PlayStation

Street Fighter Collection 2

This disk also includes artwork, useful tips, and even unlockable secrets. An arcade style joystick is recommended for maximum enjoyment. The load times are respectable, but the game has no auto-save, which is a bummer. Street Fighter Collection 2 is not only a great package but a nice piece of history as well. Note: These games are also available on PS2 compilations.

These three games are far and away the most accurate ports of Street Fighter ever conceived for a home console. Though it's mind boggling as to why this is the second collection considering the first has the final two installments of the series, this is by no means a problem. While the games may not seem all that different to a casual player, rest assured that the minute changes to each game can get highly confusing to a hardcore player. This is definitely a collection that you can't go wrong with. Arcade perfect graphics, some of the best video game music ever conceived, pin-point control, and memories that could never be repeated make this a game that any self-respecting Street Fighter fan MUST own.

If you have a hankering to play any of the three original Street Fighter II games at home, and happen to have a PSOne sitting around, then you absolutely need to track down a copy of Street Fighter Collection 2. Copies in excellent condition with original case and manual tend to go for about $25 on Ebay. It's worth it. These are the arcade games. Combine this disc with a Street Fighter Anniversary arcade stick or a MAS joystick and you can literally bring the arcade experience home without dropping $500+ on a space-wasting cabinet.

I have only a few words for this one, and they are all good. Street Fighter fans will absolutely love this, and I can't think of any other 2D fighter (other than Alpha 2) that I would rather play (Street Fighter Alpha 3 also will probably be another exception, but it's not out yet.) Straight non-Street Fighter gamers will love it, too, because it's the real thing, the origin from which today's fighting genre bloomed, and it's all skill-based fighting. You have to know your stuff to beat anyone in these games. I like this better than any of the Dark Stalker games, better than Guilty Gear, or King of Fighters, and it beats the smack out of Mortal Kombat ¿ in any of its 2D forms. (And no I'm not getting any payola from Capcom. I never do! Damn!) For me, this is pure gaming goodness. It's old school, but it's a must have.

There are lots of other must-buy games out now, but you'd be making a mistake if you ignore, but you'd be making a mistake if you ignored this compilation. After all, the original SF II is such a legendary game - both for it's gameplay and it's place in history - that is almost seems a crime not to own it. Just hearing the old tunes and rediscovering the Boss-beating patterns makes the experience worthwhile. Plus, Hyper Fighting is the most solid installment in the series.

In 1991, arcades were, to put it mildly, suffering. Most games in that era were shooters, or bland walk-to-the-right-and-hit-buttons-fast beat 'em ups. Capcom released a quiet sequel to one of its games and consequently changed the way we play. The game, of course, was Street Fighter II. SF2 and its various sequels spawned an arcade revolution, the effects of which are still felt to this very day. Capcom's previous Street Fighter collection contained some of the later Street Fighter titles. This second pack contains the original Street Fighter 2, and its two upgrades, SF2: Champion Edition, and SF2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting.