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I remember back in early 1992 my friend had a VHS video tape of some random stuff he had recorded off of the TV which included an advertisment for Street Fighter 2 on the SNES. The TV ad was only a minute or so long but it showed very short snippets of game footage, me and my friend were amazed at how arcade-like it looked. We must have rewound and replayed that add about 50 times lol. We wanted the game so much at that time.
I'm 48 and I got this and the SNES from Walmart when I was 16 on Election night 1992. I didn't have a job so I had to sell my Genesis and all of my games to BRE Software, which advertised in the back of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Funny how at the time it seemed you had to have either or, but not both 16-bit consoles. 16-year old me would be bewildered by how many friggin' consoles I have today 🤣
I think the SNES port is probably the best because it came out when the game was still relevant in the arcades. The PSP and PS1 ports, I'm not sure if they count as much because by then the SF2 craze was pretty much over and was nostalgic at the point (even though it was well less than a decade after the SNES port arrived). I'm sure people were amazed to see SF2 on the SNES when they went to a friend's house or saw it playing in toy stores. But seeing it on the PS1/PSP doesn't have the same feel, even if it is arcade accurate compared to the SNES version which was probably 85% to 90% accurate.
I agree with this sentiment. The game was 7 years old already on the Playstation and Saturn and 15 years old for the PSP version! And while the SNES and other versions on this list were probably people's first real run at the game (other than the arcade), the Saturn, Playstation, and PSP versions were just throw-ins in some retro collection.
The SNES version was what we always played back in 93 at the Army barracks. Always had a huge crowd and the winner kept playing while the loser passed the controller to the next guy waiting. I can't think of any other game at that time that attracted as many players. Lots of fun back in the day.
As far as "World Warrior" is concerned, the SFC/SNES port is the only one even worth mentioning. These days "Street Fighter II" has gone well beyond even the original game. But back in the day, before all the enhancements & tweaks, it was the SFC/SNES port which truly brought the game home when we needed it most.
I remember back in the day when all the magazines that reviewed the SNES version claimed it to be ‘arcade perfect’ when in reality it was not even close. Smaller sprites, lots of missing animation frames ( Guile’s somersault etc. ), missing moves, missing speech, different endings, different bonus rounds, no intro etc. etc. However, what it did do was capture the ‘feel’ of the arcade game and to have this on a home console was definitely groundbreaking at the time.
My favorite is champion edition for sega mega drive. It got sharper, more vibrant colors than the snes versions. It also plays smoother because of more powerful processor. Segas version even have the intro that is missing on the snes. Segas 6 button controler is the way to play street fighter 2!
Snap on that one. If you had came into me and my brothers bedroom from 92 to end of 93 you would have though that the Street Fighter II cart was super glued in the cart slot, both me and my brother's friends were round most night's, just to play SFII even the one or two who had the SNES. The game was good but the 6 button joy-pad £40 each back in late 93 made the game.
I have to place Saturn in first of the consoles listed just because the button layout is consistent with the arcade original. Back in the day, you would control the brightness, saturation etc... on the TV itself. P.S. the commentary on your Outrun video is turned off...any particular reason? The audience in here seems very respectful...
I just watched one of your videos from your channel (Final Fight) for the first time yesterday, Jamie. I'm growing to like your channel, especially when you just uploaded a ranking video of my favorite fighting game series of all-time (in Street Fighter II). 😅
Haha, that's very nice of you to say so. I have uploaded mainly emulation guides in the past (see playlists), but folks are loving this series now so will stick with it. Thanks 😀
@JustJamie1983 I wonder why you didn't mention ports from the modern consoles. Modern Capcom Collections don't count but Capcom Generations does count.
The gameboy port is really good for its specs... A massively underrated port is for the pc engine, as it technically was a handheld also and a great champion editoon port
I love this ranking series !! Great idea and content. Great opportunity to (re)discover systems and their capabilities. I am actually amazed what they could do on those old micro computers.
Don’t let them bother you. It’s just an opinion. I tell me kids to respect a differing opinion. Although us gold made some bad ports. For me, us gold redeem themselves when they released a very good super street fighter 2 port for my Amiga a1200.
@@JustJamie1983 many want “best port vs weakest hardware” it’s not a bad topic be honest. Possible video for the future. But that’s not what your video is intended. Just simply best port regardless of time. The psp and PlayStation had way more ram and cpu power and should produce the best port. It’s fair to say not everyone will always agree. Agree to disagree.
These videos are unreal thank you Jamie. I remember paying $150 for the super nintendo version of street fighter 2 in Australia at kmart when it first came out back in the day.
10:28 - The SNES version changed everything. This is the game and the version that made people realize we could get actual quality arcade games at home. Every arcade to home port going forward was either as good or better than this, or crap!
Great Video man. SNES SF2 is still the Best Version for me, after Playing it in the Arcades and the Home was just magical back then. I did get the SF2 SNES Bundle, not the Turbo Bundle but moved onto Turbo when that Dropped tho, those was the Days lol.
I remember the SNES port came out in the summer time. I was stuck with my family at our summer camp and all I could think about was getting back home so I could play it for hours and hours. It may have been the most excited I've ever been in my LIFE to play a game.
