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Streets of Rage, known in Japan as Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken (ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳 lit. "Bare Knuckle: Furious Iron Fist"?), is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive. It is the first installment of the Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3. The game was also converted over to Sega's Game Gear, Mega-CD and Master System. In 2007, the game was released for the Wii's Virtual Console in North America and Europe, and in 2009 it was released for the iOS via the App Store. The game was again made available as part of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection in 2009 on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
There was also a comic strip series based upon the games which appeared in Sonic the Comic. These three stories are based on Streets of Rage 2 and do not feature Adam. The game features an acclaimed soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro, which was released in the Japanese music market.
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Streets of Rage, known in Japan as Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken (ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳 lit. "Bare Knuckle: Furious Iron Fist"?), is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive. It is the first installment of the Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3. The game was also converted over to Sega's Game Gear, Mega-CD and Master System. In 2007, the game was released for the Wii's Virtual Console in North America and Europe, and in 2009 it was released for the iOS via the App Store. The game was again made available as part of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection in 2009 on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
There was also a comic strip series based upon the games which appeared in Sonic the Comic. These three stories are based on Streets of Rage 2 and do not feature Adam. The game features an acclaimed soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro, which was released in the Japanese music market.
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![Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (Bounce FM)
Bounce FM
DJ: The Funktipus
Genre: Funk, R&B
Tracklist:
Zapp - I Can Make You Dance
Kool & the Gang - Hollywood Swinging
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster[3]
Rick James - Cold Blooded
Maze - Twilight
Fatback Band - Yum Yum (Gimme Some)[3]
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets[3] (Radio Edit: Ends at 3:35)
Ronnie Hudson & The Street People - West Coast Poplock
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage[3]
George Clinton - Loopzilla[3]
Dazz Band - Let It Whip
Cameo - Candy
MFSB - Love Is The Message[3]
Ohio Players - Funky Worm
Johnny Harris - Odyssey[3]
Roy Ayers - Running Away
The Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Summary: Bounce FM is a funk radio station hosted by The Funktipus (voiced by George Clinton[4]) Surprisingly, Marvin Trill of WCTRs Area 53 host, calls into Bounce FM foolishly thinking that The Party Ship (Bounces sub-heading/nickname) is a genuine space ship, asking how to get on it. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (Bounce FM)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XM67j3pZgps/mqdefault.jpg)
![Too Short - The Ghetto (Radio Los Santos)
Radio Los Santos
DJ: Julio G
Genre: West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap
Tracklist:
2Pac (feat. Pogo) - I Dont Give a Fuck
Comptons Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under
Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Nuthin But a G Thang
Too Short - The Ghetto
N.W.A - Alwayz Into Somethin
Ice Cube (feat. Das EFX) - Check Yo Self (Message Remix)
Kid Frost - La Raza
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man
Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg & RBX) - Fuck Wit Dre Day
The D.O.C. - Its Funky Enough
N.W.A - Express Yourself
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
Eazy-E - Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn
Above The Law - Murder Rap
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - Deep Cover
Da Lench Mob (feat. Ice Cube) - Guerillas in tha Mist
Summary: Radio Los Santos is a Gangsta rap, modern golden era West Coast hip hop radio station hosted by Julio G, (who is a real life DJ[4]) located in Los Santos (hence the name). Julio G is a very calm and collected person, who is simply a rap/hip-hop aficionado. He comments on many bad things going on in Los Santos, and persuades people to take a non-violent approach to all things. RLS hosts a number of shout-outs from the public of San Andreas and in-game characters. This station was released in a joint album with Playback FM as part of the 8-Disc soundtrack. The station also includes references to carjacking on the rise, that activity being a key element of the gameplay. Sometimes after a mission, Julio gives out weather reports and news regarding Los Santos events, and encourages Carl CJ Johnson to phone his girlfriend, Denise. Too Short - The Ghetto (Radio Los Santos)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xbk6P_GYSt4/mqdefault.jpg)


