As someone who spent a huge amount of time playing Game Boy til the late 90s I found the Street Fighter II port to be acceptable in comparison to the atrocities the Mortal Kombat mobile ports had inflicted upon a generation.
Mobility seem more fluid than Mk or I should say the control of the play. Pulling out specials in MK was tough on game boy. But I only had MK never played StF
I think the biggest drawback of Street Fighter 2 for the Gameboy is its release date. Had it been ported at the same time as the SNES port like other fighters had done (MK games, Killer Instinct), I think it would have been better received for what it is. It still wouldn't have aged well but in another universe, maybe Capcom would have considered making GB ports for Turbo and Super. MK2 on the GB showed that frame rates in fighting games didn't have to be so sluggish. Street Fighter 2 on the GB borrows from Super Street Fighter 2 in aesthetics and gameplay. Had Capcom tried to make it an actual port of Street Fighter 2, it could have maybe been more faithful with the full roster of 8 fighters. Doubt they could have squeezed in all 4 bosses but a final fight with M. Bison would have been serviceable. Releasing the game in 1995 allowed Capcom to have a better idea of the GB's capabilities more so than in 1992 but the game doesn't exactly push the hardware.
PC Engine had what was considered an "8 bit" CPU, but had a "16 bit" GPU and was able to display far more on screen colors than the Mega Drive/Genesis, more similar to the SNES. PCE version was missing one background scroll and music wasn't as good as SNES or arcade, but overall it was a fantastic "8 bit" port, in line with the true "16 bit" consoles of the time. So PCE version was easily the best 8 bit version and depending on who you ask, possibly the best 16 bit version too!
@@emailchrismoll Yeah. Higher quality voices, music taken straight from the original arcade game and maybe some parallax scrolling thanks to the extra RAM
"You can improve the experience by playing it on the Super GameBoy on the SNES." That's not playing Street Fighters II with extra steps, that's playing Street Fighters II with your knees capped.
I remember this. I actually have a copy, it was entertaining at the time. But!! After I played the King of Fighters 95 for the gameboy, I realized that SF could've been better . (MK 2 was also pretty awesome)
To be fair SNK did a way better job at converting their fighting onto their 8bit handheld. The NeoGeo Pocket Color has a lot of the major fighting games the home consoles had.
Still made to this day. The Master System was the best system I ever owned. So many memories of games that were exclusive to the console. I never ever regretted asking for this instead of an NES for Christmas. I got it the year they offered the then new Double Dragon or Reggie Jackson Baseball for free with the purchase of the console.
Very good expose on these 8 bit ports! Are there any good fighting games on the Game Boy? I know of 2: Mortal Kombat 2 and Battle Arena Toshinden! Considering the PSone original Toshinden isn't that console's best fighter (it would at least tide you over til Tekken came along), the Game Boy version with its anime art style is a hidden gem! If I told you about all the games I'd like to see on the Evercade, we'd be here all day! But I can say that I'd like to see a Sparkster cart which also features iOS title Krazy Kart Racing, and Bionic Commando, Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden carts that also feature, in ebook form, each franchise's corresponding Worlds of Power novelization!
I know it came out earlier than the Game Boy edition, but maybe US GOLD could've done something similar and slimmed down the roster to make more room for other things like music, or a second input button?! at least they tried to do full-size sprites... the only one of these outside the Game Boy one I'm familliar with was the Master System version, I remember finding the ROM of it in the early 2000s when I was first getting into emulation... I heard the story about how huge the SMS was over there STILL! so seeing them get a port of SF2 was freakin' wild! I have also played some of the Famicom bootleg versions of SF2, nothing mindblowing but it's neat to see SF2 on NES! I heard about sf2 deluxe though, will be interesting to try when it comes out!
The Master System was way more capable than most US gamers ever realized. Nintendo cut them off at the knees with their licensing and exclusivity deals, though.
I remember seeing in magazines, there were various ports. But 8bit.. oh k.. there is only so much that format can do. I only played the arcade, Genesis / MD, and SNES. (On a friend's system) I don't know how to comment on this. But I guess it has its audience?
I never even knew it had released on the game boy. Although I was 14 in 1995. and by then i was more interested in girls than i was handheld games. In fact I think I'd stopped gaming altogether by 1995.
