The first stage backdrop is clearly supposed to be NYC. You can see the Empire State Building and at least one other notable buildings in it.

[@emanuelespinoza9325]

Regarding how over the top it gets later on, some of it feels similar to the shift in style when reading Matthew Drury's Streets of Rage Saga fanfic. I mean, sure, I can live with robots and cyborgs in some of the stories, but as the stories progress, it definitely dives into the supernatural and religious allegory.

[@KuroInuSama69]

you might wish to take.a look into Final Rage. one of the many final fight/ Streets.of rage mashup games made in the S.O.R Game engine for a lark.

[@mikeb8674]

I mentioned it in the last fighting game, but it goes better here: Undercover Cops. Just wild, over-the-top action. People throwing cars, every punch looks like someone's head is coming off. It's the game review we need.

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

It almost looks like an old-school 'Fist of the Northstar' brawler.

[@dalesanteford7432]

Very cool I really enjoy Streets of Rage I play this game a lot on my Xbox One the remake really look something I want to play

[@erickr4ndom]

Nice video! Never would have known of this game if it wasnt by you. Where can i download it and on which platform can i play it?

[@MrSergeta]

I'll repeat my suggestion from your Street of Rage Remake review: you should try TMNT Rescue Palooza. It's a great beat em up that does a great call back to the franchise. As for this game, this looks interesting and gets a big plus for 4 player co-op. I find it weird that it included a out of series character in place of Skate, whose my second favorite character besides Blaze. Thanks for the review. Keep it up!

[@michaelrossLegit]

Thanks for showing streets of rage love

[@nujevad28]

I think he's building up for Streets of Rage 4.

[@boonboy8333]

Nice one👍🏻 King of the Monsters 2 for the neogeo would be great when you can.

[@logank6732]

Great that you are reviewing OPENBOR games! Some titles that deserve reviews are NightSlashers X which greatly improves the original, Justice League United, Marvel Infinity War, TMNT Recue Palooza, Final Fight LNS Ultimate and there is one based of He Man ;)

[@vincentshadetree]

7:35 That was the final boss Jade in the Jaleco game, Tuff-e-Nuff. Jaleco had a great assortment of beat em ups back then. Loved them

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Since i cant play SOR4, i will check out this fan game

[@ItsFreakinJesus]

Since you're going over Beats of Rage games, you need to check out Super Final Fight Gold Plus. Final Fight + Street Fighter.

[@TizerisT.]

whats up with those borders though?

[@BowBeforeJOW]

first thing that came to mind.

[@gamekeeper777]

So many good BOR Paks. Evil Dead and Resident Evil have some awesome ones. Its good shit Pal.

[@johnduval760]

Oh, the play on words were abundant!

[@floriantosoni2444]

A very very good adaptation, lots of fun to play this one

[@bx3054]

Coming from someone who played SOR back in 1994..... This Streets of Rage Z is better than every official release by far. I enjoyed this so much and its actually challenging. Thanks for introducing me to the OpenBOR world too!

[@Dknightxs]

8:4 that assault rifle exactly the one that was in Cadillacs and dinosaurs

[@neil352]

7:31 X5 is Jadoh from the SNES game Tuff E Nuff

[@Enigma2K99]

5:46 Damn right! :)

[@edgelord8337]

I usually don't hear about things like games from china. China has been very influential in fighting movies starring people like Bruce Lee or h jackie chan but not much about games. This should be very interesting.

[@msmalik681]

Great video next I think you should cover Streets of Rage 2X, Night Slashers X or Golden Axe remake (by utunnels) these games are very well polished.

[@kadosho02]

Fanmade games are a surprising adventure. Never heard of SORZ, but the concept is pretty cool. Actually I'm very curious what else the current remake team made before getting the spotlight. I know of Windjammers.. but before that.. I'm fascinated by how this series digs deep and can deliver something different.

[@JG-wx2xs]

Is this available as a rom that would play on the usual mega drive programmes

[@Deeznutzho]

Some of the stages are either remodels of SOR stages, like the palm tree stage in the beginning is a remodel of SOR's moon beach, or they come from other games like the 3rd stage that looks a little like a "factory" is from Final Fight 3, the train stage from Final Fight 1 is here, and it looks like one of the stages comes from Aliens vs Predator. Some of the enemies also come from Final Fight as well.