![The Chakachas - Jungle Fever (Master Sounds 98.3)
DJ: Johnny The Love Giant Parkinson
Genre: Funk, Soul, Rare Groove
Tracklist:
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)
Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba
The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
Bob James - Nautilus[3]
Booker T. & the M.G.s - Green Onions
The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park[3]
Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants[3]
James Brown - Funky President
Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again and Again[3]
Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power 74[3]
Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
James Brown - The Payback
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
The J.B.s - The Grunt
War - Low Rider[3]
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love[3]
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - So Much Trouble In My Mind
Summary: Master Sounds 98.3 is a San Fierro based rare groove radio station hosted by Johnny The Love Giant Parkinson (voiced by Ricky Harris[4]). Despite his nickname, it is implied that he is quite short in stature and is possibly a dwarf. The Chakachas - Jungle Fever (Master Sounds 98.3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YQ0zmEEqzM4/mqdefault.jpg)
![James Brown - Funky President (Master Sounds 98.3)
DJ: Johnny The Love Giant Parkinson
Genre: Funk, Soul, Rare Groove
Tracklist:
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)
Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba
The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
Bob James - Nautilus[3]
Booker T. & the M.G.s - Green Onions
The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park[3]
Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants[3]
James Brown - Funky President
Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again and Again[3]
Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power 74[3]
Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
James Brown - The Payback
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
The J.B.s - The Grunt
War - Low Rider[3]
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love[3]
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - So Much Trouble In My Mind
Summary: Master Sounds 98.3 is a San Fierro based rare groove radio station hosted by Johnny The Love Giant Parkinson (voiced by Ricky Harris[4]). Despite his nickname, it is implied that he is quite short in stature and is possibly a dwarf. James Brown - Funky President (Master Sounds 98.3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YWu-rr2Gk0Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Jomanda - Make My Body Rock (SF-UR)
SF-UR
DJ: Hans Oberlander
Genre: Chicago house, acid house, Deep house
Tracklist:
Jomanda - Make My Body Rock
808 State - Pacific
The Todd Terry Project - Weekend (Todd Terry remix)
Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
Maurice - This Is Acid
Mr. Fingers and Royal House - Can You Feel It?
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey
CeCe Rogers - Someday
Robert Owens - Ill Be Your Friend
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
The 28th Street Crew - I Need a Rhythm
Raze - Break 4 Love
Fallout - The Morning After
Summary: San Fierro Underground Radio, abbreviated as SF-UR, is a San Fierro-based (hence the SF abbreviation) house music station hosted by Hans Oberlander (voiced by Lloyd Floyd[4]). Oberlander is a very insecure and hyperactive man with a comical German accent. On a number of occasions he begs the public to hug him and even cries on a song intro. One of two callers is Hans father who orders him to play some Wagner, and Oberlander possibly does drugs as his father continues to say your mother found these pills in your room. Oberlander also inquires if his dealer has shown up yet in another song break. This is the only station not to be released as a San Andreas soundtrack. The song Weekend is Todd Terrys remixed version. The original is present on the Vice City Stories soundtrack. Jomanda - Make My Body Rock (SF-UR)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_C9V44z0b4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Elizabeth Daily - Shake It Up (Flasback FM GTA3)
Flashback 95.6
Flashback 95.6 logo
DJ: Toni
Genre: Hi-NRG, 80s Pop music
Tracklist:[10]
Debbie Harry - Rush Rush
Elizabeth Daily - Shake It Up
Paul Engemann - Push It to the Limit
Amy Holland - Shes on Fire
Elizabeth Daily - Im Hot Tonight
