Street Fighter

Street Fighter (commonly abbreviated SF) is a popular series of fighting games in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. The first game in the series was released by Capcom in 1987. more...

Brief History of Fighting Games

The birth of fighting games came long before Capcom's juggernaut sequel landed in arcades in 1991. In fact, the first one-on-one fighting game is considered to be Victronics' Warrior (1979), which featured vector graphics of two knights fighting over an overlay with a top-down perspective. The next fighting game wouldn't appear for a long time due to the decline faced by video games in the early eighties, but made a huge comeback when Karate Champ was released by Data East in 1984. Karate Champ was the first true two-player fighting game, featuring two joysticks for controls. Thanks to the versus mode, gamers flocked to arcades to challenge their friends, and arcade operators were thankful for the added revenue. Following on the heels of Karate Champ was Konami's Yie-Ar Kung Fu, which debuted in 1985 with impressive graphics (for the time) that featured detailed backgrounds in an arena setting. Set on releasing their own fighting game for the arcade, Japanese arcade manufacturer Capcom begins on planning on their own game featuring the best elements of both Karate Champ and Yie Ar Kung-Fu. In 1987, the world gets to play as Ryu and Ken for the very first time in Street Fighter, which drew crowds thanks to the flashy super moves and a wide variety of characters to challenge.

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