All the original home console versions were demakes of sorts. The SNES captured Street Fighter II best at the time. Everything else was trying hard to be an adequate home version of the arcade experience. This was just the way things were when arcade machines were lucrative (worth investing in the best game technology) and home computer components were made out of dog hair, pigeon feathers and old shoes to save money. You can't expect the Spectrum to run a good version of Street Fighter when you have to wind it up on the side to make it do bleeping noises.
Sure it could. The Spectrum's got a Z80 running at the same speed as the Z80 in the Game Gear, and that console has a great version of Fatal Fury Special. It's just a question of how much loading you're willing to suffer through, and what sacrifices you're willing to accept. You'd need some talented sprite artists to make the demake appealing, and more development time than US Gold was going to pay for, but that's not a hardware limitation.
King of Fighters '96, Real Bout, and two Samurai Shodown games say otherwise. Plus World Heroes Jet. And Toshinden. And Killer Instinct. And so many more games that have smooth frame rates. The Gameboy has the best 8-bit fighting game library ever made.
In Russia was Dendy, on Dendy was only version of this game (before megadrive). And of course that wasn't only pirate exclusive, there was also Aladdin, Lion King, Earthworm Jim, Boogerman, Mortal Kombat and more...
If I were Capcom, the 8-bit ports would go: GAME BOY • Street Fighter I • Street Fighter 2010 GAME BOY COLOR • Street Fighter II • Street Fighter II' PLUS • SUPER Street Fighter II • Street Fighter Alpha • Final Fight
As for the GB version, I don't think it is a case of function over form, as much as it is of form over function: they tried too hard to make large, detailed sprites that look close to the arcade, when smaller detailed sprites would have allowed for a more fluid gameplay; see SF Alpha for GBC as an example of what could have been: m.th-cam.com/video/iRkgPxU2hxc/w-d-xo.html
Oh, I'll take the way the Game Boy port plays over the way the IBM-PC port plays any day of the week. You also gloss over the hugest flaw of the Master System version: There are NO character endings. The Game Boy port has them, if you play them on normal or higher, but the SMS version has none on any difficulty setting.
Fortunately Capcom did a much better job with Street Fighter Alpha on the Gameboy Color. Especially in terms of speed and frame rates, even though the sprites took a bigger hit in detail. Still would rather play Alpha on GBC than 2 on the B&W
The Neo Pocket (Color) fighting games (SNK Vs Capcom, Fatal Fury, etc) were amazing though... I guess technically they're 16 bit, but they really look 8 bit.
I was so disappointed when I got street fighter 2 for the gameboy, but after seeing this I guess it could have been alot worse!! Great video I would love to see the NES deluxe game!!
There's actually good port of Street fighter that work on 8 bits machines : - "Street fighter 2" on PC-Engine : One of the best port ! It suffer by the need of a 6 buttons controller to fully play it. Could be potentially e played on the Turbo Grafx-16 (just a rebranded PC-engine) but that machine don't have official support for the 6 buttons controller. - "Street fighter Alpha" on Game boy color : Less detailed background, smaller sprites but better animation with a far better gameplay than SF2 on game boy. Not the arcade feeling at all but simply an enjoyable game.
I always thought the gameboy port was fairly well done considering the hardware. I mean I've seen many many much worse ports. I think this was one of my first Gameboy Pocket games.
I sort of like the look of Street Fighter 2 on the ZX Spectrum. It would not like to play it, but I would probably hang a screen capture of it on my wall.
I actually think the gameboy version aint that bad, the Spectrum did what they did with Final Fight etc. make it look great in the normal spectrum fashion which lets face it if it had colour would have been spot on...but then lacks all gameplay ...the C64 does look a mess but plays slightly better than the Spectrum i think (dont get me wrong im not being fanboyish ...the game still sucks ass big time) then we have the Mastersystem which is a great 8bit attempt...but something that always bothers me about the mastersystem version is the bad shadow placement which makes the fighters look like they are floating...maybe thats just me...great video mate love seeing some 8bits on your channel (C64 anyway lol)
I remember getting the US import of SF2 and it was just incredible for the time... even playing horribly slowed down on my PAL system. i dont think there had been such a faithful port of any advanced arcade game close to this.. SF2 Turbo was even better!
Actually the Game Boy version wasn't THAT bad at the time and it looked a little bit better on the original system and screen than it does in a emulator.
