^ word. We get it in with these games, unlike you.
What are you talking about?
This isn’t a game… this is writing a history of yourself in a thread that’s going to go like this…
OP posts
Everybody else after posts, and doesn’t read a single thing anybody else wrote.
Oh, this would be way too long, for me. I suppose my love for joysticks and fighting games started with Atari and Boxing or Karate. I know people will check Karate now and say it sucks, but it looked cool to me to just beat the crap out of the CPU with high kicks. It did not have the annoying announcer screaming “hahick queek”, like the MMA games, so that’s a bonus. But, with all honesty, I sucked back then. It wasn’t until like last month that I decided to play Enduro again and I finally for the cup. It was like some legend, really, that anyone could get it, when I was around 4.
Many, many years fasrt forward… Street Fighter II, The World Warrior. If you have not lived it, then… well, you have not lived it, and thus you necessarily have to check the thread on my signature. It is jut a glimpse, a small preview of what it was like to see those effects, those characters, that ground that actually adjusted according to perspective rules, that… magic. I am forever spoiled, and forever blessed.
Edit: lol, Scogz, I did check the previous replies!
I’ve had a long history with fighting games, since I was a child.
The SNES era
When I was 5 (1996), my father bought me an SNES, and SFII was the second game I ever got for the system. I was fond of Chun-Li, and she became my favorite character to use in that game (most likely because she was the only female character at the time). Of course, since I was 5, I didn’t have a clue on how to play. A year or so later, my father got me SFII Turbo, which was essentially a quicker version of SFII. I played that for a while. After getting SFII Turbo, I got MK1 shortly afterwards. I did like that game as well, and Sub-Zero ended up being my favorite character. It wasn’t until I got MK2 that I started to play fighting games with friends. We would spend hours trying to figure out the specials and fatalities in the game. That was pretty much my last fighting game before N64. I never got a chance to play SSFII until much later.
The N64 / PS1 era
Since most of the major fighting games were on the PS1, and I didn’t have one, I was unable to play the popular fighting games at the time. I played Dark Rift, War Gods, Clayfighter, and Fighter Destiny 2, all games that didn’t get good reception.
The Gamecube / Xbox / PS2 era
Since I had all 3 systems, I had more accessibility to fighting games released during this time. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and CvS 2 E.O. were the first two games I played. Eventually I got games like MK Deception and Armaggedon, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Capcom Anniversary Collection, Bloody Roar 3, Dragonball Z Budokai 3, Tekken 4/5, and Soul Calibur 2/3. This was when I really started to delve into fighters.
The PS3 / Wii / 360 era
Due to how expensive the new consoles were at first, I only had a Wii. The Wii had a severe lack of fighters compared to the PS3 and 360, so I was quite behind. Although I only had one for the Wii, it was luckily a game I quite enjoyed. I went to the TvC: UAS Nintendo World release event in NYC, where I started to play competitively with others. I recall seeing Seth, Nitsuma, Keits, and Kurasa there. It would be short lived until my uncle decided to give me his 360. Once that happened, I got right back into playing all kinds of fighters again. The first game I bought for the 360, was SSFIV. It had come out exactly around the time I had received the 360. Shortly afterwards, I had MK vs. DC, Tekken 6, Dead or Alive 4, Soul Calibur 4, and so forth. A few months later, I bought a PS3. Now, I have MK9, MvC 3, and AE. No matter what fighting games come out now, I will be able to purchase them. I’ve also started the process of looking for old fighters, especially PS1 games (SF EX, Tekken 1-3, etc.). I hope to have as many fighting games as I can, because I really enjoy the genre as a whole.
That’s my story.
SF2
MK Trilogy
MK3 Ultimate
MK4
MVC
MVC2
MVC3
SSF4
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Gold
RAGE (old skoo arcade no one prolly remembers…)
DOA4
Tekken 6
Soul Calibur
Soul Calibur 4
MK9
Super Smash Bros
Super Smash Bros Melee
Bloody Roar
List goes on…
A friend of mine had the original version of Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat 1 and 2. We honestly didn’t play SF2 very much, we played MK WAY more.
