BirthofaNova plays Streets of Rage 3 - Part 11 of 14

Well, this is weird. A stage where you can go in either direction!

It's not without its difficulties, though. As a matter of fact, it's probably the most interesting stage in the entire series, let alone the game! Read on and find out why!

Stage 6

You'll have to defeat three robots in this room...and it would be easy if there wasn't a bomb in the center of the room with a 50-second timer. Also, you have some freedom as to where to go. Yeah, that's right. You can go left and right. It's really interesting, but this new-found power can be really daunting if you don't know what to do. Best way to introduce that feature into any beat-em-up...ever.

Defeat the robots, then go to the elevator. There's one pillar with a down arrow, and another with an up arrow. Hit the down arrow two times, then take down all the martial arts guys. Enter door two, take down all the guys, and destroy the switchboard (love the "Suichboad" sign). As you take it down, more guys will show up, so take them all out and work on the switchboard again.

Take the two martial artists down again (they respawn), then go back to the elevator and go up once. Run right, and take care of the two G-men. Once again, enter the second door. Take out all the enemies and then take downt he switchboard, just like you did on the floor below.

If you enter the fourth door after taking down the G-Men again, you'll find some money bags and an apple. You'll leave the room automatically after a few seconds, though.

Go right and you'll find the Chief of Police! He's alive!

When you reach the rooftop, you'll fight three jetpack guys at the same time. Yeah, they're back. You fight them just like you would in SoR2. Just wait for them to come to your level, then grab them and smack them around. Just go for the guy in the purple, as his little flunkies will just keep respawning. (They do make good weapons against the main guy, though.)

When you beat the purple guy, a helicopter will finish off the rest. Adam Hunter from SoR1 will be on it, and he'll be ready to get the Mayor back to City Hall.