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The History of Street Fighter Part 3: Super Turbo Alpha Gold

Terry Ng — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:48 +0000

Street Fighter remains the fighting game that defines the whole genre. In this third episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Street Fighter took the word “franchise” to its logical — or illogical — extreme.

The History of Street Fighter Part 2: Greatest of All Time

Terry Ng — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:23:29 +0000

Street Fighter remains the fighting game that defines the whole genre. In this second episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Street Fighter became a phenomenon overnight.

Click here to watch the previous episode of All Your History – Street Fighter: Raised on the Streets!

Street Fighter II: Ken Wants to be Ryu

Terry Ng — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:21:26 +0000

Imitation is usually the sincerest form of flattery, but in this case Ken is causing Ryu a serious case of annoyance.

(via Dorkly Bits)

It’s Game Over for GamePro Magazine

Terry Ng — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:24:16 +0000

Long time readers of GamePro Magazine that covered our favorite games like Street Fighter II, will be saddened to hear that the long time gaming magazine will be closing down.

After 22 years of publication, popular gaming magazine GamePro‘s U.S. operations have been shut down by its parent company IDG, VentureBeat has learned.

Multiple sources within the magazine confirmed that GamePro employees, including executives, received phone calls first-thing this morning with the dreaded news. GamePro’s U.S. website, which has been online for 13 years, will be incorporated into a gaming channel at sister sitePCWorld on December 5. The majority of GamePro staff will be laid off.

(via GamesBeat)

Street Fighter II and Final Fight on your iPhone

Terry Ng — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:35:46 +0000

Street Fighter II and Final Fight Fans, today is your lucky day as Capcom releases both games for your iPhone! Final Fight OS ($0.99) is a port of the SNES original, and Street Fighter II Collection ($3.99) includes World Warrior, Championship Edition, and Hyper Fighting editions. Both titles are bluetooth enabled, so you can get your versus gaming on!

Street Fighter II: Ken Gets Excited Fighting Chun Li

Terry Ng — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:16:22 +0000

The guys at Dorkly Bits are at it again. They’ve come up with a pretty funny fighting scene between Ken Masters and Chun Li in Street Fighter II. Gives new meaning to crouch blocking!

Street Fighter II Turns 20 Years Old Today

Terry Ng — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:30:12 +0000

Can you believe it? It’s been two decades since they released Street Fighter II: World Warrior (March 1991). Happy Birthday to the game that defined the fighting game genre, and created unbelievable memories for players across the world!

Street Fighter II at a Local Festival

Terry Ng — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:37:07 +0000

It looks like a few people got together at a local Spanish festival, and decided to play out a duel between Ryu and Ken. Complete with throws, hurricane kicks, fireballs and dragon punches, this is one of the best reenactments I’ve seen. Even the life bar changes at the top as they’re getting hit!

Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting – Xbox Live Arcade

Terry Ng — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:54:23 +0000

Looks like the legendary 2D fighter refuses to die and the staff here at Kineda loves it! The 1992 released Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting will make its move onto the Xbox Live Arcade system. Not bad for a game over 10 years old! “We are extremely excited to partner with Capcom on Xbox Live Arcade,” said Greg Canessa, Group Manager of Xbox Live Arcade at Microsoft. “Street Fighter is one of the most recognized and successful game franchises in history and it is an absolute honour to bring the arcade classic Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting to Xbox 360 users across the globe. Offering this flagship title in Xbox Live Arcade and imbuing it with full Xbox Live support is the answer to many gamers’ dreams, including mine.”

I haven’t picked up a Xbox 360 yet, but this will definately give me reason to do so. The game will come with the standard arcade and versus modes plus an improved 5.1 audio setup. To create that true arcade feel, the new live mode will allow you to view other games in spectator mode and jump in the the mix using “virtual quarters.”