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Great nostalgic value, but gameplay no longer holds up.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: April 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was one of the droves hooked by Street Fighter II when it first came out. For months, every day after school, I would hang out at a local convenience store pounding away, desperately trying to learn the Shoryuken, wondering who on earth could've pulled off the Spinning Pile Driver, and dumping a truckload of quarters into the machine. I was playing when those "pirate" boards were installed on Championship Edition machines making a fireball come out of Vega's rolling claw, and Guile did his glitch-induced one-legged stand.

So when the opportunity arose for me to own the first three classic games again, I jumped at it. Unfortunately, they've dated much more than I could remember.

The graphics and music are obviously still a carry-over from the early '90s, but that isn't the major problem. It's controls. With current fighting games increasing in speed, response, animation smoothness and variety of characters, I'm used to a much more responsive control than that of any of these three Street Fighter games. And though, again, the nostalgic value makes this a worthy purchase, I'd be lying if I said I think these games hold up in gameplay to modern fighting games.

Good as an entry in a collection, but not likely one I'll play very often.

The original that started it all

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Street Fighter 2 ushered in a whole new world of video games. I don't remember how much time I spent trying to get better than my friends who started playing before me. All of the fighting games out there now? They are there because of SFII.

The controls are easy and there is no block button. Story doesn't matter. This game is there to fight. Sure, it's an old 2D fighter, nothing like Soul Blade/Edge, or Tekken, but it's a classic and fun. If you grew up on Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, you need this game. You'll probably only play the Turbo mode, but it's worth it. The only problem with the Playstation version is the lack of the 6 button control the old Genesis had. Not having the 3 punches and kicks all in a row is a slight hassle, but not enough to detract from the game too much.

First Love

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game started it all. It maybe limited to graphics from back in the day, but you gotta admit that if you love fighting games, this one got you hooked. I remember playing this in the arcade for hours then comeing home and playing this on my SNES for hours as well. Simply put, one of the best fighting games of all time, a timeless classic in my honest opinion!!!

All the early streetfighters in one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was a great collection when it first dropped. It contains World Warrior, Champion Edition, and Hyper Fighting. All three are perfect translations. The controls are excellent as well. The only problem is, if you own a PS2(like who doesn't these days?) then your money may be wasted. For the simple fact you can find these on the Capcom Collections vols. which contains these and about 20 more games or so. Still if your a die hard SF fan then you really can't go wrong with this anyway.

This ones a little better.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In 1991, arcades were, to put it mildly, suffering. Most games in that era were shooters, or bland walk-to-the-right-and-hit-buttons-fast beat 'em ups. Capcom released a quiet sequel to one of its games and consequently changed the way we play. The game, of course, was Street Fighter II. SF2 and its various sequels spawned an arcade revolution, the effects of which are still felt to this very day. Capcom's previous Street Fighter collection contained some of the later Street Fighter titles. This second pack contains the original Street Fighter 2, and its two upgrades, SF2: Champion Edition, and SF2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting. The games have translated onto the PlayStation very well, which, given that the arcade version's engine was programmed in 1991, isn't too surprising. The games all look, sound, and play like their arcade counterparts. There is also a small museum-type section that contains info and art from the games. The gameplay holds up nicely after all these years. While it may seem a bit plain and a little sluggish compared to some of the games we've seen since, these games are still the chess of the fighting game world. Everything else is merely checkers. I was immediately reminded of the time (and, ouch, the money) I spent in arcades with these three games. The weeks of practice it took for me to become a respectable player. The thirty or so times that I just never went back to school after lunch, because I was stuck at a pizza place with a few friends, glued to Champion Edition. Graphically, the game does look dated, even though Capcom has been using roughly the same character graphics for several years now. The soundtrack is still really good. These classic tunes can be remixed forever, but the originals still sound the best. The PlayStation also makes a smooth transition from the normal to the hyped-up "near-death" music with nearly no load time. However, the game does have a significant, though not overbearing load between fights. Forget the other Street Fighter Collection. This is the volume that is actually worth owning. Those of you who spent hundreds of dollars on these three games when they first came out owe it to yourselves to have a copy of this around, even if only for posterity's sake. You never know when you'll want to see how well those skills hold up against an old friend. Those of you that haven't played these games really should at least rent this collection. Consider it a history lesson.

DULL!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: September 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this collection is so boring all it contains is street fighter the world warrior, street fighter champion edition and street fighter turbo hyper fighting. those street fighters are outdated they were release far back in 1991 and 1992. and the gameplay is soooo slow the only one you might play is turbo hyper fighting. because the other two gameplay is very slow. this collection is dull, if i were you i would take the previous collection which contains super street fighter, super street fighter turbo and alpha 2 gold those games are much better and much faster. that is the better collection this volume2 collection [is no good].

super nintendos street fighter2s are harder and cheaper

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: September 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I always like the street fighter games best on super because thay are harder. than collection2 are fun but not hard and you are crazy if you are going to spend a lot money on this one.people sell it for to much money. I have both collection if you like street fighter and have super look for those on super.but the difrents is on the collection you get three difrent tipes of street figther.I say this is the best collection it is more like the arcade. thank you for reading.

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