by Mike Mertes | Feb 13, 2022 | 1990s, Magazine, Reviews
Well, it was a running joke with the Street Fighter 2 series that Capcom didn’t know how to count to 3. Originally launched on the Capcom Play System in 1991, Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior invigorated a dying arcade scene with fierce head-to-head...
by Ben Magnet | Aug 29, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/PC/Handheld, ESports, Reviews
Netflix had some good video game documentaries for a while. It was where I first watched Game Over: The Story of Atari and for fun they also have the original anime Hi Score Girl (which I would definitely recommend if you like anime) and recently Netflix released...
by Jason Russell | May 9, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles, Lists, Magazine
After Street Fighter II came Mortal Kombat. After Mortal Kombat came a tsunami. As the Street Fighter II phenomena grew in arcades and then again when ports of the popular games came to home consoles, nearly every company in the industry suddenly found themselves in a...
by Jason Russell | Apr 19, 2020 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine, Opinions
Days of Future’s Past My nephew is 11 years old. He has just about every modern console known to man, a gaming PC, a powerhouse iPad and iPhone and the other day, in casual video gaming conversation, he happens to mention Street Fighter II. I paused...
by Shaun Jex | Apr 11, 2019 | 1990s, The Story Of...
You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead – your next stop, the Twilight Zone! Picture if you...
