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STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 - HISTORY & THE WEIRD SUPER NINTENDO PORT !?

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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Street Fighter Alpha 2 and its bizarre Super Nintendo Port
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@tonytom5242 4 года назад

My cousin and i used to play this alot in the late 90s....we bounded so much and he recently passed away...nothing but good memories from the snes port

@a.b.8606 4 года назад

May he rest in peace and his soul be blessed in the afterlife

@andrewallan5442 4 года назад

Sorry for your loss bud.

@ArpeggioPegasusMusic 4 года назад

I hope these memories will never die.

@AlphaOneDesigns 4 года назад

You can still play this snes port. I can link you just let me know

@CodenameAlejo 4 года назад

Sorry for your loss. May he rest In Peace

@SaviorGabriel 4 года назад

Street Fighter Alpha 2 still stands as my favorite fighting game of all time. I'll never forget the Summer of '98 when I picked up the Street Fighter Collection at my local Wal-Mart. I remember thinking on the way there how badly I wanted that collection since it had Alpha 2 on it, but didn't think my Wal-Mart would have in a million years. Well, a million years came early that day. I felt like Ralphie finally getting his Red Ryder BB gun in A Christmas Story.

@PaulGaleNetwork 4 года назад

Street Fighter Alpha 2 is one of my favorite games of all time and I still remember picking it up for my Super Nintendo, back in 1996, shortly after getting the brand new Nintendo 64! Good times and great port. Nice video.

@leont6813 4 года назад

Every time someone pronounces Ryu like "Rhy-u" a kitten dies somewhere

@milltymefresh 4 года назад

I just realized that guy in the tuxedo on Kens yacht stage is Captain Commando

@Arz2003 4 года назад

LOL! yes it the one and only its Captain Commando. I've been knowing for years but great to see others noticing

@MrZillas 4 года назад

In many SF-games you can see characters from Final Fight or Darkstalkers....

@ryancory5958 4 года назад

morrigan and felicia are there to...and the ninja from captain commando is standing right next to him

@Eclipse2582 4 года назад

The Waiter to the far right is the Capcom CEO/Founder Kenzo Tsujimoto.

@dave9020 3 года назад

Linn Kurosawa, from Aliens VS Predators, can also be seen chilling in the pool.

@edgelord8337 4 года назад

This is probably one of the most important games in the street fighter franchise.

@RallyDon82 4 года назад

and probably the best

@pauldesigncomics2625 4 года назад

RallyDon82 Street Fighter Alpha 3 took it to another level. Favorite of all series

@tchitchouan 4 года назад

I like third strike

@SomeOrangeCat 4 года назад

It's the sweet spot for sure.

@TexasHollowEarth 4 года назад

@@pauldesigncomics2625 - I prefer Ultra SF4, overall. The backgrounds & music in Alpha 3 were generally, generic & a step-down from Alpha 2's. There's no background in Alpha 3 that approaches Rolento's brilliant & technically impressive, Alpha 2 stage. Alpha 3's World Tour mode on consoles was really great, though.

@allennavas3830 4 года назад

Capcom: Alright playstation and saturn ports are done, any other versions we should make? The one reasonable employee: Wwe can port it on the n64. Capcom:.....Your fired, any other ideas? The one employee with a huge dent in his head and both eyes are looking at the ceiling and the floor: SsUpeR nInTeNdOooo.... *drools* Capcom: YES YOU. YOU'RE PROMOTED. Everyone lets get it started.

@atomiswave2 4 года назад

Maybe my favorite fighting game of all time

@lvl5Vaporeon 4 года назад

As watered down as the game is, it's a miracle that the game was able to fit in a SNES cart!

@NYCJoeBlack 4 года назад

lvl5Vaporeon - 32 MegaBits with additional companion chips helped achieve this miraculous port on the Super Nintendo much like the Nintendo 64 enhanced port of Resident Evil 2. Another stupendously port.

