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  • Mega Man 2 (NES)

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    Mega Man 2 (Capcom – NES – 1988)

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    Although Mega Man is an iconic video game and video game character today, it was really the success of the second game in the series, Mega Man 2, that is responsible for its success. Mega Man 2 was the second and most successful game of the series (so far anyway). While the first Mega Man game was not a huge success, the second sold 1.5 million copies and led to four more Mega Man games being developed on the NES before the series moved on to the Super Nintendo.

    Mega Man 2 is much like the first Mega Man game but with some improvements. It is a typical side-scrolling 2D platform action/adventure game. Mega Man 2 takes place sometime in the 21st century and one year after the original game. In Mega Man 2, Dr. Wily, the main antagonist in the Mega Man games, has created a series of “Robot Masters” including Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man and Wood Man. Your goal as Mega Man is to defeat these robots and ultimately Dr. Wiley himself (again).

    Mega Man 2 had a number of improvements that made it better than the original. First, it was a longer game and a password system was added so a game could be continued. Second, the difficulty was adjusted and more helpful items were added for Mega Man to find. Also, both the soundtrack and graphics were improved for the second iteration of the Mega Man series. Mega Man 2 was a huge success but if it had not been for the developers’ insistence on making a sequel and willingness to work on it alongside other project there probably never would have been another Mega Man game as the first one really wasn’t successful enough to justify it.

     

    If you play just one Mega Man game in your life, Mega Man 2 is probably the best one. There are many other very good games in the series so if you like this one you will probably like most of the others too. I think the original NES version released in 1988 is the best one to play but there have been subsequent releases on the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox as part of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection as well as on the Wii Virtual Console. Any of those are reasonable versions to play and are mostly the same as the original. In Japan versions were also created for the PlayStation, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.





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  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo (DOS)

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    Super Street Fighter II Turbo (DOS)

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    There were sooo many Street Fighter II games. Super Street Fighter II Turbo was actually the fifth game in the Street Fighter II series (and never mind about the original Street Fighter). This advertisement is for the DOS port of the game that was released in 1995, only about a year after the arcade release. At least by this time they had gotten things in gear with the PC release. The original Street Fighter II was ported to DOS also but three years after the original port to the SNES and it was pretty horrible.

    Thankfully, Super Street Fighter II Turbo is a much better port. With a decent PC at the time, the graphics and animation were reasonably close to the original with the biggest problem being the fact that the graphics were ported directly and the aspect ratio was a little off vs. the arcade. There was a little less horizontal distance available in the game. This wasn’t a huge deal though.

    Super Street Fighter II Turbo introduced a few new play mechanics to the Street Fighter II series. It added new combinations including super combos and air combos. It also features the first appearance of Akuma as a secret character.

    This game was also ported to the 3D0, PlayStation and Sega Saturn (as part of Street Fighter Collection in the case of the last two). Arguably the PC version is better than all of these but there is something to be said for the convenience of a game console hooked to a tv. This is especially true today for this game because getting a DOS game to work on a modern PC takes a bit of work. However, there have been a number of re-releases of this game over the years. It was released as part of Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 for the PS2 and Xbox (though these had various glitches) and then there were rearranged versions for various systems that were somewhat different games.

    As far as the original ports, short of emulating the arcade version, your best bet is probably the PC version with the Saturn and PlayStation versions being close seconds. If you are looking for a modern remake, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2008 and offers a classic mode.





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  • Street Fighter II (Commodore 64)

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    Street Fighter II (Commodore 64)

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    Street Fighter II was developed for the Commodore 64 by U.S. Gold and is probably a conversion that shouldn’t have been made. It was released in 1992 and was among the last major releases for the Commodore 64. While a Commodore 64 version was never going to be great in comparison to conversions on the 16-bit game systems of the time, it could have been much better than it was.

    It would appear that this conversion was just an attempt to quickly and cheaply capitalize of the SF II craze of the time. The graphics, sound and music are not up to C64 standards and gameplay is glitchy. In addition, load times are painfully long. To be fair, there are some people that enjoyed this game and it is impressive that a conversion was even attempted but it ultimately has little resemblance to the original, at least in terms of game play.

    One of the other problems is the fact that the Commodore 64 only had one button on its controllers. Street Fighter II was designed with six buttons in mind. While this is far from ideal, the Commodore 64 has proven that fighting games are possible with such a configuration. A far superior fighting game that was released many years earlier is Yie Ar Kung Fu. The graphics, music and sound are better and it incorporates several intuitive moves with only a joystick with one fire button. A much better Street Fighter II could and should have been done for the C64 but instead it got a rushed conversion that counted on name recognition alone for sales.





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