August
1986
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The original Street
Fighter, which was originally Fighting Street, was released
in the arcades. Only Ryu and Ken were playable. Japan's Retsu
and Geki, United States' Joe and Mike, England's Eagle and Birdie,
and the Thais Sagat and Adon, were not playable. this was one
of the world's first 2D fighting games. |
September
1987
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A home
conversion of Street Fighter was made for the Turbo Graphix
16- PC CD, in Japan. |
September
1990
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Street Fighter
2010, an alternate-future side-scroller starring Ken was created
for the NES. |
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March
1991
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The
original Street Fighter II was released in the arcades. This
would be one of the biggest releases in video game history;
for the first time fighting games were #1 on the charts. Besides
Ryu and Ken returning, Chun Li, E Honda, Guile, Blanka, Zangief
and Dhalsim were introduced. The bosses, Balrog (M Bison in
Japan) of the US, Vega (Balrog in Japan), the former champion
Sagat, and Shadowloo's master M Bison (Vega in Japan) were not
usable. |
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April
1992
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Street Fighter
2: Champion Edition was released in arcades. Street Fighter
II's bosses are now playable, and also the same characters could
fight each other. |
July
1992 |
Street Fighter
2 was ported to the SNES, with the ability for both players
to select the same characters enabled by a code. |
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November 1992
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Street Fighter
2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting was released. Almost all the characters
from Street Fighter II gained new moves suches as Chun Li's
Kikouken projectile. |
June
1993 |
Street Fighter
2: Championship Edition went home for the CE- DUO. |
| September
1993 |
The SNES recieves
Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting, while the Genesis recives
Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition. |
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October 1993
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Super
Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers is released. Four new
characters, Cammy of the United Kingdom, Dee Jay of Jamaica,
Thunder Hawk of Mexico, and Homh Kong's Fei Long are introduced.
Originally there was to be more characters added but a number
of programmers like many before left for SNK. |
April
1994 |
Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo: Grand Master's Challenge was released. This was the
debut of the great Akuma (Gouki in Japan). Super moves were
also added to fourth expansion of Street Fighter II. |
June
1994 |
Super Street Fighter
2 hits SNES and Genesis. |
December
1994
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Super Street Fighter
2 Turbo: Grand Master's Challenge arrives on 3DO. |
June
1995 |
Street Fighter
Zero came out. Set after Fighting Street, but before Street
Fighter II, Ryu, Ken, and a younger Chun Li star in the game.
Final Fight's Sodom and Guy, Fighting Street's Birdie
and Adon reappear in this game. Bison (Vega) and Akuma (Gouki)
return as hidden, but usable characters. A new character, Italy's
Rose appears, as do Guile's ill-fated friend Charlie. Dan Hibiki
first appears here as well. Hidden in the game was the two vs
one match between Ryu and Ken against Bison which later became
known as the Dramatic Battle. In America, it was renamed Street
Fighter Alpha. |
December
1995
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Street Fighter
Zero arrives on the Playstation. |
| January
1996 |
Street Fighter
Zero arrives on the Sega Saturn. |
| March
1996 |
Street Fighter
Zero 2 released. Rolento from Final Fight, Zangief and
Dhalsim, and the ancient Gen from Fighting Street once again
appear. Kusagano Sakura, a high school students who idolizes
Ryu debuts. Custom Combos are also introduced. Evil Ryu (Satsu
no Hado Ryu), Evil Sakura (Satsu no Hado Sakura), and Super
Akuma (Shin Gouki) appear as hidden characters. All the characters
had end bosses according to their plot. |
July
1996 |
Street Fighter
Zero Alpha 2, or Street Fighter Alpha Gold released in Japan.