@sloppynyuszi 4 года назад

Compared to other ports this isn’t anywhere near as watered down as it could have been. All the main characters are intact and gameplay methods. Graphics are a bit low res, that’s probably its worst crime. But compared to the GBA port of Street Fighter Alpha 3, this seems more impressive. Characters more detailed and all backgrounds seem intact. SFA 3 seems a lot more compromised compared to the original, and the GBA can accept higher capacity cartridges and has a more powerful processor than the SNES

@afriend9428 4 года назад

*48-Bit cartridge the Biggest SNES ever!!* ⭐️

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

lvl5Vaporeon or run on an SNES, but saying it runs is giving the port too much credit lol. Animation is EXTREMELY choppy and the characters are small, low resolution redraws that just ruined the pixel art, but it fits because of that, no animation and tiny characters. It’s a TERRIBLE looking and playing port tho, stick with Playstation or Saturn. Makes you wish it was ported to N64.

@afriend9428 4 года назад

RU-vid Admin *But it’s better than nothing for the poor people who own a SNES who have no alternative Yes some kids have SATURN or PSX but where does that money come from? Parents with 2 jobs?*

@SaikyoKoutei 4 года назад

11:18 Batman Forever: "Hold on" a minute...

@ArtemyMalchuk 3 года назад

Also Mickey Mania. Damm arrg yarrrg.

@camokazi1313 4 года назад

The SNES port was a very pleasant surprise at Blockbuster when I was a kid.

@SomeOrangeCat 4 года назад

Genesis: Can't do this on ninte- Snes: *Laughs in Street Fighter Alpha 2*

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

Simply Sherbert ??? This game was on Saturn and Playstation, and should have been on N64, not ancient by this point 16-bit systems.

@SomeOrangeCat 4 года назад

@@youtubeadmin1588 Missed the point entirely.

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

Simply Sherbert I guess I did. The SNES port is a joke. Should have been on N64. The SNES port is embarassing a genesis port would be even more embarassing.

@ikagura 4 года назад

@@SomeOrangeCat What was the point?

@miamimagicians 4 года назад

In 1996 16 bit consoles were not ancient ! I would say people in general stopped late 1997

@khalidibrahim7726 4 года назад

I love Street Fighter Alpha 2 so perfection combo system fighting my favorites sakura.

@dmsephiroth 3 года назад

I loved to crush sakura with my Ryu

@khalidibrahim7726 3 года назад

Thanks so sweet sakura and ryu always greatness fight be honor master ryu.

@prodbyhostile 4 года назад

It’s still lit on FightCade 🔥

@videogamehistorynetwork1676 4 года назад

The SNES version came out at a time where people lost interest in the SNES so the game flopped on the SNES. The N64 came out around the same time and way more powerful then the SNES, so Capcom should have released it for the N64 instead.

@thatgirlinamask8699 3 года назад

I know this is an old comment but as far as I know the n64 had a difficult time running 2d games, not that it couldn’t, but the processor was optimized for 3D. Most 2d games that you see are actually flat textures placed on a 3D model using a fixed camera angle, not true 3D. Even the PlayStation did this with some street fighters, using polygons for the hurtboxes and hitboxes, but it required they almost rebuild the game from the ground up I think

@SEGARetroBR 4 года назад

I'm one of your usually silent subscribers, but man, you're on fire with these videos lately. I just wanted to say I love your content. Keep it up!

@dave99887 4 года назад

Alpha 1 - 2 had the best music. Absolutely brilliant.

@PacDork 4 года назад

"Rye. Yoo". C'mon, Top Hat! ;)

@suryans5851 4 года назад

I know, right?! He can pronounce "RYO sakazaki" properly but not "RYU"??? I don't get why it's so hard!

@KaneRobot 4 года назад

"Rye Yoo's" theme was on the Windows version in "Wahv" format

@saysoun752 4 года назад

I don't know as I've always called it Ree Yoo. To me, a Y makes an ē sound. I'm Asian and I've never heard any Asian calling him Rye Yoo. Guess it's kind of like Sriracha as I've never heard any Asian pronounce it with an R sound either as all Asians I know call it Siliacha.

@chebghobbi 4 года назад

Zang-geef too. Always makes me cringe.

@slangyung 4 года назад

I remember brining my snes to my high school during the last week of the year and playing this game with my buddies. Super fun.

