Fighting In The Streets

Back in our childhood days we used to frequent the clubs for the arcades, our first source of digital entertainment. Then one day, while out swimming at our classmate's club he intro'ed us to Street Fighter 2, which was just unleashed onto Malaysian shores sometime then.

When SF2 came to our club it generated quite a fair bit of revenue we guess :) Families will come to dine or hang out, which then the kids would charge to the game room heck caring what the rest of the family will be doing, or after swimming lessons everyone would take a quick shower and change, then head on to the game room while waiting to be picked up.

Then one fine day the club installed the predecessor, Street Fighter.

It scarred our memories enough to remember it till this day.

"You have a lot to learn before you beat me. Try again, kiddo!"

After the relative ease at which we executed special moves in SF2, Street Fighter was a nightmare in terms of control.

We were reminded of it when we stumbled upon this while looking up Rival Schools: Project Justice. Well, actually first got unto the Killer List of Video Games, then that led us to this site that covered all aspects of Street Fighter.

Street Fighter, this is your life!

Oh, and KLOV also has Street Fighter 2: Rainbow Edition listed! Us here knew it only as the 'Taiwan Edition', being a sort-of ultra-cheaty version of the game...use Zangief, jump, do the Spinning Clothesline (which will throw a couple of sinosoidal Sonic Booms as well) in mid-air, hold Up on the joystick so that Zangief will jump higher, repeat etc, once Zangief's shadow overlaps opponent, perform Piledriver, repeat etc.

Bored? Use the P1 Start button to cycle through the characters. Use Sagat and perform nonstop High and Low Tiger Shots. Then cycle to ultra-speedy Dhalsim. Or Bison's/Vega's uber-fast Psycho Crusher.

Anyways. We still loves playing the Street Fighter series (namely Alpha 3 and SF3 Third Strike) on our Dreamcast, and occasionally the Champion Edition where we try to win without losing a round so we can see the alternate ending.