Thanks for highlighing the game Top Hat! Dude broken and all its still my favorite game and i am probably one of the only fans of it! Negative or positive feats, its still being talked about! It is still impressive for a game at its time in 1995
Yeah Street Fighter Alpha on the gameboy color was way better. I guess if gameboy street fighter 2 played and look like Street Fighter Alpha game it might been better? Even tho the shades of limitations of the pallet swaps would be the issue still, Not if it just, Bright greys with some lighter dark greys VS Dark greys with some lighter dark greys.
You know what's kind of sad I the only copies of Street fighter 2 Samurai showdown toshean battle arena I had were for the game Boy oh I forgot about mortal Kombat 2 yup that suck didn't get the the super Nintendo versions until later in life right around the time my super Nintendo died
17:25 This Poland's Pegasus system that's actually a stolen NES system but in different boxing. Nobody been caring about the copyrights back then in 80-90's.
I loved this game as a kid...it was a lot of fun and while yes not a graphical amazing gem it was still a lot of fun...so I will disagree that the game sucks...your point of view is valid for a console or pc gamer, but from a kid from this time period it was a LOT of fun and kept me happy on trips till I got home to play my Genesis or Snes versions
Yeah, I knew better then to get one of these. In the early 90's, at the store, my kid brain thought, "Nintendo graphics, game boy screen, won't work here".
I believe there were plans in making one. But it was cancelled for numerous reasons. Possibly because of limitations from the hardware, and it had a huge roster, plus its soundtrack would have to be minimalized.
I wish I had the money to visit Europe. The UK and the EU. That would be freaking amazing. Although idk how they'd feel about American tourists. It doesn't matter though. I'm 41 and I've only been able to visit 5 states out of 50 in my entire life so yeah...it'll never happen.
You at least have one travel advantage over us. Super super cheap petrol or gas as you call it, even though its a liquid. 🤣 In terms of land coverage, I have travelled the United States more extensively than Europe as it is so cheap to get around. I made the effort to visit 25 states on a big crazy road trip in 2016. Air travel is fairly cheap here but road travel is a nightmare!
Got confused when you called the commodore 64 American 👀😅 It...existed over here and had its fans but it was many times more popular in Europe. Im my head, i think of it as a European platform
These are all unplayable. And playing Street Foghter Alpha on the GBC really shows no excuses why this couldn’t be fun. The graphics of course are rubbish, due to system limitations, but you can still make a fun game. The Takara efforts prove that too when it comes to other fighting games, and the GBC Street Fighter. Saying that, I think the still shots for the Gameboy in this video look pretty good for a low res game boy interpretation. And the characters are rather large. The frame rate and lag is what ruins it.
Na I sense some bias towards the SMS here. The game plays about as terribly as the others. I feel the Gameboy edition is the best of the 8bit conversions despite the lack of colour and insane input lag. It still plays much better than the others. That said the game could have been made to play better when you compare to other fighting games on the Gameboy like. Mk2, Battle Arena Toshinden, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters 95 and 96. Even Killer Instinct is better
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As someone who spent a huge amount of time playing Game Boy til the late 90s I found the Street Fighter II port to be acceptable in comparison to the atrocities the Mortal Kombat mobile ports had inflicted upon a generation.
Mobility seem more fluid than Mk or I should say the control of the play. Pulling out specials in MK was tough on game boy. But I only had MK never played StF
Never played StF on game boy but it looks more fluid than MK. It was hard to pull out specials on MK
I enjoyed the GB port of MK growing up, especially being able to play as Goro...can't do that in other versions.
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@TETCOM Yeah, I don't think this game is hated by people who got it back in the day.
I think the biggest drawback of Street Fighter 2 for the Gameboy is its release date. Had it been ported at the same time as the SNES port like other fighters had done (MK games, Killer Instinct), I think it would have been better received for what it is. It still wouldn't have aged well but in another universe, maybe Capcom would have considered making GB ports for Turbo and Super.
MK2 on the GB showed that frame rates in fighting games didn't have to be so sluggish. Street Fighter 2 on the GB borrows from Super Street Fighter 2 in aesthetics and gameplay. Had Capcom tried to make it an actual port of Street Fighter 2, it could have maybe been more faithful with the full roster of 8 fighters. Doubt they could have squeezed in all 4 bosses but a final fight with M. Bison would have been serviceable.
