Retro fridays and street fighter alpha 2

When released, street fighter alpha 2 was a big deal in the world of video games. Street fighter alpha 1 was a surprise hit and people were tired of waiting for capcom to count to 3 so this was a great way to get our sf fix and this was a huge fix. Building upon it's predecessor, SFA2 had a bigger roster with more characters from sfa1 and bigger and brighter sprites and the super combo system was overhauled. Now there was a custom combo to go along with alpha counters and super combos. What drew me to this game was the big(for it's time) roster, I had a hard time choosing between rolent,ken,akuma,sakura,gen or guy but I mostly stuck with ken and sakura for their uppercuts

The graphics will blow you away and it's what gives sfa2 it's own distinct look among with the music and the stages. I would play this game after I beat xmen vs street fighter and I found it to be hard and I can only get to the 3rd or 4th stage then I would lose and didn't want to spend any more money. When it came out on the super nintendo I was amazed this game was able to fit on my old snes and of course I wanted it but it was the 2nd most expensive snes game after dkc2($59.99) so my dreams of owning the home port of sfa2 were dashed for awhile. I would later own the arcade port on the alpha anthology game for the ps2 and I still play it from time to time. The cover art hypes you up for the game among with the inclusion of evil ryu and having mr bison be the final boss