I was at B5 and I must say that the CvS1 matches were fun as hell to watch. Some great moments there, especially Chikyu owning up with Raiden, a lot of “ooohs and ahhhhs” during his matches. John Choi was raping people left and right with Nako also, and I think it was James Chen who had an awesome Yuri that looked hella frustrating to fight against. 
I actually prefer CVS1 over CVS2, mainly for presentation.
CvS1 was alright. In hindsight, it feels really gimmicky and incomplete compared to CvS2, but at the time, it was a lot of fun. The combos were a lot easier, the stages were a lot cooler, and (as was already mentioned) the ability to switch to the classic Capcom/SNK tunes was really cool.
The game got tons of crap for the four button layout. I’m still not sure why Capcom did that. It didn’t feel like Capcom or SNK. It just felt like it would have been a Capcom game if it had two extra buttons.
All I remember about CVS1 was Everyone picking Nakoruru and how ridiculously long al the videos were due to everyone using 4 character and then people Turtling. I remember people saying nakorurus crossup was unblockable if you timed it right. But it was pretty well played in tournaments that year.
yes that would be awesome i need to prove people that sagat is pimp in this game for sure.:wgrin:
sagat + geese assist!!!
will win evo for sure.
Presentation FTW. Like the stage that changes from an 8-bit racer into a real highway accident. Or the Final Fight stage where you can see the characters cast giant shadows. And of course the Disco Ball Finest KO. Plus, like, all the music rocked. And the fact that SNK and Capcom decided to make a vs game in the first place got your blood pumping. CvS1’s intro gave me chills back in 2000.
I really wanted this game to succeed only because of how great it looked/sounded… but there wasn’t really a lot to it, and the EX characters and the Run option didn’t give the impression that the game was even finished or fully realized.
I played the hell out of this game on casual level with friends of mine… and I know they looked up SRK for strats because they all used Nakoruru. Right around that time I started getting annoyed at people trying to borrow skills from the Internet. There’s a difference between looking for ways to improve your game, and choosing the toptier character in a fighter without even knowing why. Anyway I flattened their Nak with my King and Gief team, which would not have happened in capable hands.
I don’t even know if not having cvs2 would be even possible. There was so much that they could’ve added/changed to cvs1 was that them coming up with cvs2 was a given. Anyways, i still like cvs1, even with some of the BS damage options some characters had.
I’m just mad that Capcom wasted their 3rd crossover game on CvS Pro instead of CvS3 or even something else entirely.
CvS Pro was released after CvS1. By then, it was already too late for it to catch on. Dan and Joe get added, but still no Andy. Good shit, Capcom. Good shit. :bluu:
you couldnt do that in a real match… thats only in ratio play and that mode is scrubby. You can pick two of the same character which is dumb plus shifting the ratios makes certain characters not as good and certain characters wayyyy better (akuma) We had this game at PSU for a long time and i have to say that we were damn good at it. My best team was ex beni, king, Ken… sometimes switch out beni for ex yuri who was by far the best battery in the game.
it was a cool game, plus it had (on the dreamcast) the link feature to hook up to the neo geo pocket match of the millenium, which was also a kick ass game
I loved cvs1 ! It was the game that got me back into the street fighter scene.
That game was juggle city.
Like Blanka’s bite grab into super 
He also had that ‘build meter like crazy’ glitch.
All sorts of :looney:
I remember Benimaru’s grab super was a great way to rack up ridiculous amount of points in 1p mode.
“shake well before serving, C’mon wake up!”
best line during the winning quote. haha. i loved this game since it was the only decent fighting game the arcade had here back in the day.
my Vice/Rugal team pwned the paizas around here hahaha.
I miss playing this game. I felt fine with the 4 button setup.
4 Ratio 1’s were awesome and Yamizaki was the Ratio 3 character worth playing. Ryu with the damn sweep into ShinShoryuken=win.
I still play this and Match of the Millennium. It was all about Sakura shoryuken juggles and Chun-Li SNK groove level 4 shenanigans!:tup: I still love Geese’s song and that balla-ass remix of Ryu’s theme. Still unlocking everything on my file, so I use my friends file when I play. I think that the characters and special moves looked wayyyy better than the did in CvS2, just look at Iori, perfect example.
Hahahaha, I mentioned that earlier. A LOT of scrubs thought that shit was free, but you had to time it right in order for all 4 hits to connect off the sweep, because if you do it too early, it’ll only juggle into one hit.
Best combo for me in the game:
Evil Ryu - c.short c.short c.roundhouse, short hurricane x2, QCFx2
It did about 75%. I caught a friend in that and he was just shocked.
Also, Final Fight stage music was the best. I can’t believe the hidden tracks didn’t make it into the soundtrack. :sad:
There were hidden tracks?
Yeah. Certain characters had their old songs from their respective games. Akuma had his track from ST, Bison had SF2(CPS1 theme), street stage is Final Fight music, etc etc.
OHH. I thought you meant something else.
This game got me started on playing SNK stuff. I remember playing King and Ken at the arcade and thinking that this was the coolest game ever. I totally want to play this again.