in this magazine, the story had a cliff-hanger ending, with the new Mr. X promising that he would "recoup his losses" and kill the heroes. Soundtrack The game's soundtrack was acclaimed, with several soundtrack albums being released. The soundtracks were composed by Yuzo Koshiro. Another musician, Motohiro Kawashima, helped on the second, providing a few tracks, and making even more for the third. Three soundtrack CDs were released in all, each of which now sell for high prices at auction and in Japanese markets. When the first game's development began in 1990, Koshiro was influenced by electronic dance music, specifically house and techno, and wanted to be the among the first to introduce those sounds in video games. The soundtrack shows the influence of contemporary R&B and hip hop music. Koshiro said "the most important element in recreating club music sounds for the games was to emulate the timbre and percussion sounds of Roland's rhythm machines" (the most famous models being the TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, and TR-909), stating that "it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that that sound defined the genre." Animation In 2014, Sega formed the production company Stories International and teamed up with film producer Evan Cholfin for animated projects based on its games, with Streets of Rage one of them. Notes References External links Streets of Rage Online 1991 video games Arcade video games Cooperative video games iOS games Nintendo 3DS eShop games Overworks games PlayStation Network games Sega beat 'em ups Sega CD games Game Gear games Sega Genesis games Master System games Streets of Rage games Video games developed in Japan Video games with oblique graphics Virtual Console games Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Multiplayer and single-player video games Side-scrolling beat 'em ups Video games scored by Yuzo Koshiro Video games with alternate endings Organized crime video games