What was the real reason behind the red fireball?

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Speaking of glitches, remember the fake “boss” code on original SNES SF2? Its a Game Genie code that makes all fighters have Ryu and Ken’s move motions. How it works is after the code is use, goto vs battle and 2P must be Ryu. Then, depending on what stage you go, 2P Ryu becomes that fighter for the selected stage, including bosses, but with Ryu’s moves. This led to weird and funny move that might of inspired some supers:

Blanka:

:qcf: :p: - Blanka does C.Stand Fierce and fires an invisible fireball.
:dp: :p: - Blanka does a Vertical Roll.
:qcb: :k: - Blanka float toward the oppoent slowly and does Electric Thunder.

Guile:

:qcf: :p: - Guile sounds like he’s saying “Sonic Shit” and throws black crap, which is a messed up version of Guile’s KO sprite, that does no damage.
:dp: :p: - Guile sounds like he’s saying “Boom Shit” and does a Flash Kick.
:qcb: :k: - Guile dances, but does no damage (mainly, his throw animation).

Chun Li:

:qcf: :p: - Does the first 5 frames of the Bird Kick and throws an invisible fireball.
:dp: :p: - A rising Bird Kick.
:qcb: :k: - Basically, a slow floating Senretsu Kyaku.

E. Honda:

:qcf: :p: - Does a stationary Head Butt and fires an invisible fireball.
:dp: :p: - Sumo Splash?
:qcb: :k: - Slow moving Hand Slap.

Dhalsim:

:qcf: :p: - Spits out a messed up sprite of Dhalsim’s KO. No damage.
:dp: :p: - Says, “Fire, Flame” jumps in the air and does his throw animations. Could of inspired his air throw supers on the Alpha games.
:qcb: :k: - Turns into a Yoga Flame and does fire damage.

Zangief:

:qcf: :p: - Does a lariet and fires a messed up KO sprite. No damage, but the Lariet part does.
:dp: :p: - The weak buttons had him do his throw animations. I think the fierce had him do a Splash.
:qcb: :k: - Dances and does no damage (mainly his throw animation).

Balrog:

:qcf: :p: - Does a non moving Dashing Straight and fires a messed up KO sprite. No damage, but the Dash Straight part does.
:dp: :p: - I think rising Dash Upper.
:qcb: :k: - Goes into a KOed pose, explodes, and crashes the game.

Vega:

:qcf: :p: - Does a stationary Rolling Crystal Flash and fires a messed up KO sprite. No damage, but the Crystal Flash part does.
:dp: :p: - Some non damage jumping crap. One involves his climb animation.
:qcb: :k: - I guess no damage dancing, but looks like his Scarlet Mirage super.

Sagat:

:qcf: :p: - Says something like “Tiger Shit” and fires a messed up KO sprite. No damage.
:dp: :p: - Tiger Uppercut, but says “Uppercut Shit”.
:qcb: :k: - Turns into a Tiger Shot and does damage.

M. Bison:

:qcf: :p: - Does Headstomp animation and fires a messed up KO sprite. No damage. If Air Moves code is on, the headstomp does damage.
:dp: :p: - The move after the headstomp.
:qcb: :k: - Slow Psycho Crusher, doing Psycho damage.

And I remember it was on an EGM magazine. Anyone still has that mag?

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You’d think it’s hard to make a programming error whereby an entirely different color in the palette is used. It doesn’t really make sense from a coding point of view… at least Guile’s glitches seem to involve unaccounted-for move priority issues.

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That sounds fucking awesome :rofl:

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i thought the normal fireball is just the quarter circle motion
while the half circle motion was the red fireball?
i think it MIGHT be a little slower to come out

but it causes a knockdown?

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Do you have that code?

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OK, here’s the real story.

Originally, there were gonna be 2 fireballs, a red one and a blue one. I dunno if it was gonna be separate moves or whether ryu had blue and ken had red or whatever.

Then they axed the red fireball, but a glitch remained where sometimes it showed up. That’s why it’s there, despite the amount of coding it took.

…seriously.

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Sonic shit? Boom Shit? Jesus fucking Christ :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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I forgot it, but it was in this magazine:

http://egmshoe.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=6316791&publicUserId=5379799

I think I still have it lying around somewhere.

Edit: Know what, if I ever get MUGEN to work, I could probably recreate these characters. But the Balrog Hurricane Kick, I might make this a Dan’s Suicide-like move.

Edit Again: There was also an old Game Genie code that turns Blanka’s Rolling Attack into a fast flying Electric Thunder. This could be an early version of Blanka’s Direct Lightning Super.

Wished Ultima would see this. He knows more of what fun you could do with a Game Genie and SNES SF2, like the air moves code that allows Special Move canceling, which is an early form of Super Cancelling.