@robsosa5197 4 года назад

Where did you guys play? I don't think there is anywhere we could have hooked up a system at school.

@chronoxiong 3 года назад

I still own the Alpha 2 cartridge for the SNES. Loved that game and what it was able to do on that console.

@neozeed1984 4 года назад

You did a nice job of breaking down all the different versions ,ports. Keep up the great work and thanks. Street fighter alpha 3 must be done.

@GTXDash 4 года назад

Yep, Street Fighter Zero 3 for the Sega Saturn is probably my favorite in the franchise.

@Speculativedude 4 года назад

Wait, zero 3 was released on the Saturn? I thought it only came out on PS1 and Dreamcast.

@GTXDash 4 года назад

@@Speculativedude It was on Saturn but only in Japan, however, it's better than every other port out there. Even better than the PS2 and Dreamcast versions.

@Speculativedude 4 года назад

@@GTXDash Ah gotcha. Didn't know it got release on it. I enjoy imports on the Saturn so I will have to see if I can find it.

@Greybush46322 4 года назад

I would agree, the Saturn version is amazing. I'm amazed at what it sells for these days.

@neohayabusa13 4 года назад

@@Speculativedude yes The cody vs ryu cover from Saturn version was epic. 4 Meg Ram card made the difference.

@DragoonMS 4 года назад

Aside from the five second load times almost everywhere (and losing many of the hidden characters; ex.: Shin Akuma can be *fought* but _NOT_ played as), there's absolutely nothing weird about it. Chain combos, the anime visual style, and a multilevel super meter may have been new to Street Fighter in the first Street Fighter ZERO/Alpha, but those things were around in the original Vampire/Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors & Vampire Hunter/Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge. Ohhhh, it's not the only game with load times on the Super Nintendo. Megaman X2 & X3 both have the five second load times before boss battles (it occurs after the boss lifebar fills, before the battle actually starts). How about the Gameboy Advance port of Street Fighter ZERO3^/Alpha 3^ (Upper) next? Or maybe the rumored GBA port of Marvel vs. Capcom that was ultimately canceled?

@kadosho02 4 года назад

😶i thought that MvC port was just a made up tale. To think, that the GBA could handle that. I would have loved to see it.

@DragoonMS 4 года назад

@@kadosho02 Same here. But I suspect that like SFZ3^, mad sacrifices would've been made to keep the 2 on 2 format and not the EX Edition format of the PSone port...

@Ottophil 4 года назад

John Evans i wrote nintendo power asking them if theres a way to play as akuma. They wrote me back, but said no

@HMNNO 4 года назад

Mmx 2/3 didn't have load times after boss bar filled lol. Also even if it did it wasn't even as close to the time sfa2 load times were

@eddsnake 4 года назад

I remember thinking the load times must be a bug when I played it back in 1996. Amazing that they got it up and running on the SNES but the load times at the start of each round were very frustrating. Enjoying playing the Arcade version all these years later on my Switch, thanks to the Streetfighter 30th Anniversary Collection. Amazing value having 12 games on one tiny cartridge.

@MikeJamesLevy 3 года назад

I love that you used my eBay photo for the super nes version at 10:53, TOP HAT! Yes!!!

@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 года назад

hahaha amazing.

@williambatson2514 3 года назад

So how much did you end up selling it for?

@MikeJamesLevy 3 года назад

@@williambatson2514 it sold for $195 👍🏼

@negrisimo86 4 года назад

Looking forward for the street alpha 3 analysis! Love ur vids Top Hat! Keep it up! 👍🏼👌🏼👏🏻

@davidSFL79 4 года назад

I remember playing this snes version of the game. Was very surprised when I first saw this while visiting a local video game store back in the late 90’s. Excellent job for making this video. brought back some fond memories of my youth.

@DesertRainReads 4 года назад

The SNES port of the game was interesting, but damn was the music crap compared to the PSOne/Saturn arrangements. There were details in the backgrounds that were missing, a ton of slowdown and missing voice clips for Dan Hibiki. All things considered, the effort was solid though. I get it, the SNES was no powerhouse but the fact that it handled the game at all was cool.