Playing with first party controllers Saturn is easily #1 for button layout and top performing d-pad...but it's also a great port. The only negative would be it was an import at least for US gamers. The domestic US release Street Fighter Collection on Saturn had Super Street Fighter II, not the original. The Saturn gamepad is just the best controller for all of these games other than having a real great arcade stick. PS1 was just an aweful stock controller for 2D fighters, at least the SNES had a great d pad even if you had to use stupid shoulder buttons.
God, really? Time goes by quickly! Lers me honest. Anything of that era didnt particlaury struggle but had to pop in something a little different.Thanks for watching 😀
playing it on the snes was a treat, sadly i also played the nes version and it was a joke. i also remember the ibm pc version was not that good but at least future releases were so much better.
The SNES was the best home port of the original Street Fighter 2. The Genesis port of the Champion Edition was a surprise in that it was actually quite good.
@@JustJamie1983 i know, its just that this triggered the memory. Mk2 on the genesis, streets of rage on the master system, at the time it pissed me off. I mean, how does a song from one screen replaces another? And nobody noticed? Do they even know what game they were working on?
Nice, was gonna ask for this, just to see the awesum ST and Amiga, US Gold versions!!! I had Special Champion Edition for Megadrive that i got for XMas with the Awesum 6 Button pad, my cousin had it on Amiga!
Can’t believe you rated the PC DOS version higher than the Master System report. It’s absolutely atrocious, and about on par with the Amiga and Atari ST versions.
For once I believe the spectrum isn't crap and doesn't deserve bottom of the list that honor goes to tiger electronics handheld street fighter.🤣 I'm actually pissed with this list it neglects any form of streetfighter 2 on the genesis or tg-16/pcengine but include next gen consoles like the PS1 Saturn and even later PSP. How about try localizing lists to a span no greater than 3 years from its arcade inception.
This was literally only ranking World Warrior ports. Genesis on TG-16 did not have those. So you're pissed, but you didn't pay attention to the assignment.
@mtsaska unfortunately. Their are a good few people who appear not to listen for the criteria. This is why I try to make it clear from the intro what these videos are aiming for.
@@mtsaska I did and jamie here should have known to respond like me and him didn't already have this very discussion. For sake of civility I will not argue the merit of this list further with you or anyone else that may respond to this in the future.
Not as expensive for a Turbografx-16 owner like me that had to buy a game converter and streetfighter 2 CE as an import from a catalog "Turbo Zone Direct" the convertor cost 39.99 the game itself was only a cool 59.99 but it came with this overkill double thick jewel case. It would be my only fighting game on Turbografx-16 and boy I loved it my buddies all beign genesis and snes snobs couldn't believe the tg-16 had the chops to do a fighting game. Technically since the turbo express existed it would have also been the best portable version too (early 90s before the sega nomad or gameboy advance, DS or PSP).
The spectrum version is quite an oddity, being released so late in the Speccy’s life. It’s practically unplayable with the horrific cassette multiload, but the graphics themselves are nothing short of miraculous for the then 11 year old 8 bit Speccy, so it would have worked better as a technical demo. Copies of this game are now selling for northwards of £100 on eBay however.
Personally, I'd switch the Saturn and PS1 versions, namely because the Saturn pad was just so much better for games like this. And I agree that the PS1 version's colors do look a bit brighter, but to me, that makes things look a touch washed out when compared to the Saturn version.
First time on your channel. Great content, but you need to purchase a pop filter. The pop filter will reduce the "pop" that occurs when you pronounce words that start with the letter "P."
The Amiga had some serious power, it's always a terrible shame when it's made to look so poor by bad developers. There's a video going around of Ken's stage with a couple of the characters facing off, with the developer explaining how he got around the machine's limitations to make it happen. It actually makes the 16 bit console ports look average, and even outshines the arcade version in some respects. THAT'S the Amiga, but too often you see these horrible arcade ports like SFII and FInal Fight and people think that's what the Amiga was.
While I agree, the SNES version is a very good port considering all of the cutbacks just to fit it onto a 16 megabit cartridge I personally think the mega driver version is the best version due to the added mode and also it’s the only 16 bit Home version that actually has the arcade intro but overall I think the definitive way to play streetfighter 2 is on the street fighter 30th anniversary collection because not only does it have the original game it has pretty much all of the variations turbo hyper fighter and all the alpha games too.
Again, torn between the Gensis bersion wich was my first version i owned and the pc engine version. Both were amazing back in the day. What amazes me is that i have the commodore 64 version. Lol oyyyy
Alright, my lover! How bis? I had to put up with the Atari ST version (still own it, but the disks are now corrupted). It wouldn't run on the 520, as per the background, as you needed 1MB. The disk swapping between rounds was the biggest PITA, so I'm hoping it can be played from am "ultra satan" type hard drive emulator.
I've heard from a lot Brits that street fighter 2 is what got a lot of them to switch to Nintendo and buy a Super Nintendo, oh wait im sorry, I mean a Snezzz. Most were using micro computers or Sega consoles and street fighter 2 as a pack in game is what got them to embrace Nintendo in the UK.
Personally. Most did and I bought it to it as a kid too. But then my senses caught up with me and I remain a micro computer fan to date. I am personally not a massive fan of old school Nintendo. I appreacite of home computers by far for their charm.
