Replying to https://twitter.com/Con_5_Duros/status/1431575052403843074:

@Con_5_Duros The 1st ever beat 'em up I owned was Double Dragon 2 on the Commodore 64. I played a lot of Final Fight and Streets of Rage 1-3. It's not just games that inspired me though, I loved the '80s gang movies like Streets of Fire and Escape for New York too.