


But whatever - people still make vinyl, so what do I know about retro music media? I imagine that’s something that requires a pretty niche manufacturer. Honestly, I’m a little surprised that, with the state of the world, someone’s able to make cassettes. And what better way to commemorate the return of a 90s classic than by bringing back another 90s classic? Each one is about as likely as the other to be familiar to the Zoomer youngsters out there.

It’s the first game in the series since Streets of Rage 3 in 1994, so needless to say it’s a bit of an occasion. This launch is probably, in part, intended to commemorate the launch of Streets of Rage 4, which came out rather stealthily this week. Read: Please don’t let Assassin’s Creed Valhalla be too much like Odyssey Still, as 90s throwbacks go, this is about as literal as it gets. At any rate, I hope you have something on which to play this suckers, because I’m pretty sure a lot of modern cars don’t even come with CD players anymore, much less cassette players. I hope you saved your boombox and a pencil to unwind the plastic film when it gets tangled - yes, we actually had to do that.