1:25 bro have that control to not say it's a piece of s- This is based of a list though, seeing C64 ranked higher (it kinda makes sense despite looking like that) Also Sega Master System is fast af, I was already bad at fighting games Not sure if DOS should be that high but it is a technically impressive The Game Boy version though? One hell of a banger
While the IBM version of World Warrior looks very true to the Arcade version, I still think it's quite bad overall. I'd rank it bellow Master System and C64. Thankfully Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo on IBM is a large improvement and actually decent.
I forgot there was a rare Japanese only release on the sega dreamcast back in the day called Street Fighter II X for Matching Service Grand Master Challenge Supposed to be 100 percent arcade perfect,worth a fortune to buy it of ebay i noticed its going between $500 to $1000 haha The cheapest way is to emulate that version.
Reckon the Amiga version was a lot better than you say. I had it new back in the day and still have the original disks. Did you review it on real hardware using a proper joystick? I’m by no means saying it was the best. But most of us did not have multiple games systems. And arcades were also rare if you didn’t live at a seaside resort or in a big town/city. The Amiga version was certainly a lot more playable than you claimed at any rate. Had a lot of fun playing it and never had an issue with hit detection, controls or pulling off special moves.
In my opinion the PSP and PS1 version do not count since they are not actual ports of the games but actually are the arcade version emulated these were not developed natively for either system and were released 1997. Sf2 WW was originally released in 1991 and most ports were released a couple of years after the arcade release
It's debatable. I kinda agree with you with PS1/PSP. Problem is some people will argue until the cows come home if they don't add some of these. A little like Sharp X68000 games in my ports videos.
pretty much the same as with the c64 version of double dragon, i was indeed pretty happy with street fighter on the amiga (i still have the floppies), ofcourse, now, i know there were much better versions available.
I thought the snes version was magic !! It came out while I was still using the coin op, I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t lucky enough to have one but I did get it on the mega drive a year later and the magic was still there !!
Putting the PSP version on top with its distorted aspect ratio? Nah. I’d put it below the SNES version. And the Saturn controller was better suited to SF so I’d have put that one on top over the PS1 version. Then SNES third.
I remember saving up for weeks as a 12 year kid to buy the Amiga big box version. I was so excited when it finally turned up but absolutely devastated when I played it. Unbelievable amount of disk swaps, horrendous frame rate and terrible sound were such a huge disappointment. Got to be one of the worst ports of any game I've ever seen.
I had the Amiga version. Horribly slow and awful to try and control with a 2 button joystick. And soooo much disk swapping, between levels. Fortunately, my mate had a SNES, so we'd play it at his, instead... with control pads, and very little waiting time between levels.
Sf collection 2 on ps1 and the Capcom generation 5 for Saturn are literally the same games with the same content inside dude that’s just what they decided to rename the game in North America. Saturn version is a different aspect ratio which makes the sprites slightly bigger and fatter and I actually think it looks nicer that way, both versions have a remixed soundtrack option as well which sound very nice. The Capcom collections collection for psp is just running the ps1 versions on emulation with most of the same options
@@JustJamie1983it’s a good video I look forward to you doing super street fighter 2 turbo down the line, my personal favorite being the Dreamcast port with ultra sf2 for switch being a close second
I don't mind street fighter games, but there are much better fighting games in my opinion that came out in the same generation, it was all a bit floaty for me, not fast enough
The Genesis version was better as far as the sound and music being close to the arcade, but the snes version was better in the graphics and gameplay. I also had the gameboy version, and it was definitely fun to play
@JustJamie Loving these Videos... Many ports I have not experienced and Street Fighter II is one such title... I am no good at fighting games! Not ashamed to admit! I think so far there is only one list where I disagreed with your rankings and that was your Out Run Video... And Comments are Turned off! I am guessing there is a lot of HATE in teh Out Run Community... LOL! And that's only because I was an Amstrad Owner back in teh day and I woudl have ranked the ZX Spectrum OVER the Amstrad! For one reason and one reason alone... On the good old Spectrum, You Crash, The car Flips! On the Amstrad, You Crash, And it just STOPS!!! I mean, They were BOTH BLOODY AWFUL PORTS... They really were.. But amazingly the Spectrum was BETTER than the Amstrad!!! Only one good thing about those ports... The Arcade Soundtrack Cassette... That was literally the only good thing about them! (Good news is I got my copy of Out Run as part of my first order with old BCA... The Mail Order Company... So it cost me 20p!!!)
Hey, thanks. Really. For the OutRun video. Far too many adults pretending they are the 80s again. It was ridiculous to read some of these. But many thanks for your feedback.
@@JustJamie1983 LOL! Oh I get it... I can be as bad with Star Wars Fandom... I mean I grew up with the Movies, Back in 1978... God I am Old! S I know what kind of nonsense you are talking about!
@JustJamie1983 Yeah, like the Capcom Classics on PSP. I'm just saying that for someone who might've missed the PSP collection there's 30th anniversary.
Compellation ports on new consoles shouldn't count in this ranking IMHO. Yes the PSP version is great, but so is the Nintendo Switch/PS4/XBox versions are too.
Us gold didn't care about anything bar sales , attempting to bring to the aging 8 bits was shocking. The amiga and atari st version terrible jerky mess, guessing down to rushed release for xmas .snes and megadrive both great
no, US Gold were really THAT bad and I think you went a little easy on the pc version. understandable I suppose after playing their other rubbish computer versions.
