Street Fighter II: Turbo was the SF game that I had, so I played it constantly. I'm not really into fighting games, so Turbo is still my favourite. I loved to put in the code to give you 10 Turbo stars, so things were ridiculously fast.
GLaD 21: Super Street Fighter II: Turbo + Psychedelic Thursday (Now with Gaming Suggestions)
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Bing Image Mad Libz: Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba and Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert decide who gets to film a television show on the Greenland glaciers by way of Street Fighter II:Turbo match. Ultimately, Colbert's Chun Li wins out over Inaba's Ken, and Colbert hosts a dancing competition between bald eagles wearing American-themed mech armor.
Street Fighter II: Turbo might have been my favorite game to play on my older brother's SNES. Though I always got my ass kicked before I ever got to M. Bison on single player, two player was where it's at, and not only when I was a kid, but when I found out a good friend of mine's roommate had it on his own SNES in college, I played it as much as I could.
The gimmick is being able to speed up the gameplay by increasing the speed of the character on-screen. You could handicap them as well, but while I'm not sure what we all usually chose when I was younger (probably the fastest option), my friend Austin and I would always try to find a middle ground, cause matches became a bit ridiculous with characters on full blast all the time.
These two got especially ridiculous
Still, hyper speed or not, the game always had tight controls, easy to learn combos; well, easy to learn later in life in my case, prior to college I always just sort of pressed buttons and hoped Blanka would do his electrical shock, which is another thing my friend and I decided was a bit cheap; and just all-around fun gameplay.
Pictured Above: An asshole who loves Spam
This of course was what spurred the immense popularity of the arcade cabinet, apparently. I say apparently because I think the Street Fighter arcade phenomenon was a little before my time as far as arcades go, as I remember a lot more Mortal Kombat cabinets in skating rinks and Chuck E. Cheeses. You read that right: when I was a kid, we didn't have Lieberman breathing down our throat about violence; well we did, but you wouldn't know that by walking in to the nearest Cici's Pizza.
Back in MY day, you'd walk a mile uphill both ways in the snow,
and then Raiden would try to kill you in real life
No matter though, we had it on a home console, and I loved all the characters, the gameplay, the story, and my God the music; I mean after all, it goes with anything. That bass line is sick!
I can't choose a favorite song or stage, as I love them all, but the character I played as most in my youth was ....
Vega
What are your thoughts on Street Fighter II: Turbo?
ANd now it's time for
Psychedelic Thursday
(With Audio Intros and Game Suggestions!)
This guy will kick your ass at Rock Band
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