[@polkod]

I was on the open BOR scene when it was brand new. Played a bunch of early version but eventually just stop playing missing out all the new ones coming out. This Chinese one I never played and looks dope.

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should do a video on Dynamite Deka a.k.a. Die Hard Arcade.

[@Old_Man_Jay]

What is that weird consolized gba you showed at the end that has the word "Visteon" on it. do you have a video about this already?? Looks interesting...

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

I do not, but the Visteon is a portable DVD player with a GBA cart slot and a controller.

[@NewportBox100s]

Break down that Mortal Kombat BOR game you showed footage of! 😈

[@gill9775]

Kunio/River City Ransom History series when??

[@hdofu]

I've said it before and I will say it again. you need to play Double Dragon Reloaded Alternate Version.

[@Xiaolruc]

Those assets are lifted from Streets of Rage Remake.

[@GamingDreamer]

There so many smaller Beat em' ups I want to see a history video about Like :- Armored Warriors Alien Vs Predator Dungeons & Dragons ToD and SoM Ninja Baseball Bat Man Guardian Heroes Battle Circuit Fighting Force PS1 the only 3D beat em up I know The Punisher I think you will cover both Double Dragon/River City (I think both in the same series) Golden Axe in some point, they are the big ones you didn't cover yet.

[@thuggeegaming659]

8:34 pretty sure those mutants are from Mutation Nation on the Neo Geo. Love that game

[@bumpinjeep]

FYI, the two cop strippers are from the first SOR game. They're pallet swaps of Blaze.

[@XxROBATOxX]

X5 is a BMW asset. Be careful. Sometimes he leaks oil.

[@PGateBaseball]

Night Slashers X is a great OpenBor game. I saw that you had a brief clip of it in this video.

[@devingiles6597]

Top Hat Gaming Man, you should do a video on Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64! It'll be great to do a video on a fighting game where the Nintendo characters will duke it out.

[@jackburton6239]

This looks pretty good.

[@mrmysterious8124]

Can you look at the very first Bomberman game💣🤖

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

Bit of a tangent, but as you cover more beat'em ups, do you think you'll ever touch on X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse or Marvel Superheroes in War of the Gems? I remember enjoying them quite a bit back in the day, and apart from the lack of multi-player (and maybe being a bit short) though them good examples of platformer/beat'em-up games.

[@ohbaby4life]

You should cover on the best beat em ups Knights of the Round

[@jamesg4670]

What other fan made sor games are there worth checking out besides this and remake

[@iTz_Cheshire]

Stage 8 might be from Sub-Zero Mythologies. I remember a similar looking stage from that game

[@huzaifarasheed615]

Please do a video for the punisher beat em up

[@GRIMLOCK07]

X5 reminds me of the Protagonist in that old arcade game *"ESWAT"* Just a different variation without the helmet and arm gun. Oh yeah, an *ESWAT* is an old Sega game. Perhaps that's where they some concept for X5.

[@GTAjedi]

X5 looks a bit like a modified Souther from SoR1

[@nklopez56]

The next Openbor game you should cover should be Legend of the Double Dragon. No other openbor game can match the breathtaking quality of this game. It was made almost entirely by 1 man. Over a period of 10 years. Legend of The Double Dragon or LOTDD for short, is like a SORR version of the tragically unfinished game of Super Double Dragon or Return of Double Dragon in Japan. The difference is, the game is finished now. And it is finished according the vision of the original director, Mr. Muneki Ebinuma. It has all the cut scenes that were meant to be included in the original as well as plenty more. The biggest thing that sets this game apart from SORR or any other beat em' up for that matter is THE MOVES. In this game you can "Style Switch" to any of the 3 different fighting styles of the previous DD games. You can switch from Super, to 2 to a 1+3 hybrid style. You can do all their moves and their special moves in their styles. Even bigger than that is you have the ability to do "Cancel Combos". Cancel Combos are extra, totally original sprite edited moves that you can pull off by interrupting a style switch animation with a punch or kick button. You have 2 cancel combos you can do in any style, in any direction, that branch out into other combos depending on when you press punch or kick. It really is like nothing ever done in a beat em up game before. The combinations for custom combos are almost limitless. Oh, and I'm just getting started. Another unique an interesting thing about this particular version of Mr. Herrera's project is that all the SFX in this game as well as music come from Kung-Fu movies from the 70's and 80's. If you close your eyes and just listen to the game, It going to sound like an old martial arts film from back in the day. Before I go on anymore. I just want you to watch this video to see for yourself how amazing this game is. I have dedicated my channel solely to promoting this guys game. and If you think LOTDD is awesome, just wait for the expansion. It will be the ULTIMATE DOUBLE DRAGON game! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4vapaeDm9OKqJY

