Street Fighter 30th Anniversary

[wjb]

Any old school arcade/console street fighter players on here?

This is out next week on PS4, Xbox and switch





https://youtu.be/vpUXoCqD6GM

Bargain at under £30 with online play.

[Dave.]

Slightly Ot, but, Streets of Rage II is currently free for XBL gold members.

I lasted 10mins before being thoroughly bored of the repetitiveness, naff graphics and controls.

Definitely rose tinted glasses every time I try old games, shame really.

[Obi Wan]

LOVED STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 ON THE SEGA SATURN! Will be getting this.

[Welshbeef]

Teken
Mortal combat sage megadrive or was it on master system to start with?

[Daniel1]

I remember buying the american import snes version of street fighter 2 about 6 months before it was out in the UK. It cost £100 back in the early 90's and took me 6 months of saving (i was 9).

I could complete it with guile, ryu and ken on the hardest difficulty without losing a round!

Iirc you couldnt be the same character in pvp

[Welshbeef]

The slapping man was hard to go far

[Steven_RW]

I enjoy watching youtube videos of the pro competitions for Street Fighter. What was 4 initially and then 5 nowadays.

I went out and bought a "PS4 Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai" and modified it with Sanwa buttons and so on.

Was great fun to get back into it and the levels that you play against nowadays are a bit mind blowing.

I've decided to pass on the 30th Anniversary edition as I have so many fighting games on my shelf and only really play SFV from time to time.

Have ever tried a proper fight stick? Even if you are not necessarily better as a result, it feels authentic.

RW

[hyphen]

wjb said:

Bargain at under £30 with online play.

I wouldn't say the umpteenth release of old street fighters is a bargain at £30, not like years have work have gone into this release... Should be £5!!

[Snubs]

Dave. said:

Slightly Ot, but, Streets of Rage II is currently free for XBL gold members.

I lasted 10mins before being thoroughly bored of the repetitiveness, naff graphics and controls.

Definitely rose tinted glasses every time I try old games, shame really.

Sadly true. I bought a SNES mini for a bit of nostalgic gameplay. Had some fun on Super Mario Land, but games like Mario Kart and Street Fighter II were awful. I think a part of it is the old-fashioned controller without thumbsticks, so having the games on the PS4 would be an improvement in that sense.

After being quite excited about getting the SNES i'll be giving it to my niece and nephews this weekend with only a few hours played.

[wjb]

Obi Wan said:

LOVED STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 ON THE SEGA SATURN! Will be getting this.

Good conversation that, loved my Saturn.

hyphen said:

wjb said:

Bargain at under £30 with online play.

I wouldn't say the umpteenth release of old street fighters is a bargain at £30, not like years have work have gone into this release... Should be £5!!

It's roughly £2.50 a title, compared to what I used to spend in the arcades before I discovered women and alcohol it's a bargain!

Steven_RW said:

I enjoy watching youtube videos of the pro competitions for Street Fighter. What was 4 initially and then 5 nowadays.

I went out and bought a "PS4 Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai" and modified it with Sanwa buttons and so on.

Was great fun to get back into it and the levels that you play against nowadays are a bit mind blowing.

I've decided to pass on the 30th Anniversary edition as I have so many fighting games on my shelf and only really play SFV from time to time.

Have ever tried a proper fight stick? Even if you are not necessarily better as a result, it feels authentic.

RW

Yeah I've watched a few pro videos, it's crazy when you see them play sfv, I stopped playing around Sfa3, I prefer the classics if I'm honest which is why I can't wait for this.

I'll be picking up an arcade stick, had one for my Dreamcast years ago, I've always wanted an arcade cabinet really but my wife won't have it

[Silverbullet767]

wjb said:

I've always wanted an arcade cabinet really but my wife won't have it

Buy or make your own tabletop MAME machine, you can always shove it in a cupboard when you're not using it.

[BRR]

I've got this on pre-order as SF2 was my favorite game as kid, it can sit on the shelf unopened with the rest of my games

[six wheels]

I won a Streetfighter 2 WW competition in my local arcade as a nipper.

That is all.

[wjb]

Out today, looks like cheapest is Argos at £21.99.

[BRR]

my copy got delivered Saturday morning, decided I'm going to play them all the way through though i got bored after about 15 minutes of the original Street Fighter, will put some time into it once the weather goes crap again

[anonymous-user]

I remember driving up to Electrocoin on the North Circular in my old Mk4 Escort Estate and putting a brand new SF2 CE into the back of it and then driving back to Bournemouth to install it at an arcade I was managing.

The queue of people eagerly waiting to play it was about 30 deep, of course I had to have the inaugural game to make sure it was all working properly.

They don't make them like that any more.