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The Perfect Street Fighter Alpha Collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you were into the fighting genre, no one has to tell you what Street Fighter is, especially if you were around in the age of the Super Nintendo. After Street Fighter II came about, Capcom released a prequel to it. Street Fighter Alpha. It quickly became a huge hit. While never being as good as the original Street Fighter series, Street Fighter Alpha was still a fantastic series. Bring up younger versions of some characters, as well as having a big selection of characters. The arcade versions of these games have been ported to the console. They are fantastic ports as well.

There are five games in the collection. The three original Street Fighter Alpha games, Street Fighter Alpha II Gold, and a game called Super Gem Fighter Mini-Mix, which is basically a Puzzle Fighter game. There also aren't any huge differences between Street Fighter Alpha II and Street Fighter Alpha II gold.

What's unique about this collection are a couple of things. For one, it still looks beautiful. For a game as old as it is, it certainly holds itself together rather well. The character models and backgrounds are still as beautiful as ever. I'm still awe struck at the fantastic look of Street Fighter.

Of course, these are the arcade versions. Not the home versions. So there might be a few differences. Only hardcore fighting fans will find them, however. Any other gamer will more than likely overlook these differences without giving too much thought.

I don't have to tell you that Street Fighter Alpha is a fantastic game. The Anthology speaks for itself. The price is also pretty cheap. In other words, if you're a Stree Fighter Alpha fan, pick this collection up!

Since Day One!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you havent played a Street Fighter yet...this is for you...*SLAP*

Street Fighter is the TRUE "King of Fighters" in the 2D AND 3D world! Ive been enthrawled with Street Fighter since day one. And now for all of you that have livin under a rock since the late 80's heres your second chance to get up to speed.

SFAA gives a Perfect Emulated arcade port. Quick, Responsive conrtolls and Bright colours, (noth that there werent any in the console versions). The only thing i'm dissapointed in is since its the Arcade version...for SFA3, that means NO GUILE!, no EVIL RYU!, no Eagle, and so on. Kinda depressing being a Guile fan, but thats what Charlies for right!?

If you havent played a SF game, pick this up! Nows you chance to creat some Classic 2 on 1 battles you never could befor. A few added modes adds to the replay value.

This is a Classic times 3!
Buy or Die

Memory Lane

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I had a feeling capcom was goin to do this some day. You get the entire streetfighter alpha series, to include gem fighter, formally known as pocket fighter. This is worth the money. For a SF fan or if your new to it. My only gripe is pocket fighter really isn't that fun to me. And you shouldn't have to unlock anything. All the characters in all alphas should be playable from the start. Still highly reommended. Now all we need is Marvel vs. capcom and darkstalkers anthology's.

Great street fighter game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great combination of the Alpha (Zero) street fighter games. Its especially nice to fight both M. Bison and Shin Akuma.

Precious Memories ..... : ' ' ) tears of joy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

FINALLY!!!! WHEW I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET THESE GAMES BACK....BEING A HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIM , I LOST ALL OF MY "STREET FIGHTER" STUFF ..... I am so thankful to capcom .... i remember when i was little when street fighter alpha 2 came....it brings back fond memories....

capcom staff....you all are truly phenominal .... and um one more thing....thank you so much for making the resident evil series....its off the chain

Brings Back Memories...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Oh man what can I say.....from viewing the opening sequences to the gameplay this game is just like the arcade versions. I remember I was in the 7th or 8th grade when Alpha first came out in the arcades, followed by its sequels and I have to say this brought back many wonderful memories. I still have a very difficult time finding Alpha 1 but nevertheless.... Great game, awesome gameplay, fantastic art - you will easily see why Street Fighter is the supreme fighting game of all time especially after playing this one - 3 games & a bonus all in one package...you can't beat that deal!!!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a Great game for all street fighters fans, a must have, you would not regret it

Perfect, flawless port

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Alpha Anthology, is so far the best port of any Street Fighter collection. It includes five games (SF Alpha, Alpha 2, Alpha 2 Gold, Alpha 3, and Gem Fighter), as well as two unlockable games (Hyper SF Alpha and a "bonus" version of SF Alpha 3).
The graphics and music of the five titles are perfect, just like the original arcade games themselves. If you have a wide-aspect ratio TV, you'll be treated to full arcade goodness - if not, you can modify the aspect ratio so that it fits a standard TV. Controls are also flawless, much like those of the Anniversary Collection.
The unlockable games are as follows:
"bonus" SF Alpha 3: It's SF Alpha 3 with more fighting styles, and all (most?) the Street Fighter characters, drawn Alpha-style. This includes characters that have never before made it into Alpha games - like Balrog and Fei Long, and some that are brand new. When played alone, this game is very difficult.
Hyper SF Alpha: Very similar to SF Alpha 3 (in fact, I'm not sure what the exact differences are, in terms of gameplay), but can only be played against another opponent. Includes the same characters as "bonus" SFA3.
In addition, all Alpha games include a Versus mode with full win/loss tallying, a Dramatic Battle mode - in which two players (Human/Human or Human/CPU) simultaneously take on a single CPU player and a Survival mode, which places you against opponent after opponent, refilling only a portion of your life bar after each match.
To sum it up, the Alpha Anthology is the best SF collection Capcom has released. Here's to hoping that the Darkstalkers and Marvel series will follow a similar suit.

THIS GANE IS AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this street fighter game! I was lucky I got this game for a low price! I 't wait for the next SF game to come out!

kickin' it old-school

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing these games when they first came out. Now to have them all together is good. Particularly good is Street Fighter Alpha 2, and SFA2 Gold. These games have a few more characters and the movements are a lot more fluid, making the gameplay most enjoyable.

Street Fighter is a great game to just invite a fellow gamer over to play for hours at a time. Thus it has very high "replay" value in that sense.

I will say that if you are a big graphics person, then this may not be the one for you. However, in terms of playability, this game lives up to the Street Fighter legacy pretty well.

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