Cammy returns in the version which was later relased for the
Playstation and Sega Saturn, through a secret code. It also
featured the Dramatic Battle, and some characters such as Sakura
gained new moves. |
| August
1996 |
Street Fighter
Zero 2 arrives for Playstation. |
| September
1996 |
Saturn recieves
Street Fighter Zero 2. |
| November
1996 |
Street Fighter
Alpha 2 arrives on the US Playstation. A US version of its Saturn
counterpart was released soon afterwards. |
| November
1996 |
The SNES recieves
a version of Street Fighter Alpha 2, but runs rather slow. Sodom
was once again renamed as Katana Bro, due to a taboo of some
sort. |
December
1996
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Street Fighter
EX, the first 3D Street Fighter is launched. Ryu, Ken, Chun
Li, Zangief and Guile, are joined by Cracker Jack, Doctorine
Dark, Hokuto, Rullim Purna and Skullomania. Bison (Vega in Japan)
and Akuma (Gouki) return as the unusable last boss. Newcomers
Blaire Dame, Allen Snider, Kairi, and Darun Mister were only
usable through time release. The Guardian Garuda was a hidden
boss of the game. This game featured Guard Breaks, which are
unblockable moves that stun the opponent requiring a super meter
and Super Cancelling, which is the interupting of one's supers
with another. |
| February
1997 |
Street Fighter
III finally comes out. Seven years after Street Fighter II,
Ryu and Ken are the only veterans. Ibuki, Alex, Elena, Dudley,
Oro, Necro, Sean, and Yun premiere in this long-awaited sequel.
Yun's brother, Yang appears as his palette swap. Parries, Judegements,
and Super Arts Selection were instituted. Gill, the leader of
a clandestine Organization is the game's unusable end boss. |
April
1997 |
SF EX upgrade,
Street Fighter EX Plus hits arcades. All the hidden characters
and bosses reurned as usable charcters. Some characters received
new moves. B Ryu (Satsu no Hado Ryu), B Hokuto (Chi no Fuin
Wo Tokareta Hokuto), Cycloid Beta, and Cycloid Gamma were usable
though secret codes. |
July
1997 |
Playstation recieves
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha. Dhalsim and Sakura return in this
game. The game includes a special training mode in which the
4 hidden EX+ characters and special versions of Bison (Vega),
Akuma (Gouki), and Garuda can be obtained. |
| October
1997 |
An upgrade of SF
3, Street Fighter III: Second Impact- Giant Attack, comes to
arcades. Hugo (Fuuga in Japan), the German wrestler, becomes
the tallest Street Fighter character with his stature of 8'1''.
Urien (Julien in Japan), Gill's brother is also added into the
game as a playable character. Through a secrest code, Akuma
(Gouki in Japan) can be used, and Alternate Akuma (Shin Gouki)
can be fought under certain conditions. There was also a bonus
stage, in which one practices parrying by performing them on
Sean's basketballs. EX moves, which were special version of
special attacks were added. |
| October
1997 |
Street Fighter
Collection was released upon the Japanese Sony Playstation,
and Japanese Saturn. It featured Super Street Fighter II: The
New Challengers, Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Grandmaster's
Challenge, and Street Fighter Zero Alpha 2. It featured the
Dramatic Battle, and some characters such as Sakura gained new
moves. |
October
1997
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Street
Fighter Collection was released upon the North American Sony
Playstation. In this version, Street Fighter Zero Alpha was
renamed as Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold. |
May
1998 |
Street Fighter
EX 2 arrives. Pullim Purna, Allen Snider, Blaire Dame, Darin
Masters, Sakura, and Akuma (Gouki) did not return in this game.
However, Hayayte and Sharon were added to the roster with the
returning Vega (Balrog in Japan) and Blanka. Garuda was the
end boss, usable through time release. Other time release characters
are Kairi, Nanase, and Shadow Geist. Excel, a technique similar
to Custom Combos were introduced. |
May
1998 |
Street Fighter
Zero 3 debuts in Japan after months of testing. Kanzuki Karin,
from Sakaura Ganabe, a manga based on the exploits of
Street Fighter Zero 2 character Kasugano Sakura, first appears.