Then I moved, and met another kid who had the original version of SF2. We played it occasionally. Then my mom bought me a Genesis (I only had an Atari and NES up till then), and for a while I just rented SF2 variations, but because The New Challengers was already out and I had NO idea which one it was, so sometimes I’d end up renting TNC and sometimes I’d end up renting Championship Edition. Eventually, I went to buy my own copy, still not knowing which was which, intending to buy TNC, but got CE instead. Also, a friend of mine had Mortal Kombat 3 during this time.
A couple years later, I got Mortal Kombat Trilogy for N64, and a couple years after that I played MvC in an arcade, thought it was awesome, but didn’t know for a few years after that that they made a PS1 port. As soon as I saw it, I snatched it up. Of course, I was a bit disappointed with the port. A friend of mine also had Tekken 3 during this time.
I should probably mention that up till now in the story, I still had NO FREAKING IDEA how to play fighting games. I was a total button masher. I thought Dhalsim was cheap in SF solely because he had more reach and thought I was good with Chun-Li, E.Honda and Blanka cause I could do their tapping specials. In MK I basically just uppercutted all day every day, and in MvC I picked Beginner mode and threw out easy specials and supers all the time.
After that, I more or less just forgot about fighting games. I didn’t buy any for YEARS. Well, I did play SSB, SSBM and Jump Ultimate Stars, but those aren’t traditional fighting games. I did however buy the Bleach DS games, but I still didn’t really know what I was doing. Eventually my friend hooked me up with the PC versions of Melty Blood: Re-Act Final Tuned (and later Act Cadenza) and Guilty Gear XX#Reload, and he showed me the ropes with them, and me and him played each other all the time. I actually learned how to do special moves, learned some basic combos, and learned some basic strategy. He also convinced me to get Arcana Heart, which I also ended up enjoying.
Then he told me about GGPO, and with that I got into SFA2, SFA3, Vampire Savior, XMvSF, MvC and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (though the latter was because I was into the manga). Me, him and a couple other mutual friends of ours would play pretty often.
Now, I mainly just play SSF4AE and Arcana Heart 3, though sometimes I play games like Blazblue, Melty Blood, Guilty Gear, Ougon Musou Kyoku, SSBM/B, and the GGPO games.
And I still have a soft spot in my heart for Jump Ultimate Stars. I love that broken ass game >_>;
I guess you missed the list of games we wrote man, i’ll write it over for ya
UMK3 and SFII:CE
Then I met some competitive Tekken players, and hung out with them when they traveled to play, and when MvC3 came out, I picked it up…then MK…I really want to play AE though.
In the arcades I was into beat-em-ups a little earlier (Double Dragon, Golden Axe etc) but first fighting game I tried, before Street Fighter was Street Smart in 1990, though I was 11 years old so did not know the basics and reached the second stage only. Till the mid-90s where I frequented the arcades other fighters followed (Street Fighter 2 original, Samurai Spirits 1, World Heroes, MK (I played this mostly on the PC), Last Blade 2, Double Dragon). I prefered beat-em-up mostly or games like Wrestlefest. Also I prefered to play the PC version of Primal Rage. Killer Instinct was good in graphics and combos but never really appealing at that time
Arcade 3d fighters never really appealed to me, eg first versions of Tekken and Virtual Fighter seemed mediocre to me.Only later when graphics started to improve and they appeared on consoles did they become much much more popular.
On the Amiga it must have been Budokan, Karateka, Yie Ar Kung Fu and Barbarian in the late 80s. I was to young to own an Amiga so I rather watched and played occasionaly.
On the PC in the golden days of MS-DOS/Windows 95 16/32-bit there were mainly MK 1-4, Primal Rage, as mentioned above, Battle Beast, Time Slaughter, Rise of the Robots, CyberGladiators, Battle Arena Toshinden, Pray for Death, One Must Fall 2097
In the late 90s I had a weak PC but I stumbled on my friends PC where he had the 3d version of Street Fighter EX through Zinc. I was amazed at that game though later I found out it was not great after all. also CPS2 emulation and Neo Geo emulation were improving and the PC at that time became the king of fighting games. I played mostly the games we had in the arcades but also the ones I missed.
