Published by: U.S. Gold Developed by: Creative Materials Released: 1992 Also for: Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Game Boy, Master System, Mobile, MS-DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn, Super NES, X-Box, ZX Spectrum Having set a new standard for scrolling beat-’em-up games with Final Fight, Capcom went and made a sequel to their rather forgettable one-on-one fighting game Street Fighter (1987); the rest is history. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior burst into the arcades in 1992, leaving crowds of gamers awestruck and noticeably short on change.…
Published by Capcom U.S.A., Inc. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released Aug, 1993 Also For Wii, Wii U Released in 1993 Street Fighter 2 Turbo was the sequel to the critically acclaimed Street Fighter 2 The World Warriors, this game builds on the amazing work of the earlier game and makes several tweaks to the gameplay and presentation. Firstly the graphics are even better than the original game, each fighter has extra animations and better yet the backgrounds have been reworked massively. Each background has much more detail and much more going on, especially…
Published by Capcom Co., Ltd. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released 1998 Also For Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn The Sega Dreamcast was home to a great many high quality beat em ups, one of the very best was Street Fighter Alpha 3 released in the summer of 2000. This was the last of the Alpha series and is probably the best, this game has everything you could want from a one on one 2d fighter. Firstly the graphics are lovely, massive sprites full of life with magnificent backdrops full…
Published by Capcom U.S.A., Inc. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released 1994 Also For Amiga, Amiga CD32, Arcade, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, Sharp X68000, Wii, Wii U [wr_row][wr_column] Back in 1992 the whole gaming world was going mad for Street Fighter 2, the coin op was doing record business in the arcades and the Super Nes version would go on to sell over 8 million copies making it the most successful Capcom game ever released. However by the time that Super Street Fighter 2 was released in 1995 the interest was beginning to wane.…
Published by Capcom Entertainment, Inc. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released Oct 01, 1996 Also For Arcade, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, Wii U, Windows Street Fighter Alpha 2 came out for the Saturn in late 1996. To be honest when it first came out I ignored it! Capcom had released 7 different Street Fighter games in just 4 years and sales were declining as a result. I did read in the magazines of the time that it was a fantastic game and when I finally picked it up…
Published by Capcom U.S.A., Inc. Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd. Released 1993 Also For Arcade, Browser, Sharp X68000, SEGA Master System,TurboGrafx-16, Wii Way back in 1992 the gaming world was getting ready for the super nintendo version of the arcade classic Street Fighter 2 World Warriors. I had played the game at our local arcades and as soon as the snes version came out I bought it and loved it. But to be honest my favourite version of Street Fighter 2 is the megadrive version which was released a year later. On the face…
Published by Konami (America), Inc. Developed by Konami Co., Ltd. Released Sep 04, 1993 Platform SNES During the early 1990’s 2 of my favourite things were Street Fighter 2 and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so when I heard there was a game that combined the 2 I was naturally very excited. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters was released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo and is totally fantastic and was a real change of pace for the Turtles as their previous games such as Turtles in Time were scrolling beat em ups…
Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by SEGA-AM2 Co., LTD. Released 1995 Also For Arcade, SEGA 32X The original Virtua Fighter was released in arcades in late 1993, this game was significant for many reasons. Firstly it was the first one on one beat em up to use 3d polygon graphics, it was the first beat em up to use Sega’s Model 1 Technology and the first beat em up ever devised by legendary developer Yu Suzuki. The gameplay was also very unique for the time, unlike rival arcade games like Street Fighter 2…
Please tell us about yourself and experiences. I’ve been an arcade and retro collector since before the turn of the century, acquiring systems and games all my life. I’ve been building Turnarcades custom arcade machines for 20 years and co-founded Revival Retro Events, hosting REVIVAL, the UK’s biggest retro gaming event since 2013 and providing retro gaming exhibits to numerous conventions up and down the country. In recent years I took to making videos on my collecting and arcade restorations for Facebook and YouTube, and since 2017 I’ve been writing…
Retrogamesmaster attended this years event at the Excel in London. It was a fun day out attended by me and my son and it is nice to see all the amazing outfits and stores but what I liked the most was the retro consoles and arcade machines at the event.