@@mashkyeah US Gold just suck. It's important to remember that US Gold were a publisher, and they outsourced the actual programming to various teams, such as Probe. All they wanted to do was get maximum return for their licence, so that meant churning out crap as quick as possible by placing demands on developers to pump out these conversions as quick as possible.
Not in 2024 it isn't. Maybe 20 years back when say, N64 was barely running at 5fps. Times have changed. Please look into how perfect emulation is today.
I remember getting the amiga version sf2, god it was terrible. Such a disappointment as i really wanted the game to be decent compared to the arcade we all played and loved.
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Yo dude im 47 and i got this on the snes when i was 16 with mortal kombat for christmas......Epic, best xmas ever!!!
Truly a better time for gaming that the past 5+ years.
I still have all the sf2s on SNES. I'm just built like that!
I remember back in early 1992 my friend had a VHS video tape of some random stuff he had recorded off of the TV which included an advertisment for Street Fighter 2 on the SNES. The TV ad was only a minute or so long but it showed very short snippets of game footage, me and my friend were amazed at how arcade-like it looked. We must have rewound and replayed that add about 50 times lol. We wanted the game so much at that time.
44 here! We'd play sf vs until one side was all red, took a while =)
I'm 48 and I got this and the SNES from Walmart when I was 16 on Election night 1992. I didn't have a job so I had to sell my Genesis and all of my games to BRE Software, which advertised in the back of Electronic Gaming Monthly.
Funny how at the time it seemed you had to have either or, but not both 16-bit consoles. 16-year old me would be bewildered by how many friggin' consoles I have today 🤣
I think the SNES port is probably the best because it came out when the game was still relevant in the arcades. The PSP and PS1 ports, I'm not sure if they count as much because by then the SF2 craze was pretty much over and was nostalgic at the point (even though it was well less than a decade after the SNES port arrived). I'm sure people were amazed to see SF2 on the SNES when they went to a friend's house or saw it playing in toy stores. But seeing it on the PS1/PSP doesn't have the same feel, even if it is arcade accurate compared to the SNES version which was probably 85% to 90% accurate.
Hey, thanks for your feedback.
I agree with this sentiment.
The game was 7 years old already on the Playstation and Saturn and 15 years old for the PSP version!
And while the SNES and other versions on this list were probably people's first real run at the game (other than the arcade), the Saturn, Playstation, and PSP versions were just throw-ins in some retro collection.
The SNES version was what we always played back in 93 at the Army barracks. Always had a huge crowd and the winner kept playing while the loser passed the controller to the next guy waiting. I can't think of any other game at that time that attracted as many players. Lots of fun back in the day.
Sounds like a nice time.
Legendary game at the arcades there would be like 15 people surrounding the game watching and waiting to play, ah the good ol days
Kids today seriously missed out on times when we really did have fun and we were sociable creatures too 😀
@JustJamie1983 I agree it was awesome back in the day I'm from Chicago we had a lot of arcades it was great
The Sega Megadrive version is a glaring omission.
I would say the saturn is the best version simply because of the 6 button japanese pad 🙂👍
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Capcom fighters on the Saturn are the goat for sure ever play Darkstalkers on the Saturn *chefs kiss* great fighting game I wished was more popular.
As far as "World Warrior" is concerned, the SFC/SNES port is the only one even worth mentioning. These days "Street Fighter II" has gone well beyond even the original game. But back in the day, before all the enhancements & tweaks, it was the SFC/SNES port which truly brought the game home when we needed it most.
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Completely agree snes version of the original ports was by far the best, followed by megadrive but it wasn’t near the snes.
same.
I remember back in the day when all the magazines that reviewed the SNES version claimed it to be ‘arcade perfect’ when in reality it was not even close.
Smaller sprites, lots of missing animation frames ( Guile’s somersault etc. ), missing moves, missing speech, different endings, different bonus rounds, no intro etc. etc.
However, what it did do was capture the ‘feel’ of the arcade game and to have this on a home console was definitely groundbreaking at the time.
Magazines seriously lied a lot back in those days with reviews.
My favorite is champion edition for sega mega drive. It got sharper, more vibrant colors than the snes versions. It also plays smoother because of more powerful processor. Segas version even have the intro that is missing on the snes. Segas 6 button controler is the way to play street fighter 2!
Thanks for your feedback.
Snap on that one. If you had came into me and my brothers bedroom from 92 to end of 93 you would have though that the Street Fighter II cart was super glued in the cart slot, both me and my brother's friends were round most night's, just to play SFII even the one or two who had the SNES. The game was good but the 6 button joy-pad £40 each back in late 93 made the game.
I have to place Saturn in first of the consoles listed just because the button layout is consistent with the arcade original. Back in the day, you would control the brightness, saturation etc... on the TV itself.
P.S. the commentary on your Outrun video is turned off...any particular reason? The audience in here seems very respectful...
Thanks for your feedback. If you take a look on my community post. You will see why OutRun was disabled. Thanks again.
I just watched one of your videos from your channel (Final Fight) for the first time yesterday, Jamie.
I'm growing to like your channel, especially when you just uploaded a ranking video of my favorite fighting game series of all-time (in Street Fighter II). 😅
Haha, that's very nice of you to say so. I have uploaded mainly emulation guides in the past (see playlists), but folks are loving this series now so will stick with it. Thanks 😀
@JustJamie1983 I wonder why you didn't mention ports from the modern consoles.