I am by no means a good player btw, just play for fun.
I started with the very first fighting game ever made, and then I played every new fighting game after it, and I never lost.
are you the guy in the painting?
I guess Smash 64 was my first if you can consider that though I really played anything growing up with no real competitive purpose. Soul Calibur 2 was probably the first fighter I stuck to for a long time with the intentions of getting better. But that was just among my small nerdy Junior High group of friends so none of us were seriously competitive. Honestly, my first competitive fighting game tournament was TvC. That was the first time I ever hit training mode and developed strategies and all that shiz.
SF2 in the arcade -> any fighting game in the arcade -> SNES SF2 series/SNES MK -> Tekken 2 -> Tekken 3 -> Alpha 3 -> TTT -> ST -> HDR -> I guess 3rd strike
Good thread.
Played SF2 in the arcade the month it came out, April. Hell the first time I played it was on my 11th birthday.
It was all downhill from there, haha.
My first contact with a fighting game was with Street Fighter II on the arcades. There was a store on my way to school which had one arcade machine, I detoured, I picked Blanka, Guile was my first match, I lost and I feel in love with it. I was already into videogames at that time (my brother and I owned an Atari and a NES). I got a SNES played SF/MK/KI etc. back then, I even did a small 1 Real tournament back when I was like 9. During my SNES time I played FG mostly at the arcades I’ve found on my local gaming rental stores, but through my SNES I met Fatal Fury and feel in love with SNK games. I’ve played a lot of A2 back when it was released, I waited a lot for the SNES release of A2, I used to read tons of VG magazines. I’ve also played tons of Vs. series and tons of SNK games, KoF was love at first sight, SS, AOF, FFs, Garou etc.
When I got my PS1 I had like 20 fighting games in my collection. But during the PS1 there was way less competition around my area, my stores had their arcades broken or removed, so I mostly played with friends, some other random arcades I managed to find and vs. CPU and around this time I learned how to have fun on training mode. I really liked to pop KoF98 and just watch all DMs and SDMs etc. or practice combos which some magazines listed. I’ve discovered emulators around the same time, and I played a few arcade games (I remember letting the PC on for a full 12 hours on a dial-up to download MvsSF) and a few years later on my second computer I learned how to use Kaillera. One of my favorite games to play on my PS1 was Vampire Savior the only Darkstalkers game I’ve played. I remember looking for a DS arcade back then and never finding one.
During my PS2 era I barely played FGs (I got my PS2 around mid 2003, very late actually it was MAD expensive here) I still played at emulators a a few A2/KOF98/Garou which were my favorites.I’ve played a few of 3D games, but I was never into 3D fighters. The only 3D fighters I’ve played was T2 and T3 on my PS1, and I never understood them, just Eddy and X, O all day! But the T3 single player unlockables did got me pretty busy. xP
Then I got my PS3 and when I first heard SF4 was coming, MAN, I was jumping up and down non-stop! I screamed I laughed, I was soooo hyped! Cuz I bought SC4 (I’ve played very little of SC3 in a friends house) and it was my first online console FG experience, I was like “I can play SF? With other good people? From everywhere?” SF4 was a dream come true.
During my time with FGs I was mugged, got into fishy tournaments, won a few things, I’ve played on a few “tournament” where I won like 3 matches from DQs, I’ve stayed all night trying to make “naked morrigan” on the color edit (teenagers + color edits maan). Spent 52 credits trying to beat Omega Rugal in '95. I’ve played Vs. with real bums who would turn off the machine after they loss (yup, RL rage quits) and the owner wouldn’t refund my quarter (which was like 1 real in some places, and that was a lot!) etc. I have a lot of love for FG, and I’ve always dreamed to have a real scene like in places like California or NYC.
