The 12 Secret Characters of Street Fighter Alpha 2: Gold 

Before seeing this video, Cammys presence is the only new thing I knew about in Alpha 2 Gold.

The only interest I have in the video is Cammy

She was even featured on the actual disc artwork of SF Collection disc 2!!!

Because she is best SF girl.

I really like Cammy, especially her outfits in the "ZERO" series, which look very nice. Cammy is quite strong in "ZERO2-G," but she isn't very strong in "ZERO3." 非常喜欢Cammy，尤其在《ZERO》系列她的衣服很好看。 Cammy在《ZERO2-G》里挺强的，但在《ZERO3》就不是很强了。

Definitely!

Limited release / PS2 Alpha 2 Gold & the PSP Alpha 3. All those extras. It's like Capcom doesn't want free money.

@@ChaoticHoly Seriously, what the hell Capcom?

@@ChaoticHoly I'd also add Hyper Alpha from PS2's Alpha Anthology.

I'm surprised the 30th anniversary collection didn't include it, considering how many versions of SF 2 it had

Remembers back in games that you can listen to their soundtrack in the options.

CAmmys a shert knockoff Of king of fighters blue Mary blue Mary didn't actually start on king of fighters or fatal fury she's actually from a platformer snk IP years before her first appearance in fatal fury

And her intro is straight from Street Fighter II: The Movie.

@@NeoMoonSevin the F you are talking? Blue Mary first appearance was in Fatal Fury 3 in 1995, Cammy debut in Super Street Fighter II in 93, 2 years before Blue Mary, she is one of the first female Fighting characters ever created along Chunli, Sonya Blade and Mai Shiranui....and Cammy is a TOTAL DIFFERENT CHARACTER than Mary, the only thing they have in common is both are blond and have blue eyes...different fighting styles, move sets, normals, in what way you fool say Cammy is a knockoff? she have some of the most unique attacks in Fighting games, and have influences a million of female rushdown character at this point, GET YOU FACTS RIGHT next time. Blue Mary not even ever appear in any other SNK game before Fatal Fury 3, and if you talk about KNOCK OFF....here I talk FACTS......Blue Mary design is inspired by Android 18 from DRAGON BALL. While Cammy was inspired by a Deunan Knute (Appleseed) and Mysty (Wounded Man)....FACTS that are documented, please share you sources, I will just sent you to wiki and plenty of books and artworks and interviews that documented very well the creation of these 2 legendary fighting girls.

@@Kusanagikaiser999 I thought Cammy was heavily inspired by Gally from Gunnm (Alita from Battle Angel)

@@NeoMoonSevin pretty sure you got Blue Mary mixed up with Athena, that's the only KOF gal that had a platformer appearance long before showing up in a fighter

@desk, 2:25 sprite is re-used again in Marvel Vs Capcom: Clash of Super heroes

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You… you do realise Gold was a new version of Alpha 2 that you had to pay money for right?

@@dutchpotato3557 You.... you do realise he's probably talking about how nowdays things like the EX characters and such would be solo paid DLC instead of a cool unlock/code, not that he had to buy a game, right?

Even in KoFs, that must be the game that popularized "alternative versions", it's purchased as dlc. In KoF 13 and the Orochi CYS dlc in KoF 15.

Actually at the time, some classmates tried to make money by selling information about these secret characters…

@@carlosaugusto9821 Still doesn't change the fact that rocking up at an arcade/friends house and seeing this alternate skin/character and being told how to do it with a code/Character select combo is and will always be more enjoyable then "Bro, how'd unlock that guy?!" "Oh you know, just the $90 pre-order with the $25 "Special Edition" upgrade. DW, you can play as him too! Just wait for 3 months then u can buy it for $14.99, and for an extra $10 you can get the 3 alt skins! Not this skin tho, this ones pre-order only."!" Seriously, paying for character/skin "bundles" has always sat wrong with me personaly. Just put them all in from the get go instead of giving us half a game. Again, feel free to disagree or whatever, this is just personal opinion on the subject.

