djturbolence
Student
I’ve seen some conflicting things on the internet, was bare knuckles (streets of rage) available on the system 18? Has anyone seen it?, I don’t think I saw it on the multi list but maybe I’m missing something.
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XtraSmiley
Legendary
I believe it is available on that Genesis/MD arcade board with the carts you could swap around. S18? I don't think so.
https://segaretro.org/Mega-Tech_System
https://segaretro.org/Mega-Tech_System
djturbolence
Student
I know there’s an arcade version that takes credits and doesn’t have extra lives.
SB_Electronics
Student
Check this thread https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/fs：bare-knuckle-streets-of-rage-pcb.20831/
Looks like Streets of Rage was never officially released as an arcade board. These were custom boards most likely.
Looks like Streets of Rage was never officially released as an arcade board. These were custom boards most likely.
djturbolence
Student
I saw that actually, but I've played bare knuckles II on MAME, wouldnt that mean it had some sort of arcade version release?
djturbolence
Student
I guess they can just use the Chinese Bootleg version, dang. I was hoping there was some sort of official release of this although rare.
djturbolence
Student
SB_Electronics
Student
Not officially. Like you said, kind of a pseudo bootleg (as there was no original arcade release). I think Bare knuckle was purely a Genesis/ Megadrive release.
djturbolence
Student
But technically if it was on the Sega Mega Play, that would be an arcade release yeah?
@Hammy has been working on these bootlegs, here’s a recent video but his channel has some more.
kinooshi823
Professional
I remember it was released on bootleg for sega mega-tech they called it. I think they did it for all 3 rage's.
djturbolence
Student
I think it was officially release on the Sega Mega Play system
https://vgmrips.net/wiki/Sega_Mega_Play
XtraSmiley
Legendary
Jesus H. Christ guys, I said all that AND posted a link as the very first reply...
djturbolence
Student
Oh oops, I thought Mega-Tech was the precursor to the Mega Play systemJesus H. Christ guys, I said all that AND posted a link as the very first reply...
XtraSmiley
Legendary
I’m just kidding, discussion is good!
GeorgeSpinner
Grand Master
That seems to be the mega play version.
I've seen PCBs on AliExpress that claim to be bare knuckles but make no mention of mega play. I'm guessing these are bootlegs.
djturbolence
Student
Aw gotcha, dang the Mega Play PCBs seems really expensive
If SEGA Japan had half a brain, there would have been a Bare Knuckle SYSTEM-32 game (the MEGA-CD would have been 32-bit, the Saturn, or 32-bit M-CD, would have received SYSTEM-32 conversions, we would have a MEGA-CD/Saturn version of PS: End of the Millennium etc!!) but naturally, they did not do that. Such a missed opportunity, especially with CAPCOM not making a proper CPS-II Final Fight (and makaimura!) sequel.
XtraSmiley
Legendary
Since no one was doing it we might assume sales were not great for that style of game during that time. Like how “pixel” games weren’t selling during the PS era. Clearly a dumb move now, but at the time Sony was really selling.
Very true. Ironically, it was SEGA that started the whole 3D thing with the MODEL1 board. But still, they did make Arabian Fight, Spiderman and Revenge of Death Adder in that era. An arcade Bare Knuckle in 1993 would have worked perfectly.
The MD game would have had time to shine and sell its millions and we would have had an amazing arcade Bare Knuckle game. I always wished SEGA Japan had remade some late MD games on the Saturn, as they did with the Mark-III (or sequels) when the MD was released. A Saturn BK would have been just as good as a S32 game.
