Retro saturdays and street fighter alpha 1

Unlike other street fighter games I don't have much play time with street fighter alpha 1 but it does give me plenty of nostalgia so I'll continue. Story wise, alpha 1 takes place between street fighter 1 and 2 but it came out sometime in 1995 according to my vague idea I have from magazines from 1996 where sfa 2 was on a lot of covers. I first saw it at funco land and thanks to the font I read it as street fighter nlpha but I badly wanted a playstation for this mysterious new street fighter game

I would later play it an an arcade and of course picked ken. The game was similar to sf2 but the graphics and stages were beefed up and the major difference is super combos. Sure they started out in super street fighter 2 turbo but that game was hard to find at the arcades and you needed an expensive niche console such as a 3DO to play it at home. Ok back onto alpha 1, the graphics blew me away among with the super combo dragon punch. I wanted this game only I had a super nintendo at the time and it was only for the playstation and sega saturn. The character roster is solid and the fighting engine is tight among with gameplay. This game is where mr bison is roided up as the final boss in a trend that still continues

I didn't play it much at arcade since I always preferred alpha 2 however I did finally own it when I got alpha anthology for the ps2 but I still don't play alpha 1 much. That best describes this game, it got overshadowed by it's sequel and is mostly forgotten about. I also have the gbc port which is impressive and has a smooth frame rate and is the best street fighter game for the gameboy or gameboy color. Alpha 1 is worth some quick playings but it quickly gets tiresome

At least it has cool box art