@ShinryuZensen 4 года назад

Akuma is pronounced with the accent on the first A. Not Akùma , but àkuma. Akuma means Demon , while his Japanese name was Gouki ( Pronunced Go-o-ki , with the o letter pronounced as the o in Go ) meaning Strong Spirit. Also... Sakura is pronounced Sàkura.

@ShinryuZensen 4 года назад

@zach w well yes, the u is almost silent because it's kept very very short, making it seem it totally absent. But sure, this is also true.

@chadhoganlive 4 года назад

People like TopHat Gaming are my kind of inspiration!

@Pupppeteer 4 года назад

It's that time for fighting game Thursday!! I actually loved playing this game it was so beautiful.

@thingsiplay 4 года назад

This was a fantastic breakdown and history lesson. Thank you.

@Inaworldoflove 4 года назад

Alpha 2 was so good we ignored Street Fighter Zero III and Street Fighter III in the arcades in 97 and kept playing this. I see it as a peak of the franchise.

@infamyjones3986 4 года назад

Charlie's theme top 10 in SF history.

@matthewkeys4503 4 года назад

this game is probably my all time favorite fighter

@ButcherGrindslam 3 года назад

"Mickey Mania" on SNES also features loading times.

@AJTComicsBrand 4 года назад

I didn't know this came out long time ago when I was a rental store. Played this game all day.

@dog_knight 3 года назад

Searched for this game for a long time back when it came out. But could never find it locally in Australia, only import options that cost double the price. Spent many hours playing this on an arcade cabinet. Now i'm lucky to be able to play this with the 30th anniversary collection.

@Artsensei86 4 года назад

I had this port I remember thinking it took forever to load a match .

@JoeyJ0J0 4 года назад

The Snes port of Alpha 2 is amazing, Yeah its lacking and has load times but it plays pretty good and looks amazing for a Snes port of a CPS-2 Arcade game

@khrashingphantom9632 4 года назад

I love that you checked this out. I had this port back in the day, and I really enjoyed it, but it confused me since I also had the PS1 version as well. They're both great, but SNES version proves just how boss the SNES was. Bonus for opening the video with Charlie's theme which was my favorite although the Arranged version is always my favorite for most video game soundtracks, and the Street Fighter Alpha series is no exception.

@gustavoqueipo6168 4 года назад

The one other game with loading times I can think of is Batman Forever. Shorter video and to the point. Liked it.

@Pedro.Sanchez 3 года назад

As much as I love your videos and the information you provide, I can't stop cringing at your videos with the consoles.

@joewhite4730 4 года назад

I had street fighter alpha 2 on the snes it was such an amazing game i was young but i thought thus was the only version growing up.

@jedimaster12100 4 года назад

Nice. I'll have to pick this up for the Wii U virtual console.

@preamstrikbiz0 4 года назад

Reviews one of my favorite fighting games of all time .. reviews the snes version in the same manor I would, Then hints at an alpha 3 video ! Your the one answering all of my prayers lately havnt you Top Hat! Great videos

@darnellhagood1052 3 года назад

I got that version for Christmas as a child, from my best friends’ mom....but that same year, I also got a Saturn....

@Thewickedjon 4 года назад

great video!

@songoku9348 4 года назад

Best Alpha game. Hands down.

@thebeautifulvideogame1396 4 года назад

I cannot objectively agree as I have not played the first Alpha game and part three has more content, but I have always liked playing Alpha 2 more than Alpha 3.

@WillowAlchemist 4 года назад

batman forever on the snes also had load times O:)

@JoeyJ0J0 4 года назад

So did Mickey Mania

@sebbie_gonzo 4 года назад

I believe Sim City also had it.

@songoku9348 4 года назад

Hold on

@SomeOrangeCat 4 года назад

The less said about Batman Forever, the better.

@flightgravity7483 4 года назад

Fatal Fury and Out of this World did too.

@zinesis 4 года назад

Still have this cart and play on it from time to time, I used to play it with my sister and my cousins back in the day.

@ExtraordinaryBoris 4 года назад

Left a like and a comment. Great as usual TPG.

@RogersRoyal 4 года назад

Batman Forever on the SNES also has loading times. Quite infamously also with the "PLEASE WAIT" notice screens that showed up each time you went from one area to another in the game.