SF actually did this before KOF (97) and FF (RBFFS). The very first idea of alternative old versions can be credited to SSF2T (94). Then SFA2G (96) made it easier to choose the alt versions, which became the KOF standard in the 90s. Other games like MvSF and MvC1 used a complicated method of picking alt versions. SF invented the idea but it became less used after A2 sadly. KOF became the most popular example of the idea because of KOF 98.

@@carlosaugusto9821 right, totally forgot about the SF2 version select, somehow

no the ex fighters in that game was stronger then the original. This game is the opposite of that

SFA2 Gold, specifically.

Using them was harder because they didn't have super moves or any new tech

Nah sf sux except ex sf by Arika

Not a throwback, they are the exact versions of CE in terms of technical idiosyncrasies.

One thing I loved about the ex series was every characters came complete with all there super moves including the trademarked Arika super moves most of these have never been seen outside of street fighter ex series which sux because Street fighter outside of ex series all look incomplete in terms of super moves nope we get a stupid handicap pick ya super move option menu but never actually have access to all super moves including the super moves Arika put into the street fighter ex series Arika SF plays with everything every characters feels complete unlike all other street fighters outside of the ex series either moves have been taken out or super moves have been completely been removed never ever to be seen ever unless you got ex series the rest is shert I hate all of them. shert, shert and shert And sf6 seems like a knock off KOF with shert movie seen super moves boo fark crapcom and fark street Fighter aswell

​@@redacted2275 They are not "exactly the same." They are still SFA2 characters, but with modified play styles INSPIRED by their Champion Edition movesets.

Definetely, would love to see Hyper Alpha get remastered and finished, because it was obviously something the devs at the time never finished and fully fleshed out. Capcom only cares about shilling bare-bones arcade ports these days though for a quick nostalgia cash grab. Just look at the recent 'Capcom Fighting Collection', it lacks a definitive Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers game with all characters inclusive. We're not bound by CPS2 hardware limitations, but we only get the individual arcade ports, as-is. They need to do more if they're going to make something like Fightcade redundant, and I wish they would, I'd pay money for that.

@@Albert-lj5jb damn i never thought of a definitive VSAV game that had every character and on stronger hardware like Cps3 or something else. That would be too good to he true.

@@Albert-lj5jb Fair point - but much like an anime fan-sub - support the official release.

@@Albert-lj5jb stop giving capcom money. They never deliver, and its always been better on the other side of the fence (fc2, emulation, playing classics on authentic hardware with other enthusiasts), anway.

@@benjiroberts4434 what, we should all stop giving Capcom money? They deserve no more money? Should they go out of business? Just stick with "lol.i dnt pay 4 games"

Alpha 2 Gold, not original Alpha 2. Not sure if you caught the difference there, but it's important.

Alpha 2 Gold and Alpha 3 Upper should have revitalized their respective games, but people were too interested in using the same broken crap from the original releases. Ditto for the versions of Third Strike that fix bugs including Urien's unblockable with Aegis.

Reactive patching is the only reliable way to get it done. Dislike it all you want, it's here to stay.

The fgc has exaggerated traditionalist issues, so they are against these kind of updates because they are overattached to the original. For some reason they have nothing against yearly sequels like SF2 Turbo, the sequel to Champion Edition that didn't even add new chars. But they are against SFA2G, SFA3U (and all following updates) etc. Those issues were blatantly exposed in cases like the SF2 HDR and SF3OE where the community refused (or was very divided) to accept the rebalance of the originals. They even complain about those problems in the originals but still won't accept lightly that the game is changed. I'm not close to the TK community to know if they function the same way. Like about those updates that became a pattern since TK5. But i know that KOF fans are as much attached as SF fans (still a little less than SF fans though). Like in KOF 98um and 02um, there is a pretty fair acceptance of them and the biggest complaints only come from people who basically only learned to abuse the original top tiers, infinites, etc.

@@carlosaugusto9821 Compilations lacking these games don’t help.