Modern Capcom Collections don't count but Capcom Generations does count.
The gameboy port is really good for its specs... A massively underrated port is for the pc engine, as it technically was a handheld also and a great champion editoon port
@systemchris yup. Agreed. If it had a world warrior edition, it would have likely ranked high too.
I love this ranking series !! Great idea and content. Great opportunity to (re)discover systems and their capabilities.
I am actually amazed what they could do on those old micro computers.
Many of these bad ports have since had better releases as after market releases too but obviously couldn't put these in these videos.
Thanks for another video. Back in the day the snes had the first only playable port. Great to see you’re giving the psp some love.
I am just offering my own views. A few haters on this video as usual. But. That's to be expected on ranking videos.
Don’t let them bother you. It’s just an opinion. I tell me kids to respect a differing opinion. Although us gold made some bad ports. For me, us gold redeem themselves when they released a very good super street fighter 2 port for my Amiga a1200.
@@JustJamie1983 many want “best port vs weakest hardware” it’s not a bad topic be honest. Possible video for the future. But that’s not what your video is intended. Just simply best port regardless of time. The psp and PlayStation had way more ram and cpu power and should produce the best port. It’s fair to say not everyone will always agree. Agree to disagree.
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These videos are unreal thank you Jamie.
I remember paying $150 for the super nintendo version of street fighter 2 in Australia at kmart when it first came out back in the day.
Hey, no worries. They are very enjoyable to make 😀
I dig comparison videos so I’m in and subscribed. Ice to see real human content these days.
Hey, welcome aboard. UA-cam seems riddled with AI today. Shame really. Nothing better than the human touch 😀
10:28 - The SNES version changed everything. This is the game and the version that made people realize we could get actual quality arcade games at home. Every arcade to home port going forward was either as good or better than this, or crap!
Absolutely agreed.
It's no wonder this was the game that got the SNES back in the 16-bit war with the Genesis.
Great Video man.
SNES SF2 is still the Best Version for me, after Playing it in the Arcades and the Home was just magical back then.
I did get the SF2 SNES Bundle, not the Turbo Bundle but moved onto Turbo when that Dropped tho, those was the Days lol.
Absolutely legendary days that only people of our can truly appreacite - we lived it!
@JustJamie1983 absolutely and most definitely man 👍👌
I remember the SNES port came out in the summer time. I was stuck with my family at our summer camp and all I could think about was getting back home so I could play it for hours and hours. It may have been the most excited I've ever been in my LIFE to play a game.
Haha, i remember times like that.
You left out the TG16 version with the 6 button controller. It was the most accurate released at the time.
Didn't leave it out. Great game but the wrong version. This is predominately for world warrior.
@@JustJamie1983 ahhhhh. I jumped the gun.. lol
@funkypine419 that's okay my friend. Many people do it lol
Playing with first party controllers Saturn is easily #1 for button layout and top performing d-pad...but it's also a great port. The only negative would be it was an import at least for US gamers. The domestic US release Street Fighter Collection on Saturn had Super Street Fighter II, not the original. The Saturn gamepad is just the best controller for all of these games other than having a real great arcade stick. PS1 was just an aweful stock controller for 2D fighters, at least the SNES had a great d pad even if you had to use stupid shoulder buttons.
Hey, thanks for sharing.
Good video, I had SNES, ps2 and ps5 street fighter games ❤️❤️❤️❤️ loved every single one!!
I was going to ask what about the Mega Drive, but then remembered the original world warrior wasn't on it.
Bless you, I do mention this in the video too. The Mega Drive game is great too :)
To me the championship edition on megadrive is better than any other port including snes, of course a 6 button pad is necessary
PSP came out 5 years after PS2, which you made sure not to include. Weird lol fun video though
God, really? Time goes by quickly! Lers me honest. Anything of that era didnt particlaury struggle but had to pop in something a little different.Thanks for watching 😀
@@JustJamie1983 haha yeah i understand. :D
playing it on the snes was a treat, sadly i also played the nes version and it was a joke.
i also remember the ibm pc version was not that good but at least future releases were so much better.
Of course a system that comes out years and years after the official release is gonna be the best? Why not just do time accurate hardware?
Not that case at all. Coders mean everything, not the year.
The first SF2 for the SNES will always be my favourite.
I had the first SFII release for the SNES, so was this the World Warrior? I don't remember that bit on the box packaging or in the game?
Yes. The first snes game was world warrior which then followed with turbo and then the other 200,000 after that..
The SNES was the best home port of the original Street Fighter 2. The Genesis port of the Champion Edition was a surprise in that it was actually quite good.
5:49 player select music on a fight? Any game who does this is a huge mistake.
Ah, this isn't the only port to do this..
@@JustJamie1983 i know, its just that this triggered the memory. Mk2 on the genesis, streets of rage on the master system, at the time it pissed me off. I mean, how does a song from one screen replaces another? And nobody noticed? Do they even know what game they were working on?
@PedroSilvahf I really don't know lol
Mega Drive version (Special Champ Edition) with 6-button controller was the GOAT at the time for me
100%
Nice, was gonna ask for this, just to see the awesum ST and Amiga, US Gold versions!!! I had Special Champion Edition for Megadrive that i got for XMas with the Awesum 6 Button pad, my cousin had it on Amiga!
A great list. I would put the Saturn version ahead of the PS1 port though.
