I actually like Street Fighter (part 1) a lot! But not for its gameplay

Carnby · Sep 17, 2021

Rather for it's presentation. It's tattooed in my brain.

Starting from the beginning:

*Insert coin*

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"YOU ES AY"

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Street Fighter 1 OST Joe Theme

Composition & Arrangement:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (坂口由洋) "Yuukichyans Papa"Stage: USA

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"ALLLLL RIGH!"

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"WAH STENGHT (inaudible) ALL OVA THE WOLD."

Then of course when you inventible ran out of quarters.

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"GAME OVA"

Seriously, this game was magic when it hit the arcades in 1987. The presentation, the music, and sound effects were incredible. Obviously the game play is not good. But once we figured out how to do the dragon punch/fireball, it was only a matter of having enough quarters to beat it. So regardless of the gameplay, I love this game for what it does so well.

How else actually had good memories of Street Fighter (part 1) in the arcade?

sir_crocodile · Sep 17, 2021

The only memory I have is of the horrendous ms-dos port from the age of putting screenshots from the best looking version on the back of the box of the worst looking version.

What the box said I'd get:

What I got:

Carnby · Sep 17, 2021

sir_crocodile said:
The only memory I have is of the horrendous ms-dos port from the age of putting screenshots from the best looking version on the back of the box of the worst looking version.

Street Fighter 1 (At least the DOS port) is one of the worst games ever made. A miserable pile of garbage that looks bad and plays worse.

What the box said I'd get:

What I got:

HOLY!

That's awful!

AKA you had to enjoy it for its gameplay. 😬

Salmonax · Sep 17, 2021

sir_crocodile said:
The only memory I have is of the horrendous ms-dos port from the age of putting screenshots from the best looking version on the back of the box of the worst looking version.

What the box said I'd get:

What I got:

"We have Street Fighter at home."

Lulu · Sep 17, 2021

One day Retsu will return

CountAntonio · Sep 17, 2021

sir_crocodile said:
The only memory I have is of the horrendous ms-dos port from the age of putting screenshots from the best looking version on the back of the box of the worst looking version.

What the box said I'd get:

What I got:

It was pretty amazing growing up in the age of PC ports. I remeber my rudest awakening was wanting this.

and getting this.

Obviously in retrospect the NES version is held in higher regard but as a kid who spent many quarters on the arcade version and was given maybe one or two games a year I was incredibly disappointed at the time.

eraFROMAN · Sep 17, 2021

Gimme those TG16, Fighting Street music tracks, then I'm there with you lol

Carnby · Sep 17, 2021

Street Fighter 1 OST Mike Theme

Composition & Arrangement:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (坂口由洋) "Yuukichyans Papa"Stage: USA

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I remember Mike's theme making my jaw drop in 1987. lol

Street Fighter 1 OST Birdie Theme

Composition & Arrangement:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (坂口由洋) "Yuukichyans Papa"Stage: England

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Also Bridie's theme got us pumped. lol

Ferrio · Sep 17, 2021

I'm a big fan of it, all of it. But I played it a lot in a local 7-11 before there was a SFII, so I didn't have a better game to compare it against.

One of my big "Gamer Bucket List" todos is playing a SF1 cab with the punchable buttons.

Burai · Sep 17, 2021

HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP HUP ooright

Deleted member 17210 · Sep 17, 2021

I played SF1 back when it came out. The characters were cool, and it was decent for its time, but I still preferred playing World Karate Championship at home.

ShinobiBk · Sep 17, 2021

Tbh I think Street Fighter 1 is so bad I'm shocked it was even popular.
Maybe just cause there wasn't really anything like it at the time.
I mean it was popular enough that they originally wanted to slap the Street Fighter name onto the original Final Fight but decided against it before release.

Gelf · Sep 17, 2021

Crappy home ports aside it did at least look cool for the time, I could see myself being into it if I was aware of its existence before 2.

Bigg · Sep 17, 2021

SF1 definitely had a striking aesthetic for its time, and the attract mode of the guy punching the wall is iconic. Shame about the game part being complete doo doo.

trevofour · Sep 17, 2021

The TG-16 soundtrack makes me wanna breakdance. We had this version at home! The speech in between matches will always be hilarious.

Deleted member 1102 · Sep 17, 2021

I'm glad I beat this game but holy shit what a garbage pile of shit it is lol. No offence to the people who like but man, I don't think I'll ever actually play it again. I have my issues with SF2 but thank fuck that game came around and was the base for the genre instead of SF1.