@kadosho02 4 года назад

Excellent coverage on SFA2/SFZ2. Wild how many versions it received. There was something special within the art style, music, stages, and character designs. They were evolving, but also had a fluidity. *Something a present day entry is missing by a mile

@Speculativedude 4 года назад

I was a little surprised that you didn't mention the lower difficulty level in the SNES version. I'm not surprised that it had that just because of the limited space on the cartridge. But I was shocked the first time I played SFA 2 on the Saturn and was blown away by the harder characters. I remember renting this at my local Hollywood video back in the day. I was a huge SF2 fan and enjoyed the games from that series, but had never even heard of Alpha so I was surprised to see Alpha2 on the SNES, but I enjoyed the hell out of it for sure.

@RetroWolf13 4 года назад

Awesome buddy 👍🏽

@neohayabusa13 4 года назад

The rose no longer taking a bath on ending, was a dirty censorship .

@dsmania 4 года назад

There were more Super NES titles with loading times: "Mickey Mania", "Batman Forever" and "Fatal Fury" not only had loading times, they even had messages asking the player to wait. Some others like "Mega Man X" had small loading times but short without messages.

@gonzoindigenousone8939 3 года назад

I have the Saturn version. Got it at a pawn shop for 7$. Still play from time to time.

@Used__Napkin 4 года назад

The SNES version may not do it as well as well as the Saturn or PSX versions but it still does it, and that’s pretty impressive.

@JDDK28 4 года назад

Yes! Been waiting for this one Tophat. Still have this cart, CIB. Play it regularly.

@tripletap007 4 года назад

I clicked on this ready to be disappointed if SFZ2A (one of my absolute faves!) wasn't covered...my fears were unfounded because this was spot on as usual!! I had heard somewhere to that this was Capcom's fulfilled vision of what Street Fighter Alpha was originally supposed to be. Cheers, mate...keep up the amazing work!

@retrogamingwerks5120 4 года назад

Great video! The only other SNES game I remember having load time was Batman Forever .

@gizaha 4 года назад

13:06 "some stages including..." wrong with the plural. Correct me if i'm wrong. Waterfall stage is the only stage missing. Also snes is strong enough to run this game. All the lag caused because of decompression of decompressed and sound uploading to spc700. It sacrifies time to gain storage. If snes had the storage comfort, game would run better.

@ggn3 4 года назад

You're correct. All the normal character stages and the hidden Australia stage are in the game in spite of some background details either lacking animation or being removed. Just the waterfall stage is missing. Plus, the loading from the cartridge is just the compression chip in it unloading the data it needs for character sprites, stages, sound, and music. On top of this, SNES SFA2 does still include Chun-Li in her classic costume and Shin Akuma as a hidden boss. However, there's no playable version of Shin Akuma unless you resort to game cheat devices.

@gizaha 4 года назад

@@ggn3 SDD1 decompress just the sprites on the fly. Sound samples are not compressed (check with snessor95). Most of the lag caused because of the non efficient sound engine. I debug it and found that each time resets the spc700 and uploads from start sound code, music data and samples. For some reason is not efficient and takes huge time to do little work. I didn't take a deeper research, but one day i might edit the sound engine.

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

gizaha SNES is not strong enough to run the game. The gameplay is so poor, it’s a janky slowdown fest, it’s absolutely trash and this is with tiny redrawn low res characters. Should have been ported to N64, on a 64Mb cart, that would have been fantastic.

@gizaha 4 года назад

@@youtubeadmin1588 Nice to hear it. "They said it wasn't humanly possible"

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

gizaha anything is possible. You could have ported the arcade version of Final Fight to NES in 1990, that doesn’t make it a wise idea.

@SeanMac- 4 года назад

Gekido: Urban Fighters was a dope hybrid of a solid beat'em up that wasnt just a side mode...and a solid fighting game...it had a power stone kind of feel

@ZALESANDDESTROY 4 года назад

I didn't do my father any favors putting the SNES port on my Christmas List in '96 but he still found it. One of my fondest memories. R.I.P. Pops.