Can’t believe you rated the PC DOS version higher than the Master System report. It’s absolutely atrocious, and about on par with the Amiga and Atari ST versions.
Thanks for your feedback
Remember though. As stated throughout. This is my opinion.
Yeah that DOS version is visibly unplayable haha
@@alanf8622 *opinion
For once I believe the spectrum isn't crap and doesn't deserve bottom of the list that honor goes to tiger electronics handheld street fighter.🤣
I'm actually pissed with this list it neglects any form of streetfighter 2 on the genesis or tg-16/pcengine but include next gen consoles like the PS1 Saturn and even later PSP. How about try localizing lists to a span no greater than 3 years from its arcade inception.
This was literally only ranking World Warrior ports. Genesis on TG-16 did not have those. So you're pissed, but you didn't pay attention to the assignment.
@mtsaska unfortunately. Their are a good few people who appear not to listen for the criteria. This is why I try to make it clear from the intro what these videos are aiming for.
@@mtsaska I did and jamie here should have known to respond like me and him didn't already have this very discussion. For sake of civility I will not argue the merit of this list further with you or anyone else that may respond to this in the future.
I still can't believe I saved up 75 bucks to buy the snes version back then.
Yup. A lot of money for the early 90s too.
Not as expensive for a Turbografx-16 owner like me that had to buy a game converter and streetfighter 2 CE as an import from a catalog "Turbo Zone Direct" the convertor cost 39.99 the game itself was only a cool 59.99 but it came with this overkill double thick jewel case. It would be my only fighting game on Turbografx-16 and boy I loved it my buddies all beign genesis and snes snobs couldn't believe the tg-16 had the chops to do a fighting game. Technically since the turbo express existed it would have also been the best portable version too (early 90s before the sega nomad or gameboy advance, DS or PSP).
The spectrum version is quite an oddity, being released so late in the Speccy’s life. It’s practically unplayable with the horrific cassette multiload, but the graphics themselves are nothing short of miraculous for the then 11 year old 8 bit Speccy, so it would have worked better as a technical demo. Copies of this game are now selling for northwards of £100 on eBay however.
It was a pack for the PAL console in 1993? Was it part of a store promotion or a Euro only thing?
Must have been a PAL thing. But yeah. Standard SF2 and also Turbo had packs.
Um, if you're ranking World Warrior ports only, how come that GB version in video is Super or Super Turbo (Ryu's flaming projectile)?
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Personally, I'd switch the Saturn and PS1 versions, namely because the Saturn pad was just so much better for games like this. And I agree that the PS1 version's colors do look a bit brighter, but to me, that makes things look a touch washed out when compared to the Saturn version.
Hey that's cool. Not much great difference with PS1 and Saturn as you could see.
I came here to say that. The Saturn pad wins against every other port here. I've never been able to play Street Fighter with shoulder buttons.
First time on your channel. Great content, but you need to purchase a pop filter. The pop filter will reduce the "pop" that occurs when you pronounce words that start with the letter "P."
Thanks. My wishlist in the descriptions.
The Amiga had some serious power, it's always a terrible shame when it's made to look so poor by bad developers. There's a video going around of Ken's stage with a couple of the characters facing off, with the developer explaining how he got around the machine's limitations to make it happen. It actually makes the 16 bit console ports look average, and even outshines the arcade version in some respects. THAT'S the Amiga, but too often you see these horrible arcade ports like SFII and FInal Fight and people think that's what the Amiga was.
I played both the DOS version and the SNES version. Neither were bad to me at the time. I was just happy to have SF2 at my house.
Was interesting see how much select charters in every convertion.... Noyt every version have all charters....
While I agree, the SNES version is a very good port considering all of the cutbacks just to fit it onto a 16 megabit cartridge I personally think the mega driver version is the best version due to the added mode and also it’s the only 16 bit Home version that actually has the arcade intro but overall I think the definitive way to play streetfighter 2 is on the street fighter 30th anniversary collection because not only does it have the original game it has pretty much all of the variations turbo hyper fighter and all the alpha games too.
The Amiga version was basically an evening of disk swapping .
Hahaha
Again, torn between the Gensis bersion wich was my first version i owned and the pc engine version. Both were amazing back in the day. What amazes me is that i have the commodore 64 version. Lol oyyyy
Alright, my lover! How bis? I had to put up with the Atari ST version (still own it, but the disks are now corrupted). It wouldn't run on the 520, as per the background, as you needed 1MB. The disk swapping between rounds was the biggest PITA, so I'm hoping it can be played from am "ultra satan" type hard drive emulator.
Yup, Ultra Satan is pretty cool. I had one once.
I've heard from a lot Brits that street fighter 2 is what got a lot of them to switch to Nintendo and buy a Super Nintendo, oh wait im sorry, I mean a Snezzz. Most were using micro computers or Sega consoles and street fighter 2 as a pack in game is what got them to embrace Nintendo in the UK.
Personally. Most did and I bought it to it as a kid too. But then my senses caught up with me and I remain a micro computer fan to date. I am personally not a massive fan of old school Nintendo. I appreacite of home computers by far for their charm.
The master system version looks pretty good
Thanks Jamie.
My pleasure!
