Featured story · Issue IV
Is Street Fighter Worth the Watch?
During the late 1980s, one of the only home consoles was the SNES, a remarkable device that was considered a luxury to own. Instead of purchasing the console, many people would go to arcades, playing games like Pac-Man, Galaga, and more until one cold day in December 1987, when Street Fighter was released in America. This was not the first fighting game to be released, and in all honesty, it was rather atrocious. The arcade machine had rubber controls instead of normal buttons that broke frequently, and the gameplay was mediocre, only allowing you to play as Ryu (if you were playing solo). The game was largely forgotten until 1991, when Street Fighter II came out. The sequel was a massive success, fixed all of the gameʼs previous problems, dominated arcades, and sold six million copies when it was released to the SNES. It made a total of $10 billion, leading to a best-selling franchise that I still love to this day.
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