My first fighting game was of course Street Fighter 2 when it first came out. I played it at a friend’s house and I remembered that it was VERY different from the arcade version.
The first time I saw the arcade version it was in China and I distinctively remember there was a stage that was in a dirty warehouse or something…and their were chains hanging down from the ceiling. And there was this big guy like Zangief (not him though) armed with long chain, and he was fighting Chun-Li. Now you guys may think I’m crazy but that was what I saw.
Street Fighter Alpha 2, 1996 my sisters boyfriend taught me how to play on Sega Saturn.
We’ve become best friends ever since then. Started playing in local arcades and at Kennywood (theme park where I live). That’s where I first played Street Fighter 3 and XSF.
Street Fighter 2 at a Food Lion in Walterboro, SC when I was about 10 or something, SF2 just came out and I was hooked (I think my first characters picked were Ryu, Ken, and Blanka). I picked Blanka cause I was like, why is there this big ass green demon guy fighting with all these humans. Damn I can remember that shit but I can’t remember what day it is or to pay my bills before the due date.
I played the original SF at a pizza joint in New Jersey, and that Kung Fu fighting game (white kung fu guy versus red kung fu guy). But the controls in both were beyond crap so I wouldn’t really consider that “playing” a game. It was more like a 5 year old mashing buttons so I consider SF2 my first real fighting game experience.
1st owned fighting game wuz fatal fury (9/10 years @ the time), i remember not having sf ii yet basically thinking, “what the hell is this generic ass street fighter game?” learned how to do specials by fluke, 1st move i learned was a power wave.
Houston, TX…I first SAW Street Fighter 2 (when it was brand new) while on a YMCA field trip to a water park…I didn’t play it until a couple weeks later at a corner store I lived near…I was taught to use Guile, because charging is easier to teach than motions, according to the guys that did the teaching. I was like…7 years old at the time…
I understood most of the mechanics…but it took me forever to figure out the Shoryuken motion…
STREETFIGHTER 2 at (R.I.P.) Penny Land Arcade on Canal ST. New Orleans La. Once I started playing that game, I made it my lifes work to know where everyone was throughout the city.
Karate Champs (if that counts). I remember the arcade cabinet only had two joysticks and no buttons. IIRC, up/up was jump kick, and down/down was the sweep. I can’t remember if there was a bonus stage … but for some reason I wanna say … bovine? Local mall - Tilt.
Otherwise, it would be Street Fighter 1. This was back when I had to climb up or stand on something just to see the screen. Also, it was the cabinet with only two buttons - the big rubber ones (I believe they were red). I tried playing it only a couple of times, then gave up - I wasn’t strong enough to press the buttons down all the way. I had to constantly elbow drop on the buttons. I remember watching people play it a lot though. Some memorable things include
-Someone saying “Man, that’s cheap! He can’t use weapons!” (referring to eagle)
-Spamming Dragon Punch FTW
-Sagat owning everyone for free :looney:
-And the time bomb when you lose.
Same arcade as above.
That arcade still exists, and actually has a decent line up of games: cvs2, mvc2, GGXX … but every single machine has some kind of mechanical malfunction.
Street Fighter 2 at American Video oh Cherry St in Long Beach, CA. Oh what memories these mexican teens taught me how to do the hadoken motion i was around 8 at the time mang i was hooked ever since and started playing at mom n pop shops and liquor stores
First fighter I played would have been Street Fighter 2 Turbo, but I really had no idea what I was doing, and was basically just wasting quarters at an arcade.
First fighter I owned was Fatal Fury 2 for the SNES. Terry is the man.