Right now I’m doing my part, I’m doing gatherings, teaching others how to play, I’m working on making my own local tournament which I hope to turn into sometime like the Majors you guys have in the US. I’m learning other games to bridge with other players. And I’m somewhat disappointed with my country’s ‘scene’ and how other people are treating it. There’s still a lot of people focusing on wrong stuff and creating a distant community rather than an united one with a clear goal. But I understand, the circumstances are different, only like 10% less of the players have access to the games. Videogames are still a luxury here and won’t change anytime soon.
tl;dr: SF2, SNES/Arcades, PS1/Home/Emulators/KailleraFewer Arcades, PS2 almost didn’t played FGs, PS3 era SF4 gave me hope to play more people. Currently helping developing a scene focused on unity, rivalry and offline experiences.
SF 2 - was amazing, hooked since then!
Fell in love with SFII on the Genesis, and the rest is history. In reality I’m much more of an RPG or survival horror gamer, but I can’t leave SF alone. Mortal kombat and kof are OK, tekken can be fun, but nothing could ever fuck with SF. I remeber as a 10 or 11 year old playing Alpha II for hours on end, then when Alpha 3 came out it was the same deal. The only that sucks is that there isn’t a big fighting game community where I live, so I went without feedback or constructive criticism for a long time, until the internet started kicking off. Now I study frame data, analyze match-ups and hit the training room whenever I can. We’ve come a long way together.
When I was i elementary school i had three games for my N64, orcarina of time, donkey kong 64 and super smash bros. I played super smash bros on and off for about 6 years, moving up to melee and brawl. Was never very serious. I was big into call of duty and would avidly watch MW2 machinima respawn videos. IN my sub box once a week was cross counter. I decided to watch a couple videos and really liked the logic these guys put in to a video game that seemed random to me was something I was interested in. A friend picked up super and we played everyday for a long time. I kept up on new 0shin videos, spent alot of time in forums and training mode and now I cant stop playing. Im not incredibly good yet but I like to think that i at least get by. Im entering my first tourney next month and I plan to do well but well see 
My dad showed me my first fighter, Bloody Roar 2 for the PS1. I loved that game so freakin much. The very thought of people turning into animals and beating the hell out of each other was a glorious idea to my 5 year old mind. I looked at all the characters and saw what they could turn into and decided to play Stun (The Beetle) because he looked like a knight and his grab looked like he was shooting lightning into someones face. I would play it with my dad and we would go about 60-40 his favor. From that moment i was hooked.
Then he showed me Soul Edge and while i thought it was cool, i ultimately preferred Bloody Roar too it. At some point before i was 7 i was in a comic book store and i saw a arcade cabinet with MvC2 in it. I asked me mom for some money and went right in. First thing i noticed was Megaman. Too my 6 year old mind that single factor made this the greatest game ever made for any reason ever. (Yeah i like me some Megaman. Blame my dad for having megaman x5 be one of me first 3 games he showed me.) I spammed the hell out of the buster until the guy who owned the store came over and asked if he could fight. We fought and i spammed his ass to death. From that point on MvC2 was the best fighter ever. I wasn’t fortunate enough to have it at home and the comic shop closed down so i could never play it anywhere near as much as i wanted. Bloody Roar and MvC got me hooked. I can’t remember the order of the next fighters but they were the two that stuck in my mind the most.
The rough list of games is something like: BR2, Soul Edge, MvC2, Some version of Tekken i can’t remember (Kuma ftw). Whatever new games we’re released for bloody roar, soul calibur, and other random fighters from 2000 too 2007. From 2007 to now it’s been: Soul Calibur 4, SSF4, MvC2, BBCS, MvC3.
Sorry if that was a bit long. I get wordy.
TLDR: BR2, Soul Edge, MvC2, Random fighters and updates, Soul Calibur 4, SSF4, MvC2, BBCS, MvC3. Soon i’ll add UMvC3 to the list.
Mashed buttons my Sega Genesis on SF2 CE. Then I found 3s in an arcade and some of the cashiers there taught me how to play, and since I live in the middle of nowhere, I found GGPO and started playing MvC1. And Vampire Savior was added and it was magical.