Streets of Rage 3/Cheats

These Cheats & Tips are for Sega Genesis version.

On the main menu hold Up+B on Controller 1 and enter Options. A round select option will appear at the bottom giving you a choice up to Round 6. This option also enables you to play from Round 6 on Easy difficulty (as the game ends normally if you get to the end of Round 5 on Easy).
 * Round Select

Enter Options and highlight Lives. Press Up + A + B + C on Controller 2 and Right on Controller 1. You may now select up to 9 lives per continue instead of just 5.
 * 9 lives per continue

On the menu sceen hold Down+C on Controller 2 and select 2 Player. You should hear a sound to show the cheat has worked.
 * Play as same characters in 2 Player

On the title screen hold Up+B on Controller 1 and press Start. Roo will now be selectable.
 * Play as Roo from the beginning

Press C to select a player, then quickly hold A and sweep the D-pad in a clockwise circle until Axel appears. Then press A. He will now be superpowered. NOTE: difficult to work.
 * Play as Super Axel

Start the game and allow yourself to lose a life with zero score. When you respawn you will be Super Skate, with a new superfast powerful combo attack which is as powerful as Max Thunder's Atomic Drop at Streets of Rage 2!
 * Play as Super Skate

Shiva is capable of hitting punks (excluding Goldie, Fabio and all bosses except for Jet) till they die by pressing Z without stopping.
 * Unstoppable Shiva combo


 * Hidden Items

Round 1 Extra Life & Gold Bar: At the start of Round 1 there is an extra life and gold bar hidden behind the scenery on the bottom left.

Round 3 Extra Life: At the start of Round 3 there's an extra life hidden behind the scenery on the left.

Round 7B Gold Bars: In Round 7B's final boss scene the bottom of the press conference room has a number of Gold Bars to take hidden below the cameras.

Round 7B Hidden Apple & Chicken: When fighting Shiva for the second time on the City Hall stage there is an apple behind the middlemost man's head (you can see the red edges of it), and a chicken behind the camera on the right.