{"id":45026,"date":"2018-09-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/video_its_the_perfect_time_to_remember_how_amazing_streets_of_rage_was_and_still_is"},"modified":"2018-09-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:00:00","slug":"video-its-the-perfect-time-to-remember-how-amazing-streets-of-rage-was-and-still-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/04\/video-its-the-perfect-time-to-remember-how-amazing-streets-of-rage-was-and-still-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: It&#8217;s The Perfect Time To Remember How Amazing Streets Of Rage Was, And Still Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12cbb6511cc11\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12cbb6511cc11\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/video_its_the_perfect_time_to_remember_how_amazing_streets_of_rage_was_and_still_is\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The news that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/streets_of_rage_4_is_really_happening_thanks_to_the_team_behind_the_wonder_boy_reboot\">Streets of Rage 4<\/a><\/strong> is happening came rather out of the blue, but the response has been an overwhelmingly positive one. Sega&#8217;s side-scrolling fighting franchise has gone down as one of its most beloved series, thanks solely to three solid entries on the 16-bit Mega Drive \/ Genesis.<\/p>\n<p>Our friend Tyler over at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOkZ223HfAGWQk65KUA86fw\">iRetrogamer<\/a> has decided that now is the perfect time to look back at the impact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/streets_of_rage\">original game<\/a> made when it was released in the early &#8217;90s, amid a flood of <strong>Double Dragon<\/strong> clones. While many people cite the second <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/streets_of_rage_2\">Streets of Rage<\/a><\/strong> title as the best, the first was still quite special at the time; Yuzo Koshiro&#8217;s amazing soundtrack combined well with some gorgeously gritty visuals and tight gameplay to produce a fighter that put its rivals to shame.<\/p>\n<p>In the video above, Tyler discusses his thoughts on the game, as well as his memories of cleaning the scum from the streets with his late father. Give it a watch and let us know your thoughts on the original Streets of Rage with a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] The news that Streets of Rage 4 is happening came rather out of the blue, but the response has been an overwhelmingly positive one. Sega&#8217;s side-scrolling fighting franchise has gone down as one of its most beloved series, thanks solely to three solid entries on the 16-bit Mega Drive \/ Genesis. Our friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}