Atomic Drop: due to his inability to vault when grabbing an opponent, Max can use this move as an alternative to inflict damage.Grabbing his opponent first, Max can jump and throw his enemy violently against the ground with the impact force of a hammer striking an anvil. Thunder Body Slam: due to his inability to vault when grabbing an opponent, Max can use this move as an alternative to inflict damage.Bear Hug: Max grabs the enemy and crushes his/her skull in-between his arms 5 consecutive times (Max's strongest move if all 5 hits connect, but it is slow and leaves him open to be attacked from behind).This move is frequently used to compensate for Max's slow walking speed. Power Slide: Max ducks down quickly and slides forward, hitting enemies at their leg level.Thunder Tackle: Max projects himself forwards at incredible speed with an extended shoulder, taking down multiple enemies ahead.Spinning Knuckle Bomb: Max spins rapidly with his arms extended horizontally with hands clasped together, hitting enemies both in front and behind him in a circular hammering motion.Also, due to his tall and hulky build, he, along with Floyd Iraia cannot vault above a grabbed opponent - instead, he will jump and take the opponent to the air with him. Max is the slowest and strongest character. He is the only boss in the game who never flinches upon taking damage from regular moves, only getting knocked by Star Supers.Īfter defeat, he comes back to normal and assures the heroes that he never intended to hurt them. He uses most of his signature moves from the second game, like his Thunder Tackle, Spinning Knuckle Bomb and Drop Kick. Max returns in Streets of Rage 4, this time as a boss who is being mind-controlled by Ms. While not a playable character, he can be seen in the good ending with the other heroes watching the sunset. Not much is known why he decided to join the trio, other than his friendship with Axel. The first appearance of Max, he joins Axel, Blaze, and Sammy in rescuing Adam Hunter. Returning in SOR4 as a boss character, Max remains essentially the same, except his black hair is now in a military crewcut with gray sides (possibly due to age), his upper body has some scars, and his eyes display a frightening red glow indicating he is under mental control of the Y twins. He wears black elbow pads, light blue wrestling pants with yellow horizontal lighting bolt designs (with a black Superman-like thong above them in waist level), and red wrestling boots with white strings and black soles.
He has a mop of spiked black hair, a vertical scar running across his right eye, hairy forearms, and fights shirtless. Max is a tall and massive muscular Caucasian male in his apparent mid or late 30s.