Streets of Rage 3: SOR3 - Bruce Lee in Game of Death

1. Introduction

This hack features the iconic martial arts superstar Bruce Lee in the classic beat'em up game "Streets of Rage 3". He replaces Skate the kid in the original game.

Bruce appears in the game in his yellow jumpsuit as in the movie "Game of Death". His moves are inspired by the movies "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death".

Two patches are provided in the packet:
* SOR3_Bruce.ips is for the US version, known as "Streets of Rage 3".
* BK3_Bruce.ips is for the Japanese version, known as "Bare Knuckles III".
You must apply the patches to the correct ROM. It is recommended that you use Lunar IPS.

In this game, Bruce is obviously more powerful than the other playable characters. The hack was originally designed to bring the difficulty of the US version down to the level of the Japanese version. Therefore, if you apply this hack to BK3, the game will become very easy.

In the US version, the dialogs of the characters are changed to fit Bruce in the story. While no dialog is changed in the Japanese version.

An additional bonus is that the outfit of Blaze is changed.

Please find the move list in the Readme file.


2. Known Glitches:

In the two-player mode, if one player chooses Bruce and performs a Lightning Dragon Kick or Backflip Kick, the graphic tiles may be messed up for a couple of frames, and then return normal.

Again in the two-player mode, if one player chooses Bruce and performs a Lightning Dragon Kick or Backflip Kick, the pictures of all the knives and darts in the scene may be messed up, and will not return normal.

The hacked rom is tested under Gens and Kega Fusion. No other glitch is found.

Please send the author a message in the forum if you find another glitch.


3. Credits:

Some sprites were ripped by Lord Zymeth (with modification)


Have fun!

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*********************** Introduction ***********************

"Mr. X, I defeated you once, and I will do it again."
- Bruce
This hack features the iconic martial arts superstar Bruce
Lee in the classic beat'em up game "Streets of Rage 3". He
replaces Skate the kid in the original game.

Bruce appears in the game in his yellow jumpsuit as in the
movie "Game of Death". His moves are inspired by the movies
"Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death".

Two patches are provided in the packet:
SOR3_Bruce.ips is for the US version,
known as "Streets of Rage 3".
BK3_Bruce.ips is for the Japanese version,
known as "Bare Knuckles III".
You must apply the patches to the correct ROM. It is
recommended that you use Lunar IPS.

In this game, Bruce is obviously more powerful than the
other playable characters. The hack was originally designed
to bring the difficulty of the US version down to the level
of the Japanese version. Therefore, if you apply this hack
to BK3, the game will become very easy.

In the US version, the dialogs of the characters are changed
to fit Bruce in the story. While no dialog is changed in the
Japanese version.

An additional bonus is that the outfit of Blaze is changed.


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Catalog:

Move List
Known Glitches
Credits


************************ Move List *************************

Command Move/Description

B repeat
Basic Combo
(Very powerful)

Static jump and press B
Split Kick
Can attack enemies at
both sides

Forward jump and press B
Shaolin Fly Kick

Jump and press ??B
Dragonfly kick

??B or B while grappling an enemy in the front
Knee strike and
heavy punch
(Very powerful)

??B while grappling an enemy in the front
Face kick

B while grappling an enemy from the back
Guillotine choke
(Very powerful)

Press C while grappling an enemy,
then press B while rising
Dragon Throw

????B (Blitz)
* Double Fly Kick
** Shaolin Side Kick
*** Triple Fly Kick
(The first kick and the
third kick of Triple Fly
Kick give Bruce
invulnerability.)

????B (with knife)
Dragon's Fang

????B (with pipe)
Rising Dragon

Press BC at the same time (or press Z)
Backflip Kick
(Attacks front, above, back)

Hold B for 2s and release (or press Y)
Roundhouse Kick

A (without direction)
Dragon swings its tail
(Invulnerable)

??A
Lightning Dragon Kick
(Very powerful, and
invulnerable)

??A (with pipe)
Tornado (invulnerable)

Unlock Super Bruce:
Start the game and allow yourself to lose a life with
zero score. When you respawn you will be Super Bruce, with
the super powerful combo shadowless kicks.

********************** Known Glitches **********************

In the two-player mode, if one player chooses Bruce and
performs a Lightning Dragon Kick or Backflip Kick, the
graphic tiles may be messed up for a couple of frames,
and then return normal.

Again in the two-player mode, if one player chooses Bruce
and performs a Lightning Dragon Kick or Backflip Kick, the
pictures of all the knives and darts in the scene may be
messed up, and will not return normal.

The hacked rom is tested under Gens and Kega Fusion.
No other glitch is found.


************************* Credits **************************

Some sprites were ripped by Lord Zymeth (with modification)


************************ HAVE FUN! *************************

BK3_Bruce.ips must be applied to:
No-Intro Name: Bare Knuckle III (Japan)
(No-Intro version 20130710-102701)
ROM/File SHA-1: B9B2B4A98A9D8F4C49AA1E5395E2279339517FDB

SOR3_Bruce.ips must be applied to:
No-Intro Name: Streets of Rage 3 (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130710-102701)
ROM/File SHA-1: 40A33DD6F9DAB0AFF26C7525C9B8F342482C7AF6