v2.9

What's new in 2.9: the collection updates itself

Updates from the collection. When a newer release is out, the collection says so at the top as it opens.

• Update (U, or Y on a pad) downloads the new installer, checks it against the release, and runs it. It rebuilds the games you have from the ROMs Setup kept, with nothing to pick again, and keeps your settings, saves and desktop icon.
• Not now (N, or X on a pad) hides the sign until the release after that one.
• The check asks GitHub for the collection's latest release and nothing else. To turn it off, set check_updates=0 in collection.ini, next to the collection's program.

This release has to be installed by hand, as before. After that, the collection offers each new release itself.

Not fixed yet:

• A light black flicker with high frame rate (Streets of Rage 2): not seen in the test runs yet.
• Round 6's screen unlock glitch (#20, the other parts) and the background jitter at the start of a level (#17).

Everything from 2.8.3 is in this release.

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Download Streets-of-Rage-Collection-Setup-v2.9.exe below and run it.

Setup asks where to install (your user's Programs folder by default, no administrator rights needed), then for your own ROMs: Streets of Rage (World), Streets of Rage 2 (USA) and Streets of Rage 3 (USA), with optional rows under it for Bare Knuckle III (Japan), its English patch and the Bare Knuckle III DX patch (Bare Knuckle III is built on the USA ROM, so pick that one too). Each is checked as you pick it; skip any you do not have and add it later by running Setup again (Settings > Apps > Streets of Rage Collection > Modify).

It then downloads the build tools it needs (Node.js, CMake, Ninja and LLVM-MinGW, about 260 MB, from their publishers, checked against pinned SHA-256s) into the install folder, builds each game from its ROM (a few minutes), and adds the collection to the Start menu.

No part of any game is included in this release. You need your own copies of the cartridges.