@jamesd3397 4 года назад

Great Vid. I played SFA2 a bunch at the arcade.

@reagandow850 4 года назад

We need an Alpha 3 video Now to complete the series my friend.

@Greybush46322 4 года назад

I can't wait to see your take on Zero/ Alpha 3. As an owner of the PS1, DC, Saturn, and even the PS2 anthology collection.

@TheBmills415 4 года назад

Shin Akuma was playable on all consoles via secret code if I remember correctly. Him and Evil Ryu were secret characters.

@sage11x 4 года назад

I had this. It had loading on a cartridge, frequent slowdown and severely gimped animations. But, yeah, it was a remarkably playable game all things considered.

@ivanhenley 4 года назад

As a Saturn owner, I regularly played what I maintain was the best home port of Alpha 2 and loved every minute of it. I played the SNES version at my cousin's (he didn't have a 32-bit system at the time) and it drove me bonkers how slow and clunky it was, especially compared to the Saturn version. On a technical level, yes, porting it to the SNES was quite a feat, but man, it just couldn't hold a candle to the Saturn port. (I never played the PS version so I can't comment on it.) Another great video.

@chebghobbi 4 года назад

The Saturn was a superb console for 2D Capcom ports. Our version of Night Warriors even included the original Darkstalkers as a hidden mode! So disappointed we never got a version of Alpha 3.

@the757general2 2 года назад

PS1 port wasn't much better. It's amazing that Capcom got such a demanding game running on 16-bit hardware.

@robertdanker6193 4 года назад

I had already moved on the Saturn when this game came out and loved the Sega port to death! I picked up the SNES port much later almost as a goof but was really impressed with how good it was!! Thank you Mr. TOP HAT GAMING MAN for another great video!!!!

@fazares 4 года назад

very cool video..btw the first sf collection featured ssf2 not sf2 eheh xD

@YYorle 4 года назад

Funny as it may sound this is the only version of SFA2 I ever played and I loved it to pieces. It definitely was my favorite fighting game at that time that set bars for me in plenty of ways.

@hayabusasfightpalace9798 4 года назад

Cracking video, would like to see you do the same for the King Of Fighters series!

@theodorerelic2718 4 года назад

Always had a blast with this game for the Saturn...easily my favorite of the franchise. If you haven't checked out Last Bronx for the Saturn/PC, that's a nice weapons-based polygonal fighter. I originally played the American version but bought the Japanese version a few years back. Still very fun.

@Nogardo 4 года назад

Please do a story on the awesome rare World Tour mode of Street Fighter Alpha 3

@trevorshackelford7291 4 года назад

I had this game for snes and I remember it being slow for a fighting game but I loved it. Still my favorite fighting game.

@Logic1611 4 года назад

Still waiting on you to cover ULTRA STREET FIGHTER 4. Good video

@Mujangga 3 года назад

As someone who played SFAII on the SNES, I enjoyed years of fun with it but also regret some of the limitations the game had in regards to some of the characters move set.

@Pandaxmagnifico3773 4 года назад

Love your videos gentleman 😎 and I tip my hat to you sir 🎩

@duanecastillo4861 4 года назад

Alpha 3 definitely is in my top 5 ps1 titles of all time. Was super sad when the pocketstation never came to the US. Please make an Alpha 3 video!

@kamealex 4 года назад

When I realized this version of the game existed, I thought it was some kind of cheap hack or something, until I played it. Just incredible.

@darthbango1999 4 года назад

That fucking load lag after "Fight" used to drive me fucking CRAZY.

@mscottjohnson3424 4 года назад

Mickey Mania on the SNES has load times. No idea why. Genesis/MD version runs just fine without loading.

@rodrigomolinsky 4 года назад

The CPU is the reason, along with more data (more colors, even with less resolution) to be loaded into the RAM. The Genesis has a direct memory access unit with faster transfer speeds than the SNES. Although the SNES can display more sprites, it can only reach its display limit with small ones. Also, compression was something more common in the SNES games (i.e., Capcom was too lazy to compress data for Super Street Fighter 2 for Genesis, making it with 40 Megabits). If you watch closely, there are a lot of SNES games with loading, but just a few (like Mickey Mania and Batman Forever) disclosure that. A lot of games have just a blank screen for about 2 or 3 seconds. Just pick Vectorman for Genesis, than play a Donkey Kong Country game. You'll notice it.

