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Street Fighter II turns 30 years old
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Captain Toad
Banned
Someone get my walker, so I can grab my dentures.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
"You must defeat Shen Long to stand a chance!"
Ah the golden age of misinformation and bad translations!
Ah the golden age of misinformation and bad translations!
eastcoastkody
Member
It was just one of those arcade machines u dont walk by. And if u do...in the back of ur mind ur thinking, i gotta come back for that.
Whether u were at an arcade, a pizza place... a walmart. It was super necessary to hop on that Street Fighter 2 machine.
Whether u were at an arcade, a pizza place... a walmart. It was super necessary to hop on that Street Fighter 2 machine.
Kokoloko85
Member
One of the biggest and most important video games of all time.
Growing up the arcades were everywhere. My uncle who knows nothing to this day about video games still knows HOUDOKEN!
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In alot of ways it was one of the games that popularised video games altogether. Its just as important as Pong, Mario, Pacman, Space Invaders Etc.
Not many Games had the responsiveness and smoothness of Street Fighter 2. It was unique and the best fighting game of its time.
The Characters, Music, Graphics, moves and Gameplay was something special at the time. And still is. Was a perfect combination for video games
Growing up the arcades were everywhere. My uncle who knows nothing to this day about video games still knows HOUDOKEN!
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In alot of ways it was one of the games that popularised video games altogether. Its just as important as Pong, Mario, Pacman, Space Invaders Etc.
Not many Games had the responsiveness and smoothness of Street Fighter 2. It was unique and the best fighting game of its time.
The Characters, Music, Graphics, moves and Gameplay was something special at the time. And still is. Was a perfect combination for video games
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skneogaf
Member
The year is 1991 and some friends told me about a new game that had replaced final fight on the arcade machine in the video rental shop in the area I lived in, so we went to see what it was as we all loved final fight.
We got there and there was a huge group of kids and teenagers waiting for their go so we got in a makeshift queue and waited for our go.
It was a fighting game called street fighter 2 that was 1 vs 1 and we both put our money in and he chose a skinny Indian man and I chose a huge Russian dude and the fight started.
His skinny Indian man hit me from the opposite side of the screen and my Russian man couldn't even get close to him.
I got absolutely demolished 2-0 but wow what a game!
I've been obsessed with street fighter games ever since and I sometimes setup a zangief vs dhalsim fight on my own arcade machine.
We got there and there was a huge group of kids and teenagers waiting for their go so we got in a makeshift queue and waited for our go.
It was a fighting game called street fighter 2 that was 1 vs 1 and we both put our money in and he chose a skinny Indian man and I chose a huge Russian dude and the fight started.
His skinny Indian man hit me from the opposite side of the screen and my Russian man couldn't even get close to him.
I got absolutely demolished 2-0 but wow what a game!
I've been obsessed with street fighter games ever since and I sometimes setup a zangief vs dhalsim fight on my own arcade machine.
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Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
Yeah, it practically birthed/popularized the fighter genre. A big improvement over the original.
Dev1lXYZ
Member
I encountered SFII the first time at a beach resort. At the time it hadn’t blown up, so we knew nothing about it aside from a mention in EGM that it may be the next Final Fight(‘89) with screens. I was blown away by the large sprites and the action on screen. Dhalsim’s stretching limbs was something never before witnessed in a video game. It was something that was exciting and otherworldly to contemplate gameplay wise. Of course, he was my first ever pick. I knew nothing about the special moves and trying to press different button combinations to make him split flames confused me. About a month later, it exploded like a bomb everywhere. EGM started printing move sheets and character bios in extra thick issues. The generation before mine had PAC-MAN Fever, we had the same in order of magnitude. What a time to be alive.
eastcoastkody
Member
such an inspirational game. Games like Injustice 2 & Overwatch dont exist without street fighter.
Hero shooters probably dont exist without street fighter tbh
Hero shooters probably dont exist without street fighter tbh
Belmonte
Member
I will play SF2, SF Zero and SFIII until I die. Masterpieces.
It is incredible how much the devs got it right with SF2. It is the backbone of the entire genre. I remember Harada saying in an interview that he only did Tekken in the right way (Tekken 3) after he understood fully the SF2 gameplay.
It is incredible how much the devs got it right with SF2. It is the backbone of the entire genre. I remember Harada saying in an interview that he only did Tekken in the right way (Tekken 3) after he understood fully the SF2 gameplay.
