Street Fighter II

What surely must be the greatest ever arcade machine has become the greatest ever arcade-to-console conversion. It truly is mind-bogglingly good! Apart from a few minuscule differences - none of which affect the gameplay in the slightest - this IS Street Fighter II. The sound, sprites, animated backgrounds and gameplay are all spot-on, so much so that once you're used to playing with the Super Nintendo control pads (which doesn't take long since you can select which buttons do what) you actually think you're playing the arcade game! All your favourite tactics work, everything reacts in the same way, all the moves are present...everything is perfect! Incredibly, Capcom have also added some new features not present in the arcade machine - a new bonus screen and a whole load of options which allow you to handicap yourself or other players, select the background and change the difficulty settings.

It wasn't all about flashy graphics and 100-hit combo throws by sweaty buff men in tiger masks, either. Zangief (or as I call him, "The Gief") would own King any day of the week. His sculpted chest hair and red Speedo are unstoppable! SFII requires a lot of skill to be able to stand your own ground among the SF elite. Picking up the controller and mashing buttons make you look like a complete tool while your skilled friend ( i.e., me) brings the pain from all directions with Sonic Booms, Yoga Flames, Hundred Hand Slaps & Hurricane Kicks.

By the way, SFII on the SNES is truly a great game and one of the classics for the console (Just in case you didn't quite get that from the above story).

Everywhere you turn, you cannot miss it. Street Fighter 2 has become a phenomenon unto itself: not quite as big as Mario, but twice as exploited. The Street Fighter 2 coin-op has already become a classic of the Nineties, with more than a little help from Nintendo’s spurious advertising campaign. It all seems a far cry from the days of the original coin-op, made famous by its gigantic, pressure-sensitive fire buttons that you literally had to pummel if you were going to make any indentation on your opponent’s energy level

To be perfectly honest Street Fighter II was a project that should never have been undertaken. However it has and the programmers have pulled out all the stops. Surprisingly the graphics and sound are incredibly similar to that of the arcade machine. But it's not all smiles because the gameplay isn't particularly good - still you can't have everything.

Although this versions imperfection’s have been exposed in the recent Street Fighter and Capcom Compilations and even it’s SNES sequels, there will always be a special spot reserved on my shelf for this first Super Nintendo incarnation. Despite it’s flaw’s, It was the first time I felt like I was actual playing an arcade machine at home. Hurling fireballs and sonic booms would never be the same. Street Fighter II for Super Nintendo is a landmark release in gaming history.

Wer alt genug ist, um schon etwas länger Einlaß in die geheiligten Arcade-Hallen zu finden, erinnert sich unter Garantie noch an die ersten Straßenkämpfer, bei denen spezielle Gumminoppen zum Draufkloppen die üblichen Feuerknöpfe ersetzten. Tolle Sache, doch leider blieb von der Racht des großen Standgerätes am Amiga bloß eine unausgegorene Dilettanten-Rangelei übrig, die selbst friedliebende Zeitgenossen in einem Tag durchgespielt hatten.

Easy to learn but difficult to master, Street Fighter 2's basic gameplay and control scheme became the fighting game standard, copied by endless clones. Harder kicks and punches inflict more damage, but are tougher to land. With numerous special attacks and the ability to block (by holding the joystick away from your opponent), the gameplay is remarkably deep. The meticulously detailed backgrounds are fascinating, and the theme songs are some of the best ever composed for a video game. This cartridge also provides the ability to customize your control scheme, and it annoyed me to no end how each of my friends always had modify their settings before every bout. Street Fighter 2 stands as one of the all-time classics, right up there with Pac-Man and Space Invaders. It led to many sequels, each of which offered minor enhancements but no significant changes to the gameplay itself.

Wait and save your Points for better, more fully-featured versions of this game. Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha 2 could all potentially come to the service in the future, and that's just from the SNES back catalog. Any of them would be more worth your while, as you'd likely enjoy playing this version, but would quickly tire of its restricted scope and roster of only the eight original fighters. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior revolutionized the fighting genre and brought arcades back from the dead in the early '90s – but there are better ways to re-experience that era than this particular download.

All by all, Street Fighter II is a fun game. It brings nothing new, even for its time, but at least it looks pretty and the music is ok. This critter's perfect for venting your frustration off on.

Das Spiel selbst unterschied erstmalig Schläge und Tritte dreier Stärken, ermöglichte komplexe Spezialangriffe und legte großen Wert auf präzises Timing aller Offensiv- und Defensiv-Aktionen. In gewisser Weise gab Capcom schon hier die Richtung vor, in die moderne Serien wie Virtua Fighter, Tekken oder Soul Calibur noch heute marschieren. Gerade in der PAL-Fassung, die trotz gestreckten Bilds auch auf der Virtual Console vorliegt, leiden die schnörkellosen Martial Arts-Fights aber unter dem herben Geschwindigkeitsverlust. Ein Klassiker – keine Frage, allerdings hätte ich die flinkere „Turbo“-Variante lieber gesehen. Oder eben eine ungebremste 60Hz-Fassung, aber die bleibt wohl für’s erste ein Wunschtraum.

Det är inte första gången U.S. Gold slarvar med en konvertering från en maskin till en annan. Spelet är hyfsat, men det hade gått att göra betydligt bättre.

It does a good impression of Street Fighter 2, and everything looks as if it'll be all right, but the gameplay just isn't at home - it's jerky, sluggish and almost unplayable. Mortal Kombat's since shown that PC's can cope with beat-'em-ups, which only makes things worse.