Developed by: Capcom.
Year: 1994.
Country of origin: Japan.
Distributed: Panasonic UK Ltd.

Introduction required? I think not.

Oh yes indeed, we all love Street Fighter 2.

There were, way back in 1993, two games of any real meaning - One of which was Mortal Kombat. A super violent, motion captured update of Pitfighter. It was, in my honest opinion, a bit naff. Clunky controls, rubbish graphics and boring.

The other game was Street Fighter II - Which I say quite unashamedly was the greatest fighting game ever and the 3DO version of Super Street Fighter II turbo was bloody fantastic too.

It had not been a shovel port by Capcom. That is to say, it hadn't, from appearances, been quickly moved from the SNES or anything else, on to the 3DO platform.

Capcom loved SFII (as did we all) and each implementation (with the exception of the Amiga version) was handled with love and respect. None so more so, than the 3DO version.

Why?

Well, a number of reasons:

One: Capcom recognised that the standard 3DO controller was rubbish - well, for fighting games anyway. So, they released their own controller, sure it was pricey but it made the Super SFII Turbo on the 3DO multiplayer almost perfect.

Two: The Box art. Daft as it sounds, the Box art for the 3DO version of Street Fighter is beautiful - it had a sophistication that the SNES and Amiga versions could only dream of. Even more recent editions lack the elegance of the 3DO box art.

Three: It sounded great. It used Q-Sound, a mechanism for giving the impression of surround sound, whether it worked or not was open to debate, but it was implemented.

Four: The 3DO version of Street Fighter had all the classic characters including M.Bison and also featured Akuma as the end of game boss.

It didn't, sadly, feature the car bashing sequences of the early games.

Game play wise, SFII was slick; combo's, counter combo's, the animation was smooth and fluid and unlike Samurai Showdown that also appeared on the 3DO Multiplayer, it suffered no slowdown.

This game isn't rare, and despite the prices asked, it is no different to the Japanese version. If you like SF2, then you will love this!

3DO Kid.


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