Final Fight's Cody, Blanka, Cammy, E Honda, and Vega
(Balrog in Japan) return. Rainbow Mika, a Japanese girl who
idolizes Zangief, was also added to the roster. Balrog (Bison
in Japan), Juli, and Juni were usable through codes. Many characters
also had to face a new version of Bison, Shin Bison (Shin Vega)
as their end boss. In this game, -ISMs were added where a player
must choose which mode of fighting (A-ISM/Z-ISM, X-ISM, V-ISM)
his character should use. |
| December
1998 |
Street Fighter
II Collection Volume II was released in the US. It featured
Street Fighter II: The World Warriors, Street Fighter II: Championship
Edition, and Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting. |
December
1998
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Street Fighter
Zero 3 is released on the Sony Playstation. Fei Long, Dee Jay,
and T Hawk are added as immediately playable characters. Balrog
(Bison in Japan), Juli, and Juni are given different endings.
In the special World Tour Mode, Guile, Evil Ryu (Satsu no Hado
Ryu) and Super Akuma (Shin Akuma) can be found. |
| Spring
1999 |
Street Fighter
Alpha 3 is released in North America, on the Playstation. |
May
1999 |
Street Fighter
III: Third Strike- Fight For The Future debuts in arcades. It
marks the return of Chun Li, as well as the introduction of
Makoto, Remy, Twelve and Q. Gill was usable through Twelve's
X-Copy super. A car breaking Bonus Stage was added to this sequel,
as well as the option to choose between 2 opponents in the 1-Player
mode, except the character's mid boss and end boss. |
June
1999 |
Street Fighter
EX 2+ is out in the arcades. The swordsman Hayate was cut out
because his clothes supposedly offended Koreans. Pullim Purna,
Darin Mister, Bison (Vega in Japan) and Sagat return in this
game. The newcomers were Area and Vulcano Rosso. Kairi and Shadow
Geist remained as time released characters. Meteor Combos, or
special Level 3 Supers, were introduced. |
July
1999 |
Street Fighter
Zero 3 is released for the first time in Japan, on the SEGA
Dreamcast, with everything from the Playstation version still
intact. Moths later, the same game is released onto the Saturn,
but with less additions. |
| December
1999 |
Street Fighter
III: W Impact is released on the Japanese Dreamcast. It is a
compilation composed of Street Fighter III and Street Fighter
III: Second Impact- Giant Attack. Within the game is a mode
to practice parrying: the basketball bonus round with Sean.
In the Versus Mode, Super Arts could be chosen, before a fight,
to be different per round. Also, Gill could be attained in either
game, when the Arcade Mode game is completed on any level, by
tapping Up twice on Sean. |
December
1999
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Street
Fighter EX 2+ is released on the Playstation of Japan. Everyone
from its arcade counterpart returns, even, Hayate from the original,
but he is now hidden. |
| March
2000 |
Street Fighter
EX 3 arrives as a title for the Japanese Playstation 2. All
the characters from Street Fighter EX 2+ return. However, Sakura
also returns, and Sagat, Vega (Bison in the US) Area and Vulcano
Russo are now also secret characters. A new edit character,
Ace is included in the game. The game features the Tag Match
similar to the Mavrel Vs Series games, the Team Match similar
to the King of Fighters series, and the Dramatic Battle of the
Stree Fighter Alpha series. In the Tag Match, characters can
perform dual Supers (Critical Parade), dual Metors (Meteor Tag
Combo), and can gain the Super Meters of downed partners. |
May
2000 |
Street Fighter
Zero 3 is released, in North America, for the Dreamcast. |
June
2000 |
Street Fighter
EX 2+ is released on the North American Playstation. |
June
2000 |
Street Fighter
III: Double Impact is released on the North American Dreamcast.
It is the same as Street Fighter III: W Impact. |
June
2000
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Street Fighter
III: Third Strike- Fight For The Future is released on the Dreamcast,
in Japan. Gill is once again playable in a similar manner as
he was before in Street Fighter III: W Impact.. There are also
extra outfits in this game. |
