Street Smart (video game)
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| Developer(s) | SNK, Treco |
| Publisher(s) | SNK, Sega |
| Release date(s) | Arcade in 1989, Genesis in 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | 1 or 2 players |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Input | Joystick |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade display | Horizontal Raster |
Street Smart, is a 1989 beat 'em up arcade game by SNK/Treco. The game's objective is to win money, girls and glory on the streets. It is notorious for its level of difficulty requiring a great deal of brawling before the player's opponents go down.
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[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay resemble fighting games like Double Dragon where the player can move in all eight directions in an arena fight and the player can kick, punch or do special moves. The player can choose to fight as "Karate Man", a martial arts expert with lightning quick moves, or "Crusher" with a powerful punch.
[edit] Ports
This arcade game was ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. The port used fewer colors and the top and bottom black frames were used to compensate for the large sprites animating on screen. However, the game implemented a betting system where you could win money for winning a fight or throwing one (Similar to the later PSP game The Con) as well as a new last boss.
[edit] Miscellanea
- The player 1 character is modeled after Ryu of the 1987 Capcom fighting game, Street Fighter. And the player 2 character is modeled after a cross between "Billy" and "Jimmy Lee" from Double Dragon. However, since the character looks similar, some believe that the character might actually be Takuma Sakazaki (from later SNK game Art of Fighting) in his early years.
