Capcom's 1991 arcade hit set off the fighting game boom, and its 1992 Super Nintendo conversion brought the full thing home at a time when arcade-accurate ports were rare. The cartridge offers the eight original World Warriors, Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Blanka, Zangief, Dhalsim and E. Honda, with the four boss characters reachable only as opponents. The SNES pad, with four face buttons and two shoulder buttons, happened to fit the arcade's three punches and three kicks, which helped make this the definitive home version for many players.
It became one of the console's best-selling third-party games and pushed plenty of people to buy a Super Nintendo. The fundamentals it set down, special moves from motion inputs, charge characters, combos, footsies and zoning, still define the genre. Compared with later revisions it is slower and less balanced, and mirror matches are not allowed, but its basic design is fully intact.
Tips for Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Fireballs use a quarter-circle forward motion plus punch; charge characters like Guile hold back for about two seconds, then press forward and punch.
Throws come from walking in close and pressing forward with a strong or fierce attack, which beats a blocking opponent.
Jump-in attacks followed by a crouching hit and a special move form the basic combo for most of the cast.
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