Releasing the game in 1995 allowed Capcom to have a better idea of the GB's capabilities more so than in 1992 but the game doesn't exactly push the hardware.
PC Engine had what was considered an "8 bit" CPU, but had a "16 bit" GPU and was able to display far more on screen colors than the Mega Drive/Genesis, more similar to the SNES. PCE version was missing one background scroll and music wasn't as good as SNES or arcade, but overall it was a fantastic "8 bit" port, in line with the true "16 bit" consoles of the time. So PCE version was easily the best 8 bit version and depending on who you ask, possibly the best 16 bit version too!
You gotta wonder how awesome this could have been if it was released on CD instead
@@emailchrismoll Yeah. Higher quality voices, music taken straight from the original arcade game and maybe some parallax scrolling thanks to the extra RAM
Sound on a PCE/TG16 was only 8 bit as well.
@@Alex_Valentine I own them all. TG16 has the best voice samples.
@@Alex_Valentine That's not true at all. The PC Engine's wavetable sound could rival many arcade boards of the time, like Namco's mid-80s games
"You can improve the experience by playing it on the Super GameBoy on the SNES."
That's not playing Street Fighters II with extra steps, that's playing Street Fighters II with your knees capped.
Ha true that's about the most pointless thing possible. That's like taking the engine out of your BMW and putting it in your Kia.
I remember this. I actually have a copy, it was entertaining at the time. But!! After I played the King of Fighters 95 for the gameboy, I realized that SF could've been better . (MK 2 was also pretty awesome)
To be fair SNK did a way better job at converting their fighting onto their 8bit handheld. The NeoGeo Pocket Color has a lot of the major fighting games the home consoles had.
Match of the millennium capcom vs snk on neo geo pocket color was amazing for its time
Wait a second... Is that actually Top Hat Gaming Man wrestling at the 0:05 mark??? Is secretly absolutely ripped?
Yeah that's me, I am like Ned Flanders.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel Ha, nice comparison.
Brazilian here! SEGA/Tectoy were huuuge here in the early 90s. Good times! Great video BTW👍
Still made to this day. The Master System was the best system I ever owned. So many memories of games that were exclusive to the console. I never ever regretted asking for this instead of an NES for Christmas. I got it the year they offered the then new Double Dragon or Reggie Jackson Baseball for free with the purchase of the console.
Very good expose on these 8 bit ports! Are there any good fighting games on the Game Boy? I know of 2: Mortal Kombat 2 and Battle Arena Toshinden! Considering the PSone original Toshinden isn't that console's best fighter (it would at least tide you over til Tekken came along), the Game Boy version with its anime art style is a hidden gem! If I told you about all the games I'd like to see on the Evercade, we'd be here all day! But I can say that I'd like to see a Sparkster cart which also features iOS title Krazy Kart Racing, and Bionic Commando, Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden carts that also feature, in ebook form, each franchise's corresponding Worlds of Power novelization!
I know it came out earlier than the Game Boy edition, but maybe US GOLD could've done something similar and slimmed down the roster to make more room for other things like music, or a second input button?! at least they tried to do full-size sprites... the only one of these outside the Game Boy one I'm familliar with was the Master System version, I remember finding the ROM of it in the early 2000s when I was first getting into emulation... I heard the story about how huge the SMS was over there STILL! so seeing them get a port of SF2 was freakin' wild!
I have also played some of the Famicom bootleg versions of SF2, nothing mindblowing but it's neat to see SF2 on NES! I heard about sf2 deluxe though, will be interesting to try when it comes out!
I am incredibly impressed by the look of the sprites and the look of the backgrounds. It looks amazing for what it is on the Gameboy.
The Master System was way more capable than most US gamers ever realized. Nintendo cut them off at the knees with their licensing and exclusivity deals, though.
Found this channel through Lady Decade! So glad I did!!! #greatvideos!
Incorrect
I remember seeing in magazines, there were various ports. But 8bit.. oh k.. there is only so much that format can do. I only played the arcade, Genesis / MD, and SNES. (On a friend's system)
I don't know how to comment on this. But I guess it has its audience?
Pallete-Swap Ken! That's genius! And you don't have to worry about the pronunciation of Ryu.
I never even knew it had released on the game boy. Although I was 14 in 1995. and by then i was more interested in girls than i was handheld games.
In fact I think I'd stopped gaming altogether by 1995.
