Streets of Rage 4 is a classic beat 'em up series revived thanks to Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube that releases today. It's also going to be playable on Linux.
While it won't currently offer official support from the development team for Linux, it appears they have given their backing to Valve and CodeWeavers for Steam Play Proton—the compatibility layer for Linux based on Wine. On Twitter, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that the Streets of Rage 4 developers actually provided pre-release keys for Proton development. Thanks to that, Streets of Rage 4 will work "out of the box" with Proton 5.0-7 which is currently in Release Candidate stage and you can opt into it now.
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On a related note, Streets of Rage 4 actually uses the cross-platform FNA according to the creator and Linux porter Ethan Lee on Twitter, so perhaps in future full Linux support might still be a possibility.
Feature Highlight:
- The comeback of the legendary Streets of Rage series.
- Beautiful graphics fully hand-drawn animated by the studio behind Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap.
- Clean up Wood Oak City by yourself or with another friend online!
- For the very first time, team up to 4 people offline to take the city back!
- Classic gameplay enhanced with brand-new mechanics.
- Soundtrack by a wide all-star line up of world-class musicians.
- Braised chicken everywhere.
- A dozen former Streets of Rage characters unlockable and playable in their original pixel versions.
- Play with the music of the previous Streets of Rage games.
- 12 unique stages.
I imagine I'm not the only one here who had Streets of Rage as one of their first beat 'em up games, it's an absolute classic series. I have some seriously fond memories of playing the original on the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) so having it working on Linux right away is quite a highlight.
You will be able to pick up Streets of Rage 4 later today from Humble Store and Steam.
See our dedicated page here for more info on Steam Play.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Good news! If we don't get a native port in the future i'll buy it for SteamPlay, but only with discount.
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[email protected] Apr 30, 2020
I can confirm this works perfectly with Proton.
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The price of this game is very high here in Brazil. How much it is in the US?
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brokeassben Apr 30, 2020
Quoting: M@GOidThe price of this game is very high here in Brazil. How much it is in the US?Currently $22.49 on Steam with a 10% discount, but there's no price listed on Humble yet. Google says that equates to 122.34 in Brazilian real. I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know that's what your currency is called.
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Quoting: brokeassbenQuoting: M@GOidThe price of this game is very high here in Brazil. How much it is in the US?Currently $22.49 on Steam with a 10% discount, but there's no price listed on Humble yet. Google says that equates to 122.34 in Brazilian real. I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know that's what your currency is called.
No need to be ashamed. I for one have no idea what is the currency of the majority of Brazil's neighbors...
Brazil is one of those countries where Valve do a price reduction relatively to the US Dollar conversion, because selling games at full price would drive people to piracy.
I asked because I thought the price was higher than what this type of game generally cost around here. It didn't help that our currency dropped in value more than 30% since the world pandemic started.
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BloodScourge Apr 30, 2020
I'd buy a flibitPort 
I have fond memories of the first one on Mega Drive.
I have fond memories of the first one on Mega Drive.
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rustybroomhandle Apr 30, 2020
Quoting: M@GOidQuoting: brokeassbenQuoting: M@GOidThe price of this game is very high here in Brazil. How much it is in the US?Currently $22.49 on Steam with a 10% discount, but there's no price listed on Humble yet. Google says that equates to 122.34 in Brazilian real. I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know that's what your currency is called.
No need to be ashamed. I for one have no idea what is the currency of the majority of Brazil's neighbors...
Brazil is one of those countries where Valve do a price reduction relatively to the US Dollar conversion, because selling games at full price would drive people to piracy.
Region-specific prices are actually set by the developers/publishers themselves on a per country basis manually.
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Quoting: rustybroomhandleRegion-specific prices are actually set by the developers/publishers themselves on a per country basis manually.
That's not true. Regional prices are set automatically (based on some base USD price), but you as a developer/publisher can surely adjust any of them as you like.
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Works via of Lutris also with the GOG version. Played up to level 4 with 3 characters and unlocked 1. Game is nice.
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I've beaten the whole game, it works fine except for too long loading. I tried local co-op with two gamepads, it works too.
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In a weird twist, this game works on Proton but crashes on Xbox Game Pass in Windows 10. :D
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Quoting: ageresI've beaten the whole game, it works fine except for too long loading. I tried local co-op with two gamepads, it works too.
Long loading on STEAM or GOG version? I've had no issues with loading. Been playing with my wife and some of my kids. Going to try online via of Parsec on Saturday night with some friends.
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leillo1975 May 1, 2020
Seems that Ethan Lee port will never comes. There seems to be a lot of people who settle for Proton, which is bad for someone who could do it quickly, easily and cheaply:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/985890/discussions/1/2269195350114244967/?ctp=2#c2269195350112119774
With this kind of thing, in my opinion, we're killing the porters. It's one thing to use proton in games that will never be ported, it's another to defend its use in games that could easily have native support.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/985890/discussions/1/2269195350114244967/?ctp=2#c2269195350112119774
With this kind of thing, in my opinion, we're killing the porters. It's one thing to use proton in games that will never be ported, it's another to defend its use in games that could easily have native support.
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Quoting: RafiLinuxLong loading on STEAM or GOG version? I've had no issues with loading.Steam. At the Steam forums other Linux users are mentioning loading issues too.
Wait, the GOG version lacks the online mode?
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Quoting: ageresQuoting: RafiLinuxLong loading on STEAM or GOG version? I've had no issues with loading.Steam. At the Steam forums other Linux users are mentioning loading issues too.
Wait, the GOG version lacks the online mode?
Yeah it lacks an online mode for all platforms via of the GOG version. I personally don't mind since I don't do online much but I am doing it now due to the pandemic.
Last edited by Mezron on 3 May 2020 at 2:47 pm UTC
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JSVRamirez May 1, 2020
I'm desperately hoping for online, cross-platform co-op to arrive later on. Need to play this with my brother like we did over two decades ago.
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SlickMcRunFast May 3, 2020
I would be grateful if Valve taxed these companies that don't make an effort to port. Would make me feel better about buying. Maybe it's all for SteamOS part 2 whenever that happens.
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Some gameplay via Proton and XanMod kernel for faster loading speed( https://xanmod.org/ ):
Streets of Rage 4 Linux Proton XanMod kernel Fast Loading
Without XanMod kernel:
Streets of Rage 4 Linux Proton normal kernel Loading
Last edited by deathxxx on 3 May 2020 at 7:07 pm UTC
Streets of Rage 4 Linux Proton XanMod kernel Fast Loading
Without XanMod kernel:
Streets of Rage 4 Linux Proton normal kernel Loading
Last edited by deathxxx on 3 May 2020 at 7:07 pm UTC
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