1:25 bro have that control to not say it's a piece of s-
This is based of a list though, seeing C64 ranked higher (it kinda makes sense despite looking like that)
Also Sega Master System is fast af, I was already bad at fighting games
Not sure if DOS should be that high but it is a technically impressive
The Game Boy version though? One hell of a banger
@BroadcastingCN hey, yes it all down to preference really. Also gives watchers a chance to see versions that they might not have seen before.
@@JustJamie1983 yeah as always, good list though
While the IBM version of World Warrior looks very true to the Arcade version, I still think it's quite bad overall. I'd rank it bellow Master System and C64.
Thankfully Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo on IBM is a large improvement and actually decent.
Hey, thanks for your feedback.
I forgot there was a rare Japanese only release on the sega dreamcast back in the day called Street Fighter II X for Matching Service Grand Master Challenge
Supposed to be 100 percent arcade perfect,worth a fortune to buy it of ebay i noticed its going between $500 to $1000 haha
The cheapest way is to emulate that version.
I'll give it a bash. Thanks
Reckon the Amiga version was a lot better than you say. I had it new back in the day and still have the original disks. Did you review it on real hardware using a proper joystick? I’m by no means saying it was the best. But most of us did not have multiple games systems. And arcades were also rare if you didn’t live at a seaside resort or in a big town/city. The Amiga version was certainly a lot more playable than you claimed at any rate. Had a lot of fun playing it and never had an issue with hit detection, controls or pulling off special moves.
Yup. I mean really. Like I say. By no means is this any kind of official list.
Street Fighter 2 will be played for decades to come. Keep retro gaming alive
I hope so 😀
In my opinion the PSP and PS1 version do not count since they are not actual ports of the games but actually are the arcade version emulated these were not developed natively for either system and were released 1997. Sf2 WW was originally released in 1991 and most ports were released a couple of years after the arcade release
It's debatable. I kinda agree with you with PS1/PSP. Problem is some people will argue until the cows come home if they don't add some of these. A little like Sharp X68000 games in my ports videos.
i was only 5 when i get my hand on my first game and it was sf2 world warrior on snes which brought me into gaming
Haha. I do remember that package.
Is there a reason you didn't include the turbo grafx 16 version?
That was Champion Edition.
Top 3 goes as follows.
#1: Arcade/30th Anniversary Port
#2: SNES
#3: OG Gameboy
Nicely done 😀
The PS1 version clips off some pixels on the right side of the screen. This is true for all Capcom fighting games on the PS1.
Thanks for the feedback.
Wheres the pc engine port ?
That's champion edition.
pretty much the same as with the c64 version of double dragon, i was indeed pretty happy with street fighter on the amiga (i still have the floppies), ofcourse, now, i know there were much better versions available.
I thought the snes version was magic !! It came out while I was still using the coin op, I couldn’t believe it.
I wasn’t lucky enough to have one but I did get it on the mega drive a year later and the magic was still there !!
Ot certainly was a superb port.
I had the C64 as a kid. Even then I thought it was pretty horrible. Later on I got the Mega Drive version, which was much better, save for the sound.
A massive upgrade for sure.
Geez, you are really banging these ranking videos out. Do you not sleep?
Haha. I am at it all day long. Keeps me busy 😀
what about Genesis version?
That's champion edition.
That's champion edition
Putting the PSP version on top with its distorted aspect ratio? Nah. I’d put it below the SNES version. And the Saturn controller was better suited to SF so I’d have put that one on top over the PS1 version. Then SNES third.
Thanks for your comment 😊
I remember saving up for weeks as a 12 year kid to buy the Amiga big box version. I was so excited when it finally turned up but absolutely devastated when I played it. Unbelievable amount of disk swaps, horrendous frame rate and terrible sound were such a huge disappointment. Got to be one of the worst ports of any game I've ever seen.
Ah sorry to hear that.
I mean... we ALL know the answer right? the question really is who is in SECOND PLACE?
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I had the Amiga version. Horribly slow and awful to try and control with a 2 button joystick. And soooo much disk swapping, between levels. Fortunately, my mate had a SNES, so we'd play it at his, instead... with control pads, and very little waiting time between levels.
Sf collection 2 on ps1 and the Capcom generation 5 for Saturn are literally the same games with the same content inside dude that’s just what they decided to rename the game in North America. Saturn version is a different aspect ratio which makes the sprites slightly bigger and fatter and I actually think it looks nicer that way, both versions have a remixed soundtrack option as well which sound very nice. The Capcom collections collection for psp is just running the ps1 versions on emulation with most of the same options
Thanks for your feedback. But if they aren't included. The Saturn gang gangs up on me lol
@@JustJamie1983it’s a good video I look forward to you doing super street fighter 2 turbo down the line, my personal favorite being the Dreamcast port with ultra sf2 for switch being a close second
That will be a little further down the line but will happen. Cheers
Yeah man , had this one on the Amiga and we did love it because it was all we had! Looking back now the port was shite.
It's amazing how young eyes are so innocent lol
I don't mind street fighter games, but there are much better fighting games in my opinion that came out in the same generation, it was all a bit floaty for me, not fast enough
The Genesis version was better as far as the sound and music being close to the arcade, but the snes version was better in the graphics and gameplay. I also had the gameboy version, and it was definitely fun to play
It was but sadly. Mega Drive never had World Warrior.
@@JustJamie1983 they had champion eddition
@JustJamie Loving these Videos... Many ports I have not experienced and Street Fighter II is one such title... I am no good at fighting games! Not ashamed to admit!