More interested in girls than gaming? A wasted youth. -__-)
Maybe the best decision ever
All the original home console versions were demakes of sorts. The SNES captured Street Fighter II best at the time. Everything else was trying hard to be an adequate home version of the arcade experience. This was just the way things were when arcade machines were lucrative (worth investing in the best game technology) and home computer components were made out of dog hair, pigeon feathers and old shoes to save money. You can't expect the Spectrum to run a good version of Street Fighter when you have to wind it up on the side to make it do bleeping noises.
Sure it could. The Spectrum's got a Z80 running at the same speed as the Z80 in the Game Gear, and that console has a great version of Fatal Fury Special.
It's just a question of how much loading you're willing to suffer through, and what sacrifices you're willing to accept.
You'd need some talented sprite artists to make the demake appealing, and more development time than US Gold was going to pay for, but that's not a hardware limitation.
I wouldn't mind having the Master System version in my collection.
C'mon, the port was great considering it was a Game Boy… I have great memories of this cartridge (that I still own)
King of Fighters '96, Real Bout, and two Samurai Shodown games say otherwise. Plus World Heroes Jet. And Toshinden. And Killer Instinct. And so many more games that have smooth frame rates.
The Gameboy has the best 8-bit fighting game library ever made.
Samurai Shodown on GB was SOOO fun, especially on SGB with 2 players! It really rivals the SNES port IMO...
In Russia was Dendy, on Dendy was only version of this game (before megadrive). And of course that wasn't only pirate exclusive, there was also Aladdin, Lion King, Earthworm Jim, Boogerman, Mortal Kombat and more...
Bro, why have I not been getting notifications of your uploads?! Wtf?!
I subscribed and hit the bell.
TH-cam sucks.
"Born in New Zealand of '64, a hot headed actor name Russell Crowe, he loves to act and loves one thing more, it's fighting around the world"
Great topic !!! Always amazed me the shameless ports that were knocking about in the 90’s and I defo had a few
Was hoping you guys would both do HHATW videos.
The way you and LD have made your channels compliment one another is great.
Killer instinct was wizardry on the gb if only every fighter was executed the same way
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If I were Capcom, the 8-bit ports would go:
GAME BOY
• Street Fighter I
• Street Fighter 2010
GAME BOY COLOR
• Street Fighter II
• Street Fighter II' PLUS
• SUPER Street Fighter II
• Street Fighter Alpha
• Final Fight
I literally kicked a hole in my tv as a child playing this on game boy… safe to say I got my ass beat in real life way worse than m bison ever could 😂
As for the GB version, I don't think it is a case of function over form, as much as it is of form over function: they tried too hard to make large, detailed sprites that look close to the arcade, when smaller detailed sprites would have allowed for a more fluid gameplay; see SF Alpha for GBC as an example of what could have been:
m.th-cam.com/video/iRkgPxU2hxc/w-d-xo.html
I mentioned that sfa port too. It's great and plays great.
Oh, I'll take the way the Game Boy port plays over the way the IBM-PC port plays any day of the week. You also gloss over the hugest flaw of the Master System version: There are NO character endings. The Game Boy port has them, if you play them on normal or higher, but the SMS version has none on any difficulty setting.
@TETCOM Yeah the SMS port gets WAY too much praise. Oh, so an amateur team from Brazil made it? Whoopdieshit!
Fortunately Capcom did a much better job with Street Fighter Alpha on the Gameboy Color. Especially in terms of speed and frame rates, even though the sprites took a bigger hit in detail. Still would rather play Alpha on GBC than 2 on the B&W
Oh, Capcom didn't port that. They farmed it out.
One of the bootleg games you showed near the end was actually a SF1 game, not SF2. Yes, I'm being 'that' guy.
The Neo Pocket (Color) fighting games (SNK Vs Capcom, Fatal Fury, etc) were amazing though... I guess technically they're 16 bit, but they really look 8 bit.
I was so disappointed when I got street fighter 2 for the gameboy, but after seeing this I guess it could have been alot worse!! Great video I would love to see the NES deluxe game!!
There's actually good port of Street fighter that work on 8 bits machines :
- "Street fighter 2" on PC-Engine : One of the best port ! It suffer by the need of a 6 buttons controller to fully play it. Could be potentially e played on the Turbo Grafx-16 (just a rebranded PC-engine) but that machine don't have official support for the 6 buttons controller.
