I've always preferred the first Streets of Rage game to parts 2 and 3, I think it has the best music and I like how in each stage, the setting remains the same all the way through.

This hack by BillyTime Games is awesome and definitely worth trying out. In the original retail version, selecting yes when reaching Mr.X would send you back to Stage 6 over and over until you selected no, but in this hack selecting yes only sends you back to stage 6 once, the next time you meet Mr.X he doesn't ask you a second time and instead unleashes everything on you. Beat him and you get an alternative ending where you become the boss.

The patch works as intended but it only works with a clean No-Intro ROM of Streets of Rage, so make sure it's a No-Intro ROM you have and not an ordinary one. There are still a few places that host the rare No-Intro ROM sets although hard to find at times.

Excellent patch and a worthy addition to the library.