Yeah, that’s kinda strange. I also remember this whole thread being longer… Something like maybe 15 or 17 pages.
The whole site crashed a while back, and all was lost (maybe a year ago, iirc). Recently (within the last week), I think there was some major pruning. I know for a fact the other day, I was in a thread that was 5 or 6 pages long, but when I finished posting, it was only 2 pages long. :xeye:
this is a cool SF2 Turbo commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=L_Zc_mIWqI0&search=capcom%20vs%20snk%202
why is it, when ever I watch something on youtube.com that all I see is a black white pic but I can hear the sounds
If somebody took the best of this thread, put it in a book, and sold it in stores… I would buy it. This thread is great to revisit every few months, even if there’s not much new added to it.
Bumping this amazing thread. If you’re looking for a good read, just spend some time in here
thanks for the bump. i was looking for this thread.
HEAVY FUCKIN BARREL!!! that was the shit back in the day. Yeah I wish seven eleven and the liquor stores i went to still had arcades bring back memories
Maybe one of the gentlemen who run SRK could select the story bits from this thread and compile them into a document on the site.
Hell, I’ll do it myself if I can get a guarantee that it will be accepted.
Reading this reminds me of why I love fighting games. Thank you for resurrecting this thread. Did that story ever get published?
Stayin’ alive, we old schoolers should never forget this thread.
I used to remember spending all my lunch money on SF2. They had an SF2 WW or CE machine almost everywhere I went. At the pizza places, bowling alley, Safeway, a sports bar, a movie theater, 7-11, etc. My friends and I used to go to the pizza places to eat and play SF. If there wasn’t any good comp we then walked or road our bikes to the bowling alley or Boxseat (a sports bar). Every now and again we went to the 7-11. The 7-11 had WW, CE, CE rainbow edition, Heavy Barrel and some shooting game. I think it was Terminator 2 or some stuff. And of course it had 1 pinball machine. Anyways, the scene nowadays is pretty much dying. It’s kinda sad. Man, those were some good old times back then.
Yeah, I grew up in the So Cal scene. I wasn’t even 10 and everywhere I went, you knew where Street Fighter II was at because there would always be a human orgy around the cabinet… wherever I went. I dared not to play, I took great interest in watching and not getting my ass served to me. This was the peak of SFII’s popularity (summer of 1991). People still swarmed for CE, the crowds started waning for HF and everyone stopped giving a shit once Super and subsequent games were released.
glad i was lucky enough to be living in los angeles when sf2 first jumped off
arcades on every corner
there was a good 3 or 4 within walking distance of home
the laundry mats and burger joints all in between had sf2 too
it was pretty sick when MK first jumped off too
also remember fatal fury for the first time , i think that was the first sf2 knock off , art of fighting , world heroes and all that followed , those mostly got played cuz sf2 had a long ass line
I lived in S.D. at that time, graduated in 91’. Those were the good old days man. I used to own the Mission Beach Arcade, though Yellow Brick Road in UTC was where alot of the real comp was back then (ass handed to me alot), Plus they always had loke tests there. I remember a SSF2 Turbo beta machine being there very shortly after SSF2 was released.
This place keeps my spirits up just knowing there is still people like me around. Really no comp, or even arcades anymore, in Maui. I just started to play a little more seriously again after giving up on the THPS series. Might move back to S.D. or Oahu in the next year or Two. When I do I will be happy to get my ass handed to me to whip me back into shape.
I might be old, but I still got the reflexes.
Sorry if this seems a bit selfish but I’m bumping this topic to help out my research on the old school sf community. btw, a lot of these people have very interesting stories. I wish i have one to share but my fighting game career only goes as far back as 2002 with CvS2 ^_^;;
This has been the best thread I’ve read in YEARS.
Actual, well thought-out and well written content. I give jcasetnl massive props for his recollection of something most of us here can ever experience.
Kudos!
it was a lot of people play Sim and Guile, then some gief players.
Wow, thanks, Connor! I really appreciate it! I can’t believe this thread has continued after all this time. Must be something about this fighting game community…
Back already?
Though I have said as much before, this is an amazing thread, and I have to thank you big time for participating in it. Hell, it is your thread. I would buy a book of this stuff without hesitation.