Street Fighter is a globally recognised brand, a reputation built on a storied history of quality titles that never forgot the base pleasure of locking two rivals in battle, driven by the desire to become the greatest World Warrior.
Hell, even great anime, comics and ill-advised movies and cartoons. Capcom’s iconic fighting game franchise has left a plethora of best-selling titles in its wake. In fact, people were calling it the best video game of all time. Street Fighter II wasn’t just a video game, it was the video game.
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People were frantically looking into console mods and the (then-impenetrable) import scene, paying upwards of £200 to get hold of the Japanese release because Fuck PAL. Once the SNES release was announced, things went into overdrive.
At that time in the schoolyard, Street Fighter II supremacy was everything. Then whole weekends were spent pumping coins into the cabinet, fueled by an expensive desire to become the most unstoppable in your ‘hood. You’d visit your local arcade weekly, desperately hoping they’d have installed the game. Seemingly overnight, everyone was thirsty for info of this exciting new fighting title. It was an absolute phenomenon, one that nobody saw coming.
But it’s hard to put into words what it was like when Street Fighter II exploded onto the arcade scene back in 1991. It’s easy, even obnoxious, to be the “You weren’t there maaaan…” guy.
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