- "Street fighter Alpha" on Game boy color : Less detailed background, smaller sprites but better animation with a far better gameplay than SF2 on game boy. Not the arcade feeling at all but simply an enjoyable game.
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I always thought the gameboy port was fairly well done considering the hardware. I mean I've seen many many much worse ports. I think this was one of my first Gameboy Pocket games.
I sort of like the look of Street Fighter 2 on the ZX Spectrum. It would not like to play it, but I would probably hang a screen capture of it on my wall.
I pause the video 5 seconds in because I am visiting in Warsaw right now.
This 10 day quarantine and quarantine app is.. bogus D:
I actually think the gameboy version aint that bad, the Spectrum did what they did with Final Fight etc. make it look great in the normal spectrum fashion which lets face it if it had colour would have been spot on...but then lacks all gameplay ...the C64 does look a mess but plays slightly better than the Spectrum i think (dont get me wrong im not being fanboyish ...the game still sucks ass big time) then we have the Mastersystem which is a great 8bit attempt...but something that always bothers me about the mastersystem version is the bad shadow placement which makes the fighters look like they are floating...maybe thats just me...great video mate love seeing some 8bits on your channel (C64 anyway lol)
I must have been the only one who enjoyed my SF2 on gameboy
I enjoyed it as well. XD
there are dozens of us
DOZENS!!
@@KamisamanoOtaku Hooray!
I remember getting the US import of SF2 and it was just incredible for the time... even playing horribly slowed down on my PAL system. i dont think there had been such a faithful port of any advanced arcade game close to this.. SF2 Turbo was even better!
The master system character shadows kinda make it look like there floating, but dam it still looks great for 8-bit
Actually the Game Boy version wasn't THAT bad at the time and it looked a little bit better on the original system and screen than it does in a emulator.
I might have believed that, if I hadn't played Samurai Shodown first.
The sprites were smaller, but it didn't skip a frame.
Thanks for highlighing the game Top Hat! Dude broken and all its still my favorite game and i am probably one of the only fans of it! Negative or positive feats, its still being talked about! It is still impressive for a game at its time in 1995
Frank of the Street Fighter 2 for the Game Boy Podcast?
@@thecunninlynguist exactly! Hey I remember you from Anchor!
STREET FIGHTER II - NOSTALGIC EDITION for NES is the better fan edition. It's not done but looks promising.
Yeah Street Fighter Alpha on the gameboy color was way better.
I guess if gameboy street fighter 2 played and look like Street Fighter Alpha game
it might been better?
Even tho the shades of limitations of the pallet swaps would be the issue still,
Not if it just,
Bright greys with some lighter dark greys
VS Dark greys with some lighter dark greys.
I am impressed that graphics in the Sega Master system seems quite similar to the Mega Drive version
You know what's kind of sad I the only copies of Street fighter 2 Samurai showdown toshean battle arena I had were for the game Boy oh I forgot about mortal Kombat 2 yup that suck didn't get the the super Nintendo versions until later in life right around the time my super Nintendo died
does anyone else think that pic looks like jackie chan in a chun li uniform?
The Amstrad will hopefully have it's own version soon. It's been in development a while
17:25 This Poland's Pegasus system that's actually a stolen NES system but in different boxing. Nobody been caring about the copyrights back then in 80-90's.
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Two buttons gameplay? Hold my Amiga one fire button Joystick.
It's almost 3 am but when I see best girl Jackie Chan I have to click.
I loved this game as a kid...it was a lot of fun and while yes not a graphical amazing gem it was still a lot of fun...so I will disagree that the game sucks...your point of view is valid for a console or pc gamer, but from a kid from this time period it was a LOT of fun and kept me happy on trips till I got home to play my Genesis or Snes versions
Yeah, I knew better then to get one of these. In the early 90's, at the store, my kid brain thought, "Nintendo graphics, game boy screen, won't work here".
If you do the same for street fighter alpha, I can’t wait until you revisit the Gameboy… (Colour)
I missed the new Amstrad CPC port that a fan group is creating. Worth of checking because the result is impressive…
Love watchibg all your videos specially golden axe and streets if rage history 123 and arcade versions too i love watching it in loop
Jorge the VI ? I haven't actually met him but, I have however met Jorge the III twice.