Summary: Flashback 95.6 plays 1980s pop music, and is hosted by Toni (Maria Chambers[9]). It is aimed at people who are stuck in the 80s[11] and, between songs, Toni reminisces about her hedonistic lifestyle during that time. Toni is also a DJ in two of GTAIIIs prequels, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, both of which are set in the 1980s. The tracks on Flashback 95.6 are all taken from the soundtrack of the 1983 gangster film Scarface and all composed by Giorgio Moroder. Flashback is another of the Colombian Cartels favorite radio stations. The DJs name might also reference the film, with the protagonist named Tony Montana. Elizabeth Daily - Shake It Up (Flasback FM GTA3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YotkUv_Iy6Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Alice In Chains - Them Bones (Radio X)
Radio X
DJ: Sage
Genre: Alternative rock/metal, Grunge, Heavy metal, Hard rock
Tracklist:
Helmet - Unsung
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Danzig - Mother
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Primal Scream - Movin On Up[3]
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle[3]
L7 - Pretend Were Dead
Ozzy Osbourne - Hellraiser[3]
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Janes Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold[3]
Alice in Chains - Them Bones[3]
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Summary: Radio X is an Alternative and period modern rock radio station hosted by Sage (voiced by Jodie Shawback[4]). Sage is a very self-obsessed woman and self-confessed rebel who seems to always be worked up about something, making her a stereotypical Gen X-er. Sage has a bleak outlook on life and her most apparent obsessions are the sound of her own voice, along with sex as she admits to have slept with the entire Danzig line-up, along with a man she did behind the Cluckin Bell, and pleads could somebody please sleep with me! during the outro to Soundgardens Rusty Cage, amongst at least two other references. She comes from an upper class suburban family that gave her a trust fund, which she takes shame in, stating that she is poor in spirit. Sage has strong dislike towards people over the age of 29, believes in reincarnation and admits to having huffed paint and ether. Sage reacts negatively to the in-game events barring the Los Santos riots, and gets excited when the forecast predicts rain.
Radio X picks up a couple of callers, however these two callers are both voiced by Jeff Berlin who voices and produces the Radio X imaging. The name itself is a possible reference on Generation X, who came of age and were the main listeners of the genre in the early 90s, and/or Detroits alt-rock radio station 89X Radio, which was founded in the very early 90s. Alice In Chains - Them Bones (Radio X)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yp6STY-O_4U/mqdefault.jpg)
![Helmet - Unsung (Radio X)
Radio X
DJ: Sage
Genre: Alternative rock/metal, Grunge, Heavy metal, Hard rock
Tracklist:
Helmet - Unsung
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Danzig - Mother
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Primal Scream - Movin On Up[3]
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle[3]
L7 - Pretend Were Dead
Ozzy Osbourne - Hellraiser[3]
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Janes Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold[3]
Alice in Chains - Them Bones[3]
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Summary: Radio X is an Alternative and period modern rock radio station hosted by Sage (voiced by Jodie Shawback[4]). Sage is a very self-obsessed woman and self-confessed rebel who seems to always be worked up about something, making her a stereotypical Gen X-er. Sage has a bleak outlook on life and her most apparent obsessions are the sound of her own voice, along with sex as she admits to have slept with the entire Danzig line-up, along with a man she did behind the Cluckin Bell, and pleads could somebody please sleep with me! during the outro to Soundgardens Rusty Cage, amongst at least two other references. She comes from an upper class suburban family that gave her a trust fund, which she takes shame in, stating that she is poor in spirit. Sage has strong dislike towards people over the age of 29, believes in reincarnation and admits to having huffed paint and ether. Sage reacts negatively to the in-game events barring the Los Santos riots, and gets excited when the forecast predicts rain.
Radio X picks up a couple of callers, however these two callers are both voiced by Jeff Berlin who voices and produces the Radio X imaging. The name itself is a possible reference on Generation X, who came of age and were the main listeners of the genre in the early 90s, and/or Detroits alt-rock radio station 89X Radio, which was founded in the very early 90s. Helmet - Unsung (Radio X)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YpA3wDZr_Dc/mqdefault.jpg)