When I was about 10 years old, I had a sleepover with my friend and he told me about this video game that he had played. I remember the conversation as if it was yesterday, and I was ![[Image: mindblown2.png]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/mindblown2.png)
Then I played the thing. It was one of the rare instances in my life when my expectations lined up with the reality.
I can only imagine how rich the makers of this game became. I don't know why this game made such an impact. Here was a machine that would literally put street thugs from harlem on the same level with nerds from China town. That was the scene in the arcades around NYC in the early 90s.
People used to get into real fights over this game. That's how big a deal it was.
I don't know why it was so amazing- I think the animation, and the options for fighting moves and all the weird characters like Dalsym who could stretch his arms across the screen were part of it. It was a great escape for a kid at the time.
Other games couldn't come close to it - Mortal Combat may have looked more photorealistic, but it felt fake and the movements were off.
And, when they came out with the version for super nintendo, I could pause the screen when Chun Li was doing that spinning round kick and jerk off to it!
I'd bet that a lot of the guys on here who in their late twenties or early thirties feel the same way about this game
Here's a salut to Street Fighter II
![[Image: mindblown2.png]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/mindblown2.png)
Then I played the thing. It was one of the rare instances in my life when my expectations lined up with the reality.
I can only imagine how rich the makers of this game became. I don't know why this game made such an impact. Here was a machine that would literally put street thugs from harlem on the same level with nerds from China town. That was the scene in the arcades around NYC in the early 90s.
People used to get into real fights over this game. That's how big a deal it was.
I don't know why it was so amazing- I think the animation, and the options for fighting moves and all the weird characters like Dalsym who could stretch his arms across the screen were part of it. It was a great escape for a kid at the time.
Other games couldn't come close to it - Mortal Combat may have looked more photorealistic, but it felt fake and the movements were off.
And, when they came out with the version for super nintendo, I could pause the screen when Chun Li was doing that spinning round kick and jerk off to it!
I'd bet that a lot of the guys on here who in their late twenties or early thirties feel the same way about this game
Here's a salut to Street Fighter II