RAIDEN1
Member
The original "vanilla" Streetfighter 2 released in Japanese Arcades Feb 6th 1991
Nocturno999
Member
The GOAT.
Kokoloko85
Member
In alot of ways it was one of the games that popularised video games altogether. Its just as important as Pong, Mario, Pacman, Space Invaders Etc.
Not many Games had the responsiveness and smoothness of Street Fighter 2. It was unique and the best fighting game of its time.
Also The Characters, Music, graphics, moves and gameplay was something special at the time. And still is. Was a perfect combination
funking giblet
Member
My first memory was Ryu burned by Dhalsim in the attract mode in the arcade. I threw a bunch of twenty pence into it. (Quarters I Guess, Ireland had pounds then). I met one of my best friends through a random game. It was wild, showing each other moves, playing winner stays on,. It defined what I remember as arcade play, and competitive play. John Romero might say it was DOOM, but he was saying that while playing Street Fighter (Love ya John). No matter what game I play today, Street Fighter is a given when a bunch of mates come around. There's not a bunch of guys waiting around for their turn of Bloodborne.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Best characters to use:
1. Ryu/Ken (same shit for casual gamers although googling it there's slight differences in timing or whatever)
2. Blanka (not sure why people didn't like using him. Strong, fast jumps, and weird attacks and hit zones. Loved using him)
3. Guile
4. Zangief
5. Chun Li
6. Honda
7. Dhalsim
1. Ryu/Ken (same shit for casual gamers although googling it there's slight differences in timing or whatever)
2. Blanka (not sure why people didn't like using him. Strong, fast jumps, and weird attacks and hit zones. Loved using him)
3. Guile
4. Zangief
5. Chun Li
6. Honda
7. Dhalsim
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Manji Uzuki
Member
Absolutely legendary game. Played a lot in the arcades when I was a kid and then at home on the mega drive version.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
NeoGiffer
Member
Knightime_X
Member
Still VERY competitive in the SF2 scene.
And damn good at it too!
And damn good at it too!
yurinka
Member
The best videogame ever, period.
It was a fucking insane success in the arcades, and its port for consoles (SNES) remains as the 7th best selling Capcom game ever, back then the top 1.
Just for fun, the next best selling Capcom game ever in the ranking (8th) is Street Fighter V. Which as I remember even if it was released 5 years ago it will get in a week or two a new character, a new game mechanic, a big gameplay rebalance, more costumes and I think a new stage or two.
It was a fucking insane success in the arcades, and its port for consoles (SNES) remains as the 7th best selling Capcom game ever, back then the top 1.
Just for fun, the next best selling Capcom game ever in the ranking (8th) is Street Fighter V. Which as I remember even if it was released 5 years ago it will get in a week or two a new character, a new game mechanic, a big gameplay rebalance, more costumes and I think a new stage or two.
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BusierDonkey
Member
I've been fapping to Chun Li for 30 years?
Allnamestakenlol
Member
My, how time flies. Fantastic game.
Wait, as I remember it the 2 most effective characters (as in for winning tournaments) where Guile and Dhalsim. (Admittedly I was a Honda player. I had an advantage at my local arcade that nobody else played him so it was hard for others to get used to me playing him.)
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I got into playing Street Fighter when they released Alpha 3 and thought it was a pretty good entry with an interesting cast of fighters. Not just the characters from Final Fight but Adon (from Zero) was also really fun to use. Beautiful graphics too.
I don't think there is an equivalent in today's market, it's not just about sales or downloads like Minecraft or Fornite, it was also about the extreme hype and make ports that could change the market. Maybe something like GTA, but it's not quite the same. Probably the only equivalent at the time was Doom, same hype, same quality, same trends. Is there some equivalent to Doom and SF2 these days?
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Belmonte
Member
I love Zero series art and characters! My favorite art in the entire fighting game genre and one of my favorites in all gaming.
IMO SF2 art is the most iconic, SF3 has the best animation and SF Zero the best character design and overall art.
Dr. Suchong
Member
Surprisedthisthreadhasn'thadmorereplies-ken!
BigBooper
Member
Can you imagine if they'd put out a 4K 120fps capable remake of SF2? The PS3 remix game was great, but lacking in some aspects.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
I was blown away by the games visuals, the first time I saw it. Big sprites, lots of color and great animations. I was really obsessed with SF2 in the early 90's.
