Street Fighter II (Game Boy)

Street Fighter II became an instant success when it was ported to consoles such as the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. It was so popular that it seemed like people wanted it on every available platform, including handheld so it could be played on the go. So Capcom gave it a shot on the Game Boy… with mixed results.

Due to the memory constraints of the cartridge, the cast of fighters had to be cut down naturally. While the game is based on the Super Street Fighter II engine, only 9 of the original 8 warriors and 4 bosses remain. Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Vega were ceremoniously discarded, either for reasons of popularity or complexity, and none of the new challengers are to be found.

With only two buttons to press, attacks were limited to one punch button and one kick button. As a compromise for the differences, Capcom provided the game with Super Game Boy support. When played over the Super Nintendo cartridge device, the game appeared in color, with full color backgrounds designed to mimic the stage that the fight was taking place in.

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  Japanese box

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  Title screen

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  Super Game Boy screen

Moves

Balrog

Name		Input
Dash Straight	File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+
Dash Upper	File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+
Turn Punch	Hold	+ and release.
Buffalo Headbutt	File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+	Blanka Name Input Electric Thunder Rolling Attack File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Vertical Rolling File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ River Run (from SSF2T) File:Arcade-Button-Dr.png+ Chun-Li Name Input Yousou Kyaku + Spinning Bird Kick File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Hyakuretsu Kyaku Kikouken File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Guile Name Input Sonic Boom File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Somersault Kick File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Ken Name Input Hadouken + Shoryuken + Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku + Kuchuu Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku + M. Bison Name Input Psycho Crusher File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Double Knee Press File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Head Press File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ __Somersault Skull Diver Press after Head Press Ryu Name Input Hadouken + Shakunetsu Hadouken + Shoryuken + Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku + Kuchuu Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku + Sagat Name Input Tiger Shot + Ground Tiger Shot + Tiger Uppercut + Tiger Knee Crush File:Arcade-Button-Stick.png+ Zangief Name Input Double Lariat + (move or) Screw Piledriver close, + Atomic Suplex close, +