I played this game on a couple of home consoles and it was alright on the SNES to me as I did not have any friends to share the experience with anyway. I also played it on the Sega CD. The arcade is actually the easiest of the bunch due to you having as many continues as needed to get through it. Granted, you needed quarters to feed the machine, but this game takes maybe three or four dollars worth which is doable, but I never got through the SNES version because of the difficulty and the limited continues.
The story, what is there to say? It is a beat em up, and this one has the typical gangs running wild thing. About the only thing that sets this apart is that it is the father who is the main dude and he is beefed up. Hagger would appear in other games he was so awesome while Cody and Guy are just the typical guys you find in this genre of games. Hagger has to fight to get his kidnapped daughter back from a gang that is apparently run by a dude who has an infinite shooting crossbow and rides in a wheelchair.
The game play is standard, you have your attack and jump and you press both at the same time for the super attack which reduces your health a bit. However, there are ample health power ups in this one, they are not stingy, too bad you cannot earn a one up through your score. The sprites are very large in this one, another thing that sets this game apart from the rest and the scenery is pretty good, but nothing too out of the ordinary.
So, a game I enjoyed playing as a kid, and I revisited it and won. I may play the Sega CD version again and review it as it has a separate listing here, but this game is fun. It would be cool to play with others as the extra muscle would help, but then you are going to have to share the health drops, which is a drawback. A fun beat em up whether in groups or alone though.
