It is not really Hulk Hogan, but a character named Hawk, but he looks just like Hulk Hogan. It is a shame he did not do his leg drop instead of an elbow drop when the enemies were down. I played another Konami beat em up the first Crime Fighters and this is an improvement over that one. This one had better hit detection, was a bit more fair and was over far more quickly. Seriously, in that one you could literally fight the same guy for a while if you could not get him down.
The story, well a gang is running rough shot over Dead End City and this gang wishes to expand. Standing in their way, another gang with a boxer, a retired wrestler, a martial artist and a guy who resembled Mr. T. Of course, a girl gets kidnapped and now it is time to beat your way through the city!
There are only five stages in this one and the fighting is much improved over the first Crime Fighters game. I honestly did not know this was a sequel to that game as it was called Vendetta on the machine I have. The fighting is way more distinct than the first and you can pick up an assortment of stuff to throw at people, use against people or shoot people. I was hoping for a few more moves considering I was using a wrestler, but once again a vast improvement over the first game.
So, this one was pretty fun, with the addiction of a Hogan clone making it more unique. Still, the Crime Fighter legacy is obviously not as good as other beat em ups of the day as I never heard of it till I went through my emulator. Capcom and various other companies just did a better job of making this type of game than Konami.