Street Gang

Street Gang is a 1987 side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts for all the major computer formats of the time.

Plot
Mickey's life was dull and boring until his parents decided to move to New York.

Here he encountered the street gangs and decided he wanted to be a part of them. To prove he was worthy of becoming a member of the gang, he accepted a daring challenge. To test his courage, he had to cut the beloved tuft of hair from the notorious "Curl's" head.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The graphics are very poorly drawn and animated.
 * 2) There are no checkpoints. Every time you die, you start back at the beginning of the level.
 * 3) The collision detection is terrible. Punching enemies is ineffective and only works about 40% of the time.
 * 4) Other than protecting you from enemy projectiles, ducking down is useless.
 * 5) The controls and character movements are very bad in the 16-bit versions.
 * 6) Sometimes, you take damage or die for no reason when you enter a new screen.
 * 7) The enemies will only attack you when they feel like it in the 16-bit versions.
 * 8) The bullets instantly kill you, regardless of how much health you have.
 * 9) There is no stage scrolling at all, not even in the 16-bit versions.
 * 10) The 8-bit versions have multi-load levels.
 * 11) The 16-bit versions have pointless sewer sections.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The music is pretty decent.
 * 2) The 8-bit computer versions are somewhat better than the 16-bit versions.

Reception
Street Gang recieved negative reviews from the video game magazines of the time. Zzap! 64 magazine gave the C64 version a score of 30%, and the 16-bit versions have even worse review scores, with the Games Machine magazine giving the Amiga version a score of 19% and a 9% score from Zzap! magazine.