Street Fighter II

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Street Fighter II was a revolutionary arcade game by Capcom that not only single-handedly changed the entire face of arcades for several years after it's release, but strongly dictated sales trends for the consoles it was released on.

The game featured a line up of eight characters which a player could choose from to battle all the other fighters around the world. Once the other characters had been defeated, four boss characters could be battled, ending with M. Bison (Vega in Japan).

Please see the Street Fighter II move list for a list of all the special moves.

Cast and story

M. Bison, ruler of Shadoloo crime syndicate based in Thailand, sponsors the "second" Street Fighting tournament. The first one ended when Ryu defeated the reigning champion, muy-thai kick boxer Sagat, with a devastating Shoryuken uppercut across his chest. Several of the events that lead to the second tournament have been retconned since the development of the Street Fighter Alpha series which takes place between Street Fighter I and Street Fighter II. (Although it is commonly believed that Ken competed in the first Street Fighter tournament due to his appearance in the game as the second player, he did not actually participate according to Capcom's official continuity.)

Selectable characters

• Blanka: A mutant who grew up in the jungles of the Amazon in Brazil, after being separated from his mother in a plane crash. He enters the tournament in hopes of finding his mother.
• Chum Li: A member of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, who is searching for clues leading to the identity of her father's murderer. She suspects that M. Bison is responsible. She is considered to be a student of master martial artist and fellow street fighter Gen.
• Dhalsim: Generally a pacifist, Dhalsim uses his Yoga endowed super-natural limb stretching abilities to compete in the tournament to raise money for his impoverished village.
• E. Honda: Dismayed by the thought that the world does not take Sumo Wrestling seriously, Edmond sees the tournament as the opportunity to prove to the world that sumos are the ultimate fighters.
• Guile: Aware that his senior officer, and best friend, Charlie died at the hands of M. Bison during a dangerous escape, Guile is bent on avenging his friend's death and taking M. Bison down at any cost, possibly even the love of his family.
• Ken Masters: The son of a wealthy business man, Ken was an unruly child until his father thought it might be best to send him to Japan to learn discipline through martial arts training. Along with his sparring partner Ryu, under the training of Gouken, he became one of the greatest fighters with a passion for proving it.
• Ryu: Orphaned at a very early age, Ryu was adopted by Gouken who raised and trained him in the art of Goutetsu-ryū Ansatsuken. Eventually, Ken joined them in Gouken remote mountain home in Japan, and the two became fast friends. Events in Ryu's life lead him to constantly struggle between the mastery of fighting techniques, and the mastery of self control. As a result, he seeks out a constant stream of fighting challenges to test his own abilities.
• Zangief: After becoming the greatest wrestler in all of Russia, and loosely entering several world competitions, the second Street Fighter tournament gives Zangief an opportunity to simultaneously prove that he is the greatest fighter in the world, and single handedly shut down the ruthless Shadoloo crime syndicate for his motherland.

Boss characters

• Balrog: Once a great boxing champion in America, Balrog was disgraced when he was stripped of his title for his brutality and increasing use of illegal moves such as head butts. Full of shame, he is recruited by M. Bison to become a high ranking henchman in Shadoloo, giving him a purpose again.
• Vega: Vega prizes beauty above everything else in life. The son of a Spanish bullfighter and a Japanese ninja, he has combined techniques from both parents in to a deadly martial arts that involves the use of a claw weapon on one hand. M. Bison recruits him for his ability as an assassin and due to his reputation for cruelty.
• Sagat: Once the greatest muy-thai kick boxer and mighty world street fighting champion, Sagat experienced tremendous shame for losing to diminutive (compared to himself) Ryu. Forsaking everything else, he trained endlessly for a rematch with Ryu when he encountered M. Bison. With no interest in Shadoloo, he declined the invitation to join until M. Bison promised him that if he joined, he would almost certainly face Ryu again.
• M. Bison: Seeing himself as the rightful dictator of the world, M. Bison appreciates the power of the human fighting spirit, and technology's ability to enhance it, over firearms and weapons of mass destruction. M. Bison officially hosts the second tournament of world warriors in an effort to isolate and employ only the greatest warriors that the world has to offer, forcefully if necessary.

Controls

One player may compete against the computer, or two players may simultaneousy compete against each other. Each player has an 8-way joystick and 6 buttons. The buttons on the arcade are typically laid out in the following fashion:

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