NinjaScooter · Sep 17, 2021

If you ever get the chance to play the arcade version with the giant pressure sensitive buttons its a trip. That was my first exposure to Street Fighter way back in the day.

Deleted member 17210 · Sep 17, 2021

NinjaScooter said:
If you ever get the chance to play the arcade version with the giant pressure sensitive buttons its a trip. That was my first exposure to Street Fighter way back in the day.

That's the only version I saw back then (other than the TGCD port).

ShinobiBk · Sep 17, 2021

Scotia said:
I'm glad I beat this game but holy shit what a garbage pile of shit it is lol. No offence to the people who like but man, I don't think I'll ever actually play it again. I have my issues with SF2 but thank fuck that game came around and was the base for the genre instead of SF1.

OG SF2 is quite a slog to play as well.
To me, once you've played Hyper Fighting/Turbo, it's pretty much impossible to go back lol.
SF2 Hyper Fighting & ST are great though.
They gave some of their own issues (CPU blatantly cheating constantly lol) but still a lot of fun to play

Deleted member 78597 · Sep 17, 2021

You call the first Street Fighter part 1?

ReyVGM · Sep 17, 2021

Did you know the Turbografx version has an extra ending after you beat it 4 times in a row?

Magister Xehanort · Sep 17, 2021

Lulu said:
One day Retsu will return

He has in Shadaloo C.R.I.

That is a section of the Capcom Fighters Network website dedicated to Street Fighter V, featuring extra content related to the game.

Character Guide 010: Retsu | The Character Guides | Activity Reports | CAPCOM:Shadaloo C.R.I.

Retsu To celebrate our 10th entry we're going back to the very first Street Fighter to talk about...

game.capcom.com

Retsu has a fiery temperament, and his constant struggles with monastic life eventually resulted in him being excommunicated from his temple.
His encounter with a young Ryu made him change his ways however, and he now lives as an ascetic martial artist.
His biggest weakness is candy.
He is friends with Gouken and Dhalsim, and apparently knows something about Oro's past...

Carnby · Sep 17, 2021

Lukewarm Takes said:
You call the first Street Fighter part 1?

LOL. No. I was just trying to avoid any confusion. Just imagine. "I actually like Street Fighter alot." OF COUSE YOU SHOULD. SF2 IS THE BEST!

Hadok · Sep 17, 2021

but who played the sequel?
No,not Street Fighter 2,but Human Killing Machine?
"a fighting game developed by Tiertex for various home computers as an unofficial sequel to their port of the first Street Fighter, using the same game engine, but different characters to the original Street Fighter. "

Spoiler: it was terrible :p

Goddo Hando · Sep 17, 2021

ROUND 1.... MICHAEL!

ghibli99 · Sep 17, 2021

NinjaScooter said:
If you ever get the chance to play the arcade version with the giant pressure sensitive buttons its a trip. That was my first exposure to Street Fighter way back in the day.

Yep, that's the version I remember! It's crazy how drastically improved SF2 is over this game.

nded · Sep 17, 2021

Somebody should hack in a proper versus mode with all the characters playable for a laugh.

chaobreaker · Sep 17, 2021

I can't believe some of you like the OST. It's like audible vomit. Legit hurts my ears listening to it.

NinjaScooter · Sep 17, 2021

ghibli99 said:
Yep, that's the version I remember! It's crazy how drastically improved SF2 is over this game.

When I read that SF2 oral history from Matt Leone years ago on Polygon and they mentioned how the original SF team went on to SNK to make Fatal Fury it made a lot of sense.

ghibli99 · Sep 17, 2021

NinjaScooter said:
When I read that SF2 oral history from Matt Leone years ago on Polygon and they mentioned how the original SF team went on to SNK to make Fatal Fury it made a lot of sense.

Oh dang, thanks for mentioning this! Gonna read this later.

For anyone else who wants to check it out:

Street Fighter 2: An Oral History

The history of Street Fighter 2. As told by these who were there.

www.polygon.com

Carnby · Sep 17, 2021

chaobreaker said:
I can't believe some of you like the OST. It's like audible vomit. Legit hurts my ears listening to it.

Excuse me but

Street Fighter 1 OST Gen Theme

Composition & Arrangement:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (坂口由洋) "Yuukichyans Papa"Stage: China

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I actually like Street Fighter (part 1) a lot! But not for its gameplay

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