'Patches' meant new physically delivered hardware in 1996 arcades.

To be completely honest, there's something about the presentation and soundtrack of Alpha 3 that feels like a step backward to me. I realise this has nothing to do with the gameplay and it's just my taste but it just makes it a less attractive prospect to go back to. However, you're right, there's a ton of stuff in alpha anthology that would be really fun to explore. And those are all great ideas. I'm almost certain I'll be doing more stuff on Hyper Alpha at some point. Thanks for the comment!

@@deskcombo I have the same problem! Alpha 2 just screams to me what I remember loving about Capcom's vibe as a kid. I do not feel it as strongly in 3. Thank you for your incredible content as always, Desk.

@@deskcombo 90s industrial music doesn’t translate well in fighting games

@@deskcombo Yeah, even though Greg Irwin in A3 is one of the best fighting game announcers of all time, and the new visual framework compliments that, the music was not able to beat out the A2 remixes or the originals. That honor remains with the EX series. Plus, the A2 Q-Sound and pre-fight jingles have been my ringtone/text tone for years! My love for A3 comes not from the gameplay, as I'm more of a Tekken player than 2D, but specific nostalgia of owning A3 (and A2, MSHSF, XVSF) on PS1. Like, I've learned all of A3's systems nowadays, but since my young friends didn't like learning fighting games, back then I could only enjoy it as an RPG, with World Tour mode. But enjoy it, I did immensely, in the same fashion people did with Soul Cal 2's Weapon Master, Smash's many single player modes, or, in modern terms, MK's story modes. It remains in my mind after all this time because of how little offline content modern fighting games will have beyond "Arcade, Survival, and a weird story campaign". Even though having "customs" in any way has fallen off due to online ranked, customs + special challenges remains a strong idea. More to the point, I'd ask you, if anything, to look for A3's appeal not from a competitive standpoint, but from the casual aspects of the many ports. The PS1/Saturn started it off with WT, the Dreamcast has unique stuff with Saikyo Dojo, and the PSP is the only one where you can create a custom without doing all of WT mode 1st (via Edit Mode), has exclusive characters, and the exclusive Variable Battle tag switch mode.

@@deskcombo I feel you. Even tho I love Alpha 3's art style, the presentation as a whole is too try hard for me and the music just doesn't fit imo. Would love to see Alpha 2 with 3's roster tho. Maybe a hack in the future?!

Actually that was introduced in Zero 2 Alpha (aka Alpha 2 Gold) it wasn't in the original Zero 2.

I see, so it came first in SFA2G. Good to know.

You can actually tap one time only... 3 times is only in SFA3.

@@Rafael-cz4vb Oh yeah, you are right, the first hit is a knockdown.

Pick the SF collection and play those games. Or at least just check the game list and play them in an emulator if you want. It's the essential set and a very important experience for a newbie who started in SF4 or 5. SFA2G or the many SFA3 updates for consoles/portables are not essential.

Besides, all fg companies worked that way in the 90s. Strictly yearly releases or every 2 years. And still a company with more than 1 fg brand never skipped a year. Like SNK, who even made more fighting games than Capcom. In 94 there was no new FF, but they made a new AOF, a new SS and the start of KOF. Then in 95 they made a new FF and started Savage Reign, a totally new brand (their 5th one). Then in 96 there was no new FF but they made a new AOF, new KOF, new SS and a Savage Reign sequel.

@@carlosaugusto9821 actually, real bout fatal fury special was released in 1996

Yeah that special code idea was invented in SSF2T. Then SFA2G came with a simple new idea, also very considerate, since messing up the code in an arcade cabinet sucks. Sadly the Marvel series continued using the codes.

That whole redrawing work wasn't done for this game but for XvSF. The Marvel series used her classic outfit. Regardless the praise in the end of the comment is totally deserved. 90s Capcom was the king, the current Capcom fg devs (since SF4-MvC3) are below their level. They achieved way too much with 90s technology and abusive yearly schedules, and had a superior artistic sense and creativity overall.