Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Gameplay feature milestone

Super Street Fighter II Turbo is the first Street Fighter game to feature what everyone now knows as "Super" combos: enhanced versions of many of the fighter's moves which deal more damage. Since this game, nearly every Capcom fighter made has featured a "Super" meter of some sort or another.

PC port differences

There are a number of differences between the original arcade version of the game and its DOS port, which include:

• Missing frames of background animation due to performance concerns (some restored with patches)
• Statues on Bison's level can not be broken, as the data set Capcom sent to Eurocom Developments did not include the necessary sprites and the latter did not have enough time to recreate them.
• Moves that needed all three punch or kick buttons to be pressed at the same time can now be executed with just the medium and strong buttons due to how contemporary keyboard input was handled.
• Bison's body disappears after the Akuma/Bison cutscene (originally he remained on screen while the fight went on) due to performance concerns.
• The screen was resized (the arcade screen is 384x240 while the PC screen is 320x200). The graphics themselves were not scaled down, however.

The first print of the European CD release was missing the Redbook CD Audio in error, containing only MIDI music instead. GameTek UK released a "Special Edition" with the restored music, while owners of the original print could contact the publisher for a replacement disc free of charge.

The Amiga CD32 port was released the following year by the same company, but it did not include the improvements introduced by post-release patches for the DOS version.

Regional differences

In the Japanese version of the game, Balrog's (the boxer) name is M. Bison. However, due to his resemblance to the real boxer Mike Tyson, his name was changed to Balrog in the American version. Also because of this M. Bison (the Shadaloo leader) is supposed to be Vega in Japan, and Vega (the claw and mask Spanish fighter) is called Balrog in Japan.

The German version of the DOS port has all the blood removed.

Awards

• EGM
  • 1995 Buyer's Guide - Arcade Trick of the Year - The Akuma Codes
• GameFan
  • 1994 (Vol 3, Iss. 1) - Overall Fighting Game of the Year
  • 1994 (Vol 3, Iss. 1) - Best 3DO Fighting Game of the Year* VideoGames
  • March 1995 - Best Arcade-to-Home Translation Game

Information also contributed by: Big John WV, Satoshi Kunsai, Zovni, and Plok