Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
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This version of Street Fighter II is similar in most aspects to the original, save that all 12 characters are selectable from the get-go (the boss characters were originally locked), and the game engine has been revamped.
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- ストリートファイター2ダッシュ - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 86% (based on 30 ratings)
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Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 69 ratings with 6 reviews)
Good port of the arcade version.
The Good
Well, of course, the gameplay! It's what gets people hooked on! The characters move perfectly. Although the sprites aren't as impressive as the arcade, the characters and backgrounds still retain their same look. What's more impressive is that this is the first Street Fighter port to have features like Group battle and Elimination battle! These add more spice to it all and the neatest part is that because of the very fast speed of the Genesis, turbo mode play is twice as fast as the Turbo port for SNES!
The Bad
What was kinda upsetting was the music. It seems to have been reworked and sounds different than the SNES. The sprites weren't as exact as the arcade or SNES. The voices also sound kinda blocky and it's hard to tell what Ryu is really trying say when he is throwing fireballs.
The Bottom Line
Basically a not too bad, not too good port of SFII C.E. I also say this always -- that this is an example of why Street Fighter II wasn't ported to the Genesis in the first place.
Genesis · by Robbb (99) · 2004
Are you Ken? No? Well get out of my way!
The Good
SCE. Special. Well, this wasn't the first time I'd played Street Fighter before. I had played the original arcade and eventually, the version of Street Fighter 2 on the SNES. However, this was far superior. Smoother gameplay, greater depth and more characters. It still plays like a dream today. I wish that more games were of this ilk. Yet, few are.
My favourite character was always Ken. Not sure why, perhaps because he was similar to Ryu but wore red. Plus, my mate was always Ryu so couldn't be him. However, my favourite music was and still is Ryu's stage. Most of the music was good, but that stood out for me.
Heck this game is still a great leveller. You got something to settle. Stick SF2: SCE on and slug it out. No problem. It still works.
It's still thought of as a benchmark title, which is some accomplishment after 12 or so years. 2D beat-em-ups don't get much better than this & will not last as long as this.
The Bad
There are some lame characters but heck that's not the point.
The Bottom Line
If you've not played it yet, get a copy. Challenge your mates, play single player mode, just play it.
Genesis · by Liam Dowds (39) · 2005
Customers demanded it, Tec Toy delivers it!
The Good
As a programmer, the amount of number crunching done to bring this to a console that has less RAM that the NES is amazing, and if you have a Master Gear converter for your Game Gear, enjoy this game on the go, more so than the just-as-excellent Game Boy version. Even better, if you can get ahold of Tec Toy's very rare six-button controller (or two), you'll be allowed to do all of the moves in the arcade. The cart size is as large as the Master System can take, and it's one of the finest Master System games to come about towards the end of the console's life.
The Bad
All negatives of this game are drawn of the Master System. At first, you'd think that the game sucks, but then you're drawn into it, and start learning how to play the game. Ignoring the extreme limitations of 1985 hardware (1987 for us in the US), pulling this off can be tricky, and perhaps some nitpickers wouldn't like the simplified backgrounds or the digitized sounds, but considering Capcom did the development themselves, this isn't all that bad, and after awhile, you'll start to get used to it and it won't even bother you at all. A major drawback is using the Master System's two-button controller (default standard) and how tiny the characters appear when using the game with the Game Gear via the Master Gear converter.
The Bottom Line
Don't own a Genesis, PC Engine, TurboExpress, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, 1.5 GHz x86 CPU'd PC or the very rare Sega Nomad, then this version is really good for the Game Gear via the Master Gear converter. And if you some reason the Master System is your only game system and you're using a Macintosh or other alternative means to get online to read this review, then this game's the best you're going to get for fighting game goodness on the Master System. I suggest that anyone who wants to complete their Master System collection ought have this game in their libraries. It is the essential paradigm of programming excellence for a console that just can't cut it, and "cut it" it did.
SEGA Master System · by Fake Spam (85) · 2006
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Sales
According to publisher Capcom, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition has sold 1.65 million copies worldwide since its initial release (as of June 30, 2016).
Sega Master System version
This was one of the largest Master System games ever created. It was only available in Brazil, where the older consoles were still very popular at the time. As this was an 8-bit title, some cuts had to be made. There are only eight playable characters (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Blanka, Guile, Sagat, Balrog and Mr Bison) and the background is devoid of animation. Some moves were omitted as well, such as Ken and Ryu's signature Dragon Punch. Also, since the original Master System controller only had two buttons, Tec Toy manufactured a six-button controller to go with the game. This controller later became the standard controller for Master System in Brazil.
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Street Fighter II' is pronounced as Street Fighter Two Dash.
Version differences
This version for Genesis has re-worked sounds and voices if you compare it to the SNES version, with less colors, but it was a lot faster on turbo mode.
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Game added by Tibes80.
Arcade added by Infernos. TurboGrafx-16 added by RKL. Browser added by Sciere. SEGA Master System added by Kohler 86. J2ME added by Kabushi. Sharp X68000 added by Terok Nor. Wii added by samsam12.
Additional contributors: Oyn, Kohler 86, Alaka, Robbb, formercontrib, Eric Smith, CalaisianMindthief, BrandeX.
Game added January 1, 2003. Last modified March 4, 2024.