SNES

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Overall I was very impressed with the SNES version of Street Fighter Alpha 2. Despite not being quite as good as other versions of the game, I believe this is the highest quality port possible on the outdated hardware. I would highly recommend tracking this title down if your into 2D fighting games and don't own a Saturn, PS1 or newer console. Great job Nintendo.

The moves are a snap to execute, thanks to responsive controls. The only drawback is that the fights are slow, even on the game's fastest turbo setting. Flaws aside, SFA2 is a good fighting game that remains (for the most part) faithful to it's arcade counterpart.

Let's face it, there are just certain games that shouldn't be made on the 16-bitters. Sure, they tried pretty hard and came relatively close, but overall SFA2 on the Super NES is more of a chore than anything else. There's a slight load time right before the battle and the sound sounds like it's being playing through a coffee can - a poor quality coffee can at that. Sodom's name was changed to Katana - I wonder why? The graphics were good but the poor control pretty much negated that. Speaking of poor control, I think back to Super SF2 and remember how well that played compared to this one. Oh well, maybe next time.

Warning: Unless you DO NOT own a Saturn or a Playstation, you should not be playing this version of Street Fighter Alpha II. Actually, unless this is your only option in the world, stay away. It's not the most terrible fighter available for the console, but the under the hood of the SNES you can almost hear heavy breathing going on.