The Street Fighter Arcade That Started It All!
2🕹 Game Name: Street Fighter
📛 Alternate Names: Fighting Street (PC Engine/TurboGrafx-CD)
📅 Release Date: August 30, 1987
🔫 Genre: Fighting
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Capcom
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Capcom
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction:
Street Fighter set the stage for one-on-one fighting games, establishing a foundation for future legends in the arcade world.
🕹 Game Description:
You control Ryu (or Ken for Player 2) as you travel the globe, taking on ten martial artists in hand-to-hand combat. With only two playable characters, the game was basic, but groundbreaking.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 One-on-one fights against CPU or second player
👉 🏻 Best two-out-of-three rounds to win a match
👉 🏻 Special moves like Hadouken, Shoryuken, and Hurricane Kick
👉 🏻 Attack buttons determine move strength—light, medium, or heavy
👉 🏻 Bonus stages include breaking boards and bricks
📕 Background & History:
Developed by Capcom, Street Fighter introduced the concept of special move inputs and set the stage for the fighting genre's explosion. Though clunky by today’s standards, it’s remembered as the beginning of a franchise that would dominate arcades in the '90s.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Quarter-circle forward + punch for Ryu’s Hadouken
👉 🏻 Dragon Punch (Shoryuken) with forward, down, down-forward + punch
👉 🏻 Hurricane Kick: down, back, kick
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Bootleg versions added more characters and moves
👉 🏻 “MAME” versions allow remapping special moves to single buttons
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 The game originally used pressure-sensitive pads before being swapped out for standard buttons
👉 🏻 Voice acting was notably garbled but iconic
👉 🏻 Ryu’s appearance in this game kickstarted one of the most iconic characters in gaming history
👓 Lonster's Review:
As rough as it may feel today, Street Fighter is the seed that birthed the genre. It’s clunky, stiff, and punishing—but once you master the early versions of Hadoukens, it’s incredibly satisfying. A must-try for any retro arcade fan looking to go back to where it all began.
🌟 Legacy:
This game launched the entire Street Fighter franchise, leading to one of the most successful and influential fighting series ever created. It also laid the groundwork for fighting mechanics that became industry standards.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Ryu and Ken’s debut planted seeds that would grow into pop culture icons, leading to anime, comics, action figures, and countless sequels and spin-offs. Street Fighter helped bring martial arts to arcade gaming in a new, interactive form.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
The original Street Fighter isn’t the most polished, but it’s pure arcade history. It’s like playing rock ‘n roll on a vintage guitar—it might creak, but the soul is all there. Don’t skip this origin story.
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