The first thing you'll notice as you turn on the game is its quality. The graphics and sound effects are as vibrant and powerful as they can get on a SNES conversion! Although lacking the extreme detail and heavy animation of Capcom's modern 2-D fighting games, it had great graphics for its time. The sound effects are plain dazzling! Memorable background music includes...hell, all of 'em! You can also listen to all the audio in the game in the options menu.
If you've played any of the other fighters by Capcom, you'll pick up the controls in ten seconds. There are three kick buttons and three punch buttons. Blocking is performed by pressing the control pad left or right. Special moves are standard Capcom fare and nothing complicated except maybe (though not for me) Zangief's spinning piledriver. The replay value is higher by far than its sequel Super SF2, in which the poor sound kills the long-lasting appeal, or any other 16-bit fighting game. The turbo speed is just the icing on an already solid cake. Plus, if you enter a secret code you can play on a ten-star speed setting, which should be experienced at least once! The playable bosses complement the old fighters with their diversity of moves, and the original cast have a couple of new moves as well.
This is definitely my most-played video game, and with good reason. For those of you who still have a SNES, I simply can't think of a better fighting game you could buy! If you have SF2, then this may not be necessary (although I think it would still be worth checking out due to the low price).
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