Street Fighter 2 Series

Street Fighter 2 Turbo

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Street Fighter 2 series (3 titles)
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Capcom
RELEASED:         various
TYPE:             Fighting
LANGUAGE:         English and Japanese

PREMISE:          They come from all over the world, from all walks of
                  life, from all beliefs and cultures.  Male and female,
                  young and old, small and large, tall and short, they have
                  but one thing in common - they are Street Fighters.  A
                  breed apart from your average brawler, the Street Fighter
                  is the ultimate physical fighting machine.  Each has his
                  or her own unique talents and skills, and each lives by
                  the Street Fighter code.  Every year, once a year, they
                  travel all over the world and battle each other for the
                  world championship among their kind.  Are you capable
                  enough to join their ranks and compete for that ultimate
                  prize?  The one and only original which spawned a ton
                  of ripoffs and imitators, although only a few (Mortal
                  Kombat, Tekken, etc) came close to duplicating its
                  success.

IMPRESSIONS:      God, I hope you're familar with this by now.  A great
                  game, but it is showing its age.  Besides, Super Steet
                  Fighter 2 renders [all previous entries] obsolete. (Rage
                  Games)

VARIATIONS:       The original Street Fighter 2 (aka Street Fighter 2 - The
                  World Warrior) was apparently not released for the G/MD.

                  Street Fighter 2 Turbo (1992, aka Turbo Hyper Fighting -
                    expands the roster from eight to twelve fighters, but
                    little else has changed from the original - I have
                    seen only a copyright-less Japanese beta of this that
                    is also missing the Capcom logo - this may have been
                    the basis for the G/MD Championship Edition - I have a
                    strong suspicion that this version of the game was
                    never officially released)
                  Street Fighter 2 Plus - Chamionship Edition (1993, this
                    is the best-known of the SF2 variants, with a twelve
                    character fighter roster and overhauled game engine)
                  Super Street Fighter 2 - The New Challengers (1994, the
                    most impressive of the Genesis series with a sixteen
                    character fighter roster - this is the only known 40
                    mbit cart in existence for the platform, utilizing a
                    unique bank-switching technique to access its stored
                    backgrounds - the extra room was required for the
                    improved graphics and expanded roster)

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