PrinceWatercress plays Streets of Rage as Blaze - Part 2 of 4

Time to kick this into high gear...

Round 3

Round 3 takes us to the beach, behind a park as well as some billboards. You'll be rained on a couple of times throughout the stage.

There is now a green variant of Galsia in this stage, and they take slightly more damage than their blue counterparts.

Stacks of tires hold useful items in this level, so give them a whack.

After you find the first piece of meat, you'll see a soda can rolling around on the ground. That's pretty nice detail for a Genesis game. You'll also see the martial artists pull a new strategy: grouping up into threes and triple-teaming you. Move up or down to sidestep their attacks, and try to put a hurting on one of them. If one dies, the other two fight like they normally would.

The boss here is Abadede, the professional wrestler who looks a lot like the Ultimate Warrior of WWE fame. He'll line up with you, then try to hit you with a running clothesline and back up before lining up for another one. Throwing enemies into him does a good amount of damage, and if you can sidestep his clothesline and do some grab damage on him, that's great.

Round 4

We're now on a bridge. Of all things...a bridge.

First of all, there are pits throughout the bridge at certain points. Falling into them means instant death not only for you but for the enemies as well. Knock them in if you get the chance; it makes everything easier.

You'll meet a palette swap of the Signals at the beginning. Their suits are purple and their hair is yellow. Yes, they've switched colors. Yes, they take more damage.

Cones, barricades and poles carry power-ups. How you can hide an apple in a narrow pole like that, I'll never know.

You'll also meet black-clad versions of the dominatrix with the whip. They also take as much damage as the green Galsias and the purple Signals.

There are also martial artists in brown and orange that take more damage. These guys attack more frequently, and they also have a long jump kick that the guys in gray don't have. Fight them accordingly, but be on your guard, as their attack movements are fast.

The last regular enemy you'll meet is a green Signal with melon-colored hair, and they take even more damage than the purple ones. They don't pop up too often, but when they do, they're annoying.

The boss here is a bald man as big as he is tall. He'll run at you, breathing fire into your face for impressive damage. He's pretty slow, so lining him up to throw enemies at him works well. He's like a slower version of Abadede, except he runs off-screen.

If you happen to grab him, do not throw him or suplex him. He'll fall on you and cause damage to you solely with his girth. The best strategy is to walk into him and get to the front and knee him twice. I usually wait in the upper-right, keep moving forward, knee him twice, vault twice, grab again, knee again, vault again and so on. It makes this boss a lot easier and you don't have to deal with the fire breath as often.