@MrChadsimoneaux 4 года назад

Captain America and The Avengers had like a full minute of loading on SNES.

@youtubeadmin1588 4 года назад

M Scott Johnson SNES CPU is too weak to do decompression on the fly, that’s why Mickey Mania has slowdown, game uses a special compression technique. Same with Alpha 2. This is what I’ve heard, there’s a youtube channel for the guy who made them called Game Hut.

@thebeautifulvideogame1396 4 года назад

Syndicate and Civilization featured loading times as well. Still I loved both of them as well as Street Fighter Alpha 2. Mickey Mania, not so much.

@gedmerzoug3222 4 года назад

Thanks for the video, please, could you make a video on Street Fighter Alpha 3 of dreamcast I've played only a demo of it, and I couldn't find it after

@TheyCallMeSledge 4 года назад

I'm a fan of this series. I'm sure you've reviewed literally every gaming console and handheld under the sun by now and shifted to various Retro Games and I'm enjoying it so far. This game in particular I used to own the port of this game. This was the only free access to SFA2 I had at home until I got the PSX on my birthday the year afterwards. It was 1996 and I was only 10 at the time so it ain't like I would've been able to get that console on my own free will! 😂 Anyway, not the best of ports but still enjoyed it nonetheless, it was decently playable. A few years ago I bought the game again just for nostalgic purposes.

@VJFranzK 4 года назад

still have the cart! Plays really well

@nabueso81 4 года назад

I still got my SNES SFA2 cartridge with the manual 😎

@arcadeutopia3035 4 года назад

Amazing what Nintendo did with Street Fighter Alpha for the SNES. Top Video mate 👏

@shinkazama3959 4 года назад

Awesome video mate, please definitely do a retrospective on Alpha 3, for as amazingly awesome as that game is imo it doesn't hold a candle to Alpha 2 (hey that's just my subjective opinion)!

@IamMarkSmith 4 года назад

Brotha Top Hat I would love to see the ultimate Street Fighter clone reviewed sometime “Fighters History” a.k.a. Karnov’s Revenge.” It truly made an attempt to compete with Street Fighter however really did its best to mimic Street Fighter the most of any fighting game I’ve seen from that era.

@xGunbladeKnightx 4 года назад

One of my fav SF, I enjoyed it in the Arcade sometimes, I remember that in that time I dreamed with play games like KOF and Darkstalkers also in my SNES lol so that port of SFA2 was a miracle to me xD

@mscottjohnson3424 4 года назад

Do Alpha 3! I want to hear about the fantastic GBA port and the rare Saturn port that came out after the Dreamcast port (according to Game Sack I think).

@polycube868 7 месяцев назад

Keep in mind gamers in Europe like Mr Top Hat Gaming Man didn't even have Nintendo 64 yet until March 1997, so late Super Nintendo releases were a heaven send if you hadn't upgraded to a PlayStation or Saturn.

@OutlawsBebop 4 года назад

God the graphics for the alpha series were soooooooooooooooo good

@aolanimistarka5777 4 года назад

If only I could travel back in time when Alpha 2 was released xD that was a great time in gaming

@Awesome0ken 4 года назад

Yes please do a video on SF Alpha 3, include the Playstation version. Also please do a series on Virtual Pro Wrestling, the template for the N64 wrestling games.

@ameriscm7351 5 месяцев назад

many years later - the satakore version is the final version of sfa2 for the saturn, i have that but i dont have the budget release for the psone yet :( the loading time at the beginning of levels is due to a bug, there's a fix for it which is odd

@Aqua_Xenossia 4 года назад

While the load times could’ve been shortened a little more with a larger cart, understandably Capcom did this more for the fans as a send-off, and the effort the devs put in just really shines so much. Was really cool that they hid the SNES/SFC soundtrack in the PS2 Alpha Anthology, as a bonus! It all makes me wonder if the SNES could’ve ran Alpha 1, maybe more like the CPS I port?