Streets of Rage 2 Restoration

Original game : Streets of Rage 2

Platform : GEN

Author : SCD

Release date : 14 March 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : Final

Modifications : G, S, T, P

Downloads : 10188

ROM Information

Streets of Rage 2 (USA).bin
SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE
CRC32: E01FA526
Bare Knuckle II - Shitou e no Requiem ~ Streets of Rage II (Japan, Europe).bin
SHA-1: A0D3A216278AEF5564DCBED83DF0DD59222812C8
CRC32: 42E3EFDC

Hack description

This hack restores all the stuff that got censored and removed from the American version back to it, it also fixes the names of three enemies and changes the music on one stage as well.

Here's what this hack does to it:

It restores Blaze's original flying kick sprites from the Japanese version.

It restores Mr. X's cigar from the Japanese version.

It restores the number of enemy knockouts status bar on the pause screen from the Japanese version, press the "A" button to see it.

It changes the names of Galsia, Galuda and Mosquite to Garcia, Garuda and Mosquito. Sega mistranslated their names in all versions of this game.

It changes the music on the Pirate Ship stage to play the unused "Little Money Avenue" music track.

It changes the words PLAYERS, ROUND & RD to LIVES, STAGE & STG.

Included a extra patch that will add all this stuff to the European side of the Japan/Europe ROM, also included alternate versions of both patches that will change Skate's name to his Japanese name "Sammy" and another set that would keep the original Pirate Ship stage music intact as well.

The Pancake 2 utility tool was used to restore Blaze's original flying kick sprites.

The 0xED hex editor was used to restore everything else.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
SCD	Hacking

Reviews

A Great Hack but with a minor	Heroes_3NWC	2022-05-11	Version Final
This is a great hack that does exactly what it says it restores some of the censored content and make the naming more in line with are used to see in most retro games. The game runs great on most emulators but for some reason none of the USA patchs work on Genesis Plus GX, just be aware of that.

Brilliant	MiguelS	2016-02-22	Version 1.2
Lovely restoration hack, makes the US version of the game 100% perfect and complete. Nicely done, completely seamless. The final version allows you to keep or swap the pirate ship stage music too. Fantastic work! Thanks to the author for taking the time to do this, and for updating the final version!

Puts things back like they should be!	Rodimus Primal	2015-11-01	Version 1.0
Finally uncensoring the game, this does exactly what is says it does. Mr. X seems more like the big boss with that cigar, and it shouldn't have been removed in the first place. The upskirt shot of Blaze is irrevelant to the fact that her jump kick looks better. The US jump kick looks awkward by comparison. At first I was skeptical of the added music track in the Pirate Stage, but the track it used originally was also used in the truck in Stage 2. The extra track fits the stage perfectly too.

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