The master system version is great for sure. The pc engine is definitely better but isn’t a 8 bit machine in my point of view
It is from a pure processing power standpoint. It has a 16-bit graphics blitter, but the game code itself has to be simplified to 8-bit
A Game Gear port on the level of Fatal Fury Special would've been amazing
I believe there were plans in making one. But it was cancelled for numerous reasons. Possibly because of limitations from the hardware, and it had a huge roster, plus its soundtrack would have to be minimalized.
Please review Street Fighter 2 unlicensed port too.
Hang on a sec... "Say-oh Paul-oh, Brazil"...? lol
These make the Street fighter the movie games look like Legends.
Jackie Chun-li will haunt my dreams.
Good to see you doing well
3:11 where is that?
Makes me wonder how many kids went blind from playing street fighter on the Spectrum.
Please review the King of Fighter 95 and 96, the best fighting game on Game boy.
'96 is. '95 was a bit disappointing, by comparison. Also, you should try Real Bout. It's feels a lot like '96, but with a few tweaks for flavor.
South park reference was top notch mate
I genuinely have no problem with the gameboy SF2.
Given the technical restrictions, the game boy version was more than decent.
As nerfed as it was, I still own a gameboy copy and still enjoy it. Although yeah, I do prefer the snes, switch or arcade versions.
Even before I click start... I know this is gonna be painful, isn't it...
Say what you want, but that screenshot is the hottest Chun Li has ever looked
I wish I had the money to visit Europe. The UK and the EU. That would be freaking amazing. Although idk how they'd feel about American tourists. It doesn't matter though. I'm 41 and I've only been able to visit 5 states out of 50 in my entire life so yeah...it'll never happen.
You at least have one travel advantage over us. Super super cheap petrol or gas as you call it, even though its a liquid. 🤣
In terms of land coverage, I have travelled the United States more extensively than Europe as it is so cheap to get around. I made the effort to visit 25 states on a big crazy road trip in 2016.
Air travel is fairly cheap here but road travel is a nightmare!
@@TopHatGamingManChannel I just don't make enough money over here to travel. Wish I did. I'm poor.
Actually it is very pleasant to play on Gameboy
At least it's better than the Tiger Electrics version.
Gameboy color street fighter alpha was great.
I like 'rasslin' and handheld gaming too!
Great video as usual 👌
I grew up on this Gameboy port and i love it in a horrible kind of way
The King of Fighters 95 for GB was way better
All the Takara ports were pretty good. World Heroes and Battle Aren Tohshinden were a bunch of fun too!
I had the game boy version back in the day
All things considered the GB port isn't half bad.
Wayback in the day I had a killer instinct and my brother had the street fighter the street fighter was better than the killer instinct
I've never played SFII on GB only on SNES
Give it a week and Lady Decade will be doing the same video
Got confused when you called the commodore 64 American 👀😅
It...existed over here and had its fans but it was many times more popular in Europe. Im my head, i think of it as a European platform
I totally get that especially when we take into account that Jack Tramiel was Polish too!
Tiger electronic Street Fighter II... wtf
These are all unplayable. And playing Street Foghter Alpha on the GBC really shows no excuses why this couldn’t be fun. The graphics of course are rubbish, due to system limitations, but you can still make a fun game. The Takara efforts prove that too when it comes to other fighting games, and the GBC Street Fighter.
Saying that, I think the still shots for the Gameboy in this video look pretty good for a low res game boy interpretation. And the characters are rather large. The frame rate and lag is what ruins it.
What are you talking about fella?
It was every nintendo fan boy's wet dream and a scientific miracle for GB.
Have you ever seen other GB games?
The women in the thumbnails just keep getting hotter and hotter.
This is getting confusing. Watching 2 channels for 1 series haha
Also, is Jackie Chan's head on Chun Li?
That's actually jackie chan dress up as chun li. It's from the movie, city hunter.
Na I sense some bias towards the SMS here. The game plays about as terribly as the others.
I feel the Gameboy edition is the best of the 8bit conversions despite the lack of colour and insane input lag. It still plays much better than the others.
That said the game could have been made to play better when you compare to other fighting games on the Gameboy like.
Mk2, Battle Arena Toshinden, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters 95 and 96.
Even Killer Instinct is better
I like this game. 🤷🏾♂️ U asking for too much of the GB especially for the yr it came out.
I liked the GB SF2 port lol