[@arrozconeverything]

I didn't catch what was said at the 10:57 mark...anyone can help?

[@socialistprofessor3206]

Tell us about fan made battletoads games. I loved those guys on nes, snes and arcade.

[@crazywave6574]

I'm so hyped 4 streets of rage 4 but streets of rage remake is so fun

[@GilesHamson]

I would love to see more openbor content

[@NaamiMusic]

not sure if anyones said this; X5 is Jade from Tuff E Nuff for the SNES (Dead Dance for the Super Famicom)

[@RamblinErikk]

Gawd, there's so many of these games based on the BOR engine. Mostly, they're great fun!!! "Double Dragon Extreme" and "Street Fighter Of Rage" (I kid you not) immediately spring to mind.

[@RedneckOgre]

Asset Flips of Rage.

[@snakeeyes824]

Where can you download this game?

[@Skaera75b]

Big Daddy Top Hat, please have a look at The Simpsons openBOR game. It's the most surreal take on The Simpsons I've seen, and it features a Vampiric Mr. Burns. Would recommend. I think it's called Treehouse of Horror, but I could be wrong. I definitely want to see more openBOR reviews, as there are many epic games here that not many know about. Great video, will probably watch again later.

[@ZZtheDark]

What a chaotic and crazy game. Looks pretty cool tho.

[@TwoSevenX]

X5 is the boss character from Power Moves, a snes fighting game. X8 is from an Amiga Street Fighter clone called Body Blows Galactic.

[@flintose927]

Big Daddy Top Hat can we PLEEEEEEEEASEEEE get a video on Saturday Night SlamMasters?

[@glitchhunter09]

You got some info wrong. The motorcycle stages are in the final version of bkiii they are just inaccessible by normal means and bugged. The data for the riding sprites was moved to a different part of the rom and the data was not updated. So the game loads garbage data which causes bad slowdown

[@sithsoldier98]

Damn looks koo... Plus got the character Slash from Final Fight

[@happyjonn9242]

I am working on an original beat em up using open BOR called the adventures of Bippy Zubu. Keep your eye out for it, it's going to be amazing.

[@Raphael_De_La_Ghetto]

3:03 😏 I see what you did there

[@303Smilezzz]

Well done

[@o.g.millennials]

Beautiful.

[@StarDragonJP]

Since you're still on the Streets of Rage kick, maybe you should check out the original SoR4 aka Fighting Force

[@djbrotherson]

Legend of the Double Dragon and Ultimate Double Dragon are the BEST I've played for Open BOR

[@HansWurst-dk6pp]

The SOR rip off at 15:10 looks interesting, since it has it's own graphic style.

[@xGunbladeKnightx]

About openbor games I recommend Final Fight LNS Ultimate, the gameplay is awesome. The next month I think the new update will be ready. Another that liked me was Dungeons and Dragons The Rise of Warduke, is impressive what fans did and maybe the longest game that I played in that engine.

[@greathornytoads2260]

Suggestion, pls review Super Double Dragon on SNES. It was incomplete upon release & there was a fan made version released on Dreamcast which was interesting.

[@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames]

Big like from Old Nerd 👍

[@feodiente9460]

9:10 Wow ...to get bodyslam by a Axe kick gots to be embarrassing...😬