Street fighter 2

[Tatsujin]

lol, western game covers in the 8-/16-bit times were the biggest laugher just possible. thank you america and the rest of the western parts that helped so much with all these hilarious cover arts. I had very many and very good laughing moments

[RyuHayabusa]

Now that I think about it, the artwork for many of Capcom's 8-bit titles are even worse. We all know how poor the art was for the early Mega Man titles, but take a look at some of the artwork for the the European PC ports of Strider and Ghouls N Ghosts.

[Mathius]

lol, western game covers in the 8-/16-bit times were the biggest laugher just possible. thank you america and the rest of the western parts that helped so much with all these hilarious cover arts. I had very many and very good laughing moments

Yeah if the artwork didn't originate in Japan then the cover likely stunk of moldy underwear.

[Samurai Ghost]

I dunno, I like the Genesis cover. The art is good and it uses one of the most iconic backgrounds and places one of the main heroes against the boss. They are in the middle of battle with Bison looking like he has the upper hand but still a chance for Guile to come back. Plus Guile's hair looks like it could actually exist in real life. The PCE/Mega Drive cover art is cool but it's American cover that's actually not too bad for once.

Yeah, it's not too bad.  Plus the UK Megadrive cover is the same as the PC Engine cover.

Does anyone actually still play Street Fighter II anymore?  I played it a couple of days ago on the PCE, and I've played it this year on the MD.  I love the game, though I think Alpha 3 is my favorite.  And I like 3rd strike too.

Yeah I love playing the Super Street Fighter II on the Saturn with friends. It's the kind of game EVERYONE has played so it's fun for anyone. Even random non-gamer girls usually are familiar with Street Fighter and can at least button mash through a few rounds. For serious gaming I generally prefer Alpha 3 or Third Strike but fewer people are familiar with those games.

[jeffhlewis]

Voted for Genny/MD - simply because it has the most faithful gameplay to the arcade version and the closest music (largely due to the similarity in Yamaha sound chips).

SNES had better graphics, sure. I just always hated that goddamn control pad with the shoulder buttons. any serious SF2 player plays with the 3x3 6 button setup.

[KnightWarrior]

I hate most US artwork in the 8/16-bit days

[MottZilla]

Voted for Genny/MD - simply because it has the most faithful gameplay to the arcade version and the closest music (largely due to the similarity in Yamaha sound chips).

And the gameplay is more faithful, how exactly?

[soop]

any serious SF2 player plays with the 3x3 6 button setup.

A 9 button 6 button setup.

[Drakon]

Voted for Genny/MD - simply because it has the most faithful gameplay to the arcade version and the closest music (largely due to the similarity in Yamaha sound chips).

SNES had better graphics, sure. I just always hated that goddamn control pad with the shoulder buttons. any serious SF2 player plays with the 3x3 6 button setup.

Something like this?


Indeed the game is verrrry fun with my stick.  Especially when playing this version:

[jeffhlewis]

Voted for Genny/MD - simply because it has the most faithful gameplay to the arcade version and the closest music (largely due to the similarity in Yamaha sound chips).

And the gameplay is more faithful, how exactly?

The SNES version always felt sluggish to me. Most SNES fighting games did in general; just my humble opinion.

[SignOfZeta]

Voted for Genny/MD - simply because it has the most faithful gameplay to the arcade version and the closest music (largely due to the similarity in Yamaha sound chips).

SNES had better graphics, sure. I just always hated that goddamn control pad with the shoulder buttons. any serious SF2 player plays with the 3x3 6 button setup.

The OEM pad is irrelevent. No serious SFII player uses such crap. Once you have a stick, preferably a multi-platform one, you can see how similar the versions are. There is nothing "sluggish" about the SNES games. Everything happens at the same time, with the same latency, and at the same speed. 

[Drakon]

The original snes release is sluggish only because it's world warrior which was slower than even champion edition in the arcades.

[guyjin]

I don't understand the love for the SNES version. Sure, I played the f*ck out of it back in the day, but compared to the other 16 bit versions it's clunky and slow. It even sounds bad compared to other Capcom SNES games.

Funny this topic came up, because today Street Fighter 2 is 25 years old. Get out your walkers.

[SignOfZeta]

I don't understand the love for the SNES version. Sure, I played the f*ck out of it back in the day, but compared to the other 16 bit versions it's clunky and slow. It even sounds bad compared to other Capcom SNES games.

Funny this topic came up, because today Street Fighter 2 is 25 years old. Get out your walkers.

What do you mean by "the SNES version"? If you are talking about the original SFII then there isn't anything other than the arcade to compare it to since Word Warrior was only ported once. If you compare Super, which is on SNES and Genesis you'll find there is nothing sluggish at all.

"Sluggish", what a generic unquantifiable term that is anyway...

[Drakon]

I don't understand the love for the SNES version. Sure, I played the f*ck out of it back in the day, but compared to the other 16 bit versions it's clunky and slow. It even sounds bad compared to other Capcom SNES games.

Funny this topic came up, because today Street Fighter 2 is 25 years old. Get out your walkers.

What do you mean by "the SNES version"? If you are talking about the original SFII then there isn't anything other than the arcade to compare it to since Word Warrior was only ported once. If you compare Super, which is on SNES and Genesis you'll find there is nothing sluggish at all.

"Sluggish", what a generic unquantifiable term that is anyway...

Yeah...turbo must be real sluggish!