I think so far there is only one list where I disagreed with your rankings and that was your Out Run Video... And Comments are Turned off! I am guessing there is a lot of HATE in teh Out Run Community... LOL!
And that's only because I was an Amstrad Owner back in teh day and I woudl have ranked the ZX Spectrum OVER the Amstrad! For one reason and one reason alone... On the good old Spectrum, You Crash, The car Flips! On the Amstrad, You Crash, And it just STOPS!!! I mean, They were BOTH BLOODY AWFUL PORTS... They really were.. But amazingly the Spectrum was BETTER than the Amstrad!!!
Only one good thing about those ports... The Arcade Soundtrack Cassette... That was literally the only good thing about them! (Good news is I got my copy of Out Run as part of my first order with old BCA... The Mail Order Company... So it cost me 20p!!!)
Hey, thanks. Really. For the OutRun video. Far too many adults pretending they are the 80s again. It was ridiculous to read some of these. But many thanks for your feedback.
@@JustJamie1983 LOL! Oh I get it... I can be as bad with Star Wars Fandom... I mean I grew up with the Movies, Back in 1978... God I am Old! S I know what kind of nonsense you are talking about!
@Phoenix2312 exactly
Don't forget the 30th Anniversary Collection.
Why? It's pretty much just an emulated version.
@JustJamie1983 Yeah, like the Capcom Classics on PSP. I'm just saying that for someone who might've missed the PSP collection there's 30th anniversary.
Had the C64 version and yeah its really bad. Didn't stop me from recently finishing the game with every character on the hardest difficulty.
A terrible version with the easiest gameplay around.
If you want a really fighter for the 64. Try this:
ua-cam.com/video/dAPkwXzpLxU/v-deo.html
Compellation ports on new consoles shouldn't count in this ranking IMHO. Yes the PSP version is great, but so is the Nintendo Switch/PS4/XBox versions are too.
Haha. I really can't win. I add them and people disagree. I don't add them. People disagree lol
Snes version is the most iconic
Yup for sure.
Where is the mega drive version?!😢
@paulocruz644 that was champion edition.
@JustJamie1983 🤭sorry man. My mistake. Keep up the great work.
@@paulocruz644 no probs. Thanks for watching 👀
How about One episode on 'Art of Fighting'? O played some diferent versions that stand up on gameplay today... Abraço meu amigo.👍🙏
Snes port brought me here
Haha. Great port.
Snes version is incredible
Super Nintendo version is amazing, better than the arcade version. Better music as well.
Woah, controversial!
Saturn number 1 because of the d pad!
Thanks
Us gold didn't care about anything bar sales , attempting to bring to the aging 8 bits was shocking. The amiga and atari st version terrible jerky mess, guessing down to rushed release for xmas
.snes and megadrive both great
Yup for sure.
Just to remind you that Mega Drive isn't in this video as explained.
These days a good deal of work gets you this - ua-cam.com/video/d1M60z8gJTA/v-deo.htmlsi=GGVLxzv5ItTrafs6
no, US Gold were really THAT bad and I think you went a little easy on the pc version. understandable I suppose after playing their other rubbish computer versions.
@@mashkyeah US Gold just suck. It's important to remember that US Gold were a publisher, and they outsourced the actual programming to various teams, such as Probe. All they wanted to do was get maximum return for their licence, so that meant churning out crap as quick as possible by placing demands on developers to pump out these conversions as quick as possible.
Git yer pitchforks out guys and gals, this 'ere man has an OPINION.
Haha! Good one 👍
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you 😀
Unless playing on original equipment it's impossible to comment on framerates and slow down!!
Not in 2024 it isn't. Maybe 20 years back when say, N64 was barely running at 5fps. Times have changed. Please look into how perfect emulation is today.
Emulation is nowhere near perfect. Maybe you need to read up how emulation actually works and the corners they all take 😂
I see. Well. Thanks for your information.
The version of X68000 is very good either
It was made on it! Haha
@zonaplayer1 yes but due to a few people and myself partially agreeing the sharp x68000 is pretty much the arcade version (see description).
It's champion edition not world warrior though isn't it?
@danmoney9932 two different versions. World Warrior is the first version. The game originally was titled "Street Fighter 2 - The World Warrior".
@@JustJamie1983 sorry it's my bad grammar. I was saying that I don't think ww was released on the x68k. Which is why you didn't include it.
Arcade Version SSF2 Turbo.
No. This is for the original world warrior 😀
@@JustJamie1983 Okay.
Terrible choice for No1 : a 16:9 stretched SF2 😮
Cool
The best sfc snes❤
Thanks for your feedback.
Those Amiga/ST ports look AI generated!
Hmmm,
Back in the day it was the snes version or you were laughed at.
Yeah. I kinda remember that too.
I remember getting the amiga version sf2, god it was terrible. Such a disappointment as i really wanted the game to be decent compared to the arcade we all played and loved.
It really could have been if US Gold didn't have it.
@@JustJamie1983 wasnt there a fan made game for the amiga recently, sf2?
@MikkyTee hmmm. There is a street fighter 2 turbo c64 game in the process. I am pretty sure Amiga had something recently too.
As soon as you see the big "US Gold" logo on the box, you know you're in for a big disappointment.
Sega Saturn version is best imho
Sfc❤
Amiga500 usgold version sucks big time.
It sure does.