In short, it's unintentionally hilarious in every way. If the UK government in the 80s had done an educational film about inner-city gang violence called "Be Cool, Not A Fool, Stay In Skool", this would have made it look like The Sopranos. It's the beat-em-up written not merely by people who were quietly helping out in the school library while other kids fought in the playground, but who seemed to have their eyes shut while coding the. As a superhero, its mutant power would be filling in income tax self-assessment forms at a slightly faster than normal rate.
If it was a curry, it would be a bowl of water with a single grain of rice floating in it. Street Fighting Man (which has nothing to do with Street Fighter other than coming out a couple of years after it, in what I Am Sure Is A Complete Coincidence) is the mildest beat-em-up I've ever played. civil? Warriors, go back inside and tidy your bedrooms! Droogs, grab your milk. Wouldn't it be nice if gang violence was a little more. It's a bit rough, isn't it? Tough guys stripping down to muscled chests to have their Final Fight on some Streets Of Rage in the middle of some Urban Chaos and all that. Luckily, Detroit, New York and some other places have an opening.
This week, in sleepy London Town there's just no place for a street fighting man, no. Every week, Richard Cobbett rolls the dice to bring you an obscure slice of gaming history, from lost gems to weapons grade atrocities.
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