Streets of Rage - Beat 'em Ups Explored

From Drink the Video Games by Brian - Drink the Movies

February 4, 2026 · 20 min · Season 4 · Episode 3

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of the SEGA classic Streets of Rage and features a guest cocktail mixologist.

This month I'll be taking a look at the SEGA classic, Streets of Rage! How the game shaped the SEGA 16-bit era, how the music elevated the game into a class of it's own, and how a 25 year absence can't keep this series down. Plus, Michaela from Drink the Movies stops by to to mix up a power boosting cocktail! ⁠https://www.instagram.com/drinkthevideogames/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/drinkthevideogames.bsky.social⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@DrinktheVideoGames⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.drinkthemovies.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/drinkthemovies⁠ Streets of Rage Sources 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3TS6hM1ETo Streets of Rage Sega Genesis Commercial 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8_iV9Asas Streets of Rage 2 / Bare Knuckle II Japanese Commercial 4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDP0NA1W9VU Streets of Rage 2 commercial - SEGA Genesis 5- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgHjfKjycg GamesMaster Challenge: Streets Of Rage 2 6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc5xguHLyOE Streets of Rage 2 (test Megadrive) - Bad Influence! (1993 -CITV) 7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bgPefCyfA Streets of Rage 4 - Reveal Trailer…

People in this episode

Host: Brian

Guest: Michaela

Topics covered

Streets of Rage
SEGA
video games
game music
cocktails
gaming history

Keywords

Streets of Rage
SEGA
video games
cocktail
gaming history
music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drink the Movies, SEGA

Products: Streets of Rage

Books & works: SEGA Genesis, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 4