After digging a little deeper into obscurities for the last couple of releases, SEGA has gone back to one of their tried and true 16-bit franchises for the latest addition to the SEGA Forever line-up. The Streets of Rage series has lain dormant for a very long time now, but in its heyday, it was one of SEGA's most successful action brands. To this day, I still consider Streets of Rage 2 to be one of the very best side-scrolling beat-em-ups ever made. But we're not here to talk about the sequel. Well, not yet anyway. No, today we're looking at the original Streets of Rage [Free], a game that may be lesser than its follow-up but still packs a pretty solid punch. Happily, SEGA has given the game the finest treatment we've seen for a new SEGA Forever release yet. If you're already familiar with the game, you're probably just wondering how this particular version of it is. The short answer is that it's quite fine. For the most part, the emulation holds up well enough. The problem of the gameplay stuttering when you're downloading or doing anything online in the background persists, but other than that, Streets of Rage runs well. Even the sound emulation seems to be on its best behavior here, making Yuzo Koshiro's soundtrack pop the way it should. It's not perfect and it probably never will be, but I suspect it's good enough for most people at this point. Like other SEGA Forever releases, this game supports MFi controllers, should you have one and want to get the standard experie...