Here we are with Day 3 of classic gaming. The game today was the one that started the fighting game craze of the 90′s Street Fighter 2. I chose to play the Sega Saturn version of this game. It has all the original sounds and graphics from the arcade. It also includes the original, Champion Edition, and Turbo editions of the game. I was hoping to play through all three but time kind of ran out. I did make it through the first two. In the original game I chose my favorite character Ryu and made it through the game fairly quick until I made it to M. Bison. In Champion Edition I figured I should play one of the bosses that were added to this version. I chose to play the game as the final boss of M. Bison himself. Hopefully tomorrow I can get time to play the turbo edition as well as play my next game on my list.

Here are my two times.

Street Fighter 2 is considered one of the games the put the Super Nintendo ahead of the Genesis. It was announced that it would be exclusive to this system, so many Street Fighter 2 die hards had to get the SNES. I had the game pre-ordered a few months before the game came out. Probably about a year later Capcom found a loophole in their agreement with Nintendo and released the Champion Edition version on the Genesis, but then later the SNES got the Turbo version. It is pretty crazy how many versions of Street Fighter 2 were released before making it to number 3.

Here is the original commercial for Street Fighter 2 for the SNES.

The game I chose today was the original Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis. This game takes a little longer since there aren’t really any warp zones like mario. I did a lot better than I thought I would. I died probably 4 times during the entire game and managed to get all 6 chaos emeralds which gives you a slightly different ending.
Here is a pic of my time.

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Last weekend I finished all the homework I had, so I do not have any classes this week with Spring Break. I thought it would be fun to get some use out of my classic gaming consoles. Unfortunately, today I didn’t quite get the amount of time I wanted to spend on playing, but the game I chose for today is one I know well. The game was the original Super Mario Brothers. I was going to attempt the game without any warps and still might go for it if I end up with some time later in the week. I managed to complete the game in 16:31.9 and somehow managed to do it without losing any lives. I guess I’ve still got it.

For your enjoyment is one of the original NES commercials.