Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition

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Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
CERO
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Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition, known as Street Fighter II Dash Plus (ストリートファイターII ダッシュプラス) in Japan is a fighting game released by Capcom for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993. It is an enhanced port of the arcade game, Street Fighter II': The World Warrior released in 1992, with elements from its two arcade upgrades, Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Street Fighter II Dash in Japan) and Street Fighter II (Turbo): Hyper Fighting.

Contrary to popular belief and exacerbated by the confusing naming schemes, Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition is not a direct port of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition. Special Champion Edition is a Mega Drive-exclusive game, closer in nature to Hyper Fighting, featuring all twelve Street Fighter II fighters as playable characters from the start as well as hyper modes. Alterations are also made to take into account the weaker Mega Drive hardware and the cartridge technology on offer - there is no announcer, for example, and there are predictably fewer on-screen colours.

Special Champion Edition is notable among Mega Drive fans, as the console's main competitor, the Super Nintendo, had at this point received two Street Fighter II games (Street Fighter II, and Street Fighter II Turbo), both derived from arcade versions of the game. Whilst not selling as many copies as the previous Super Nintendo releases (6.3 million and 4.1 million respectively) Special Champion Edition managed to sell 1.65 million copies, becoming Capcom's only Mega Drive title to surpass more than a million unit sales (a feat only repeated by one other Capcom title on a Sega system; Resident Evil Code: Veronica on the Sega Dreamcast. As well as bringing Sega's console back onto a level playing field, Special Champion Edition also debuted with the Mega Drive six button control pad, utilised by this game and considered by many to be the superior control scheme to the default SNES controllers.

Both consoles would see the next upgrade, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. Special Champion Edition has since been re-released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Production Credits

Planner: Tatsuya "Mickey" Minami
Software Design: Yoshito "Leo" Itoh, Tomoyuki "E-Hito" Ohta, Koji "Yoshilim" Yoshida, Kiyomi "Kanekon" Kaneko, Harunobu "Img" Imagawa, Koji "Cuty" Ueyama, Hisashi "Kurarin" Kuramoto, Tadashi "Sanchan" Sanzen, Syuichiroh "Luck" Chiboshi, Hiroki "Chun" Bandoh
Music Design: Tadashi "Elf" Joukagi, Setsuo "Kashira" Yamamoto
Sound Design: Tatsuya "Anie" Nishimura, Tadashi "Elf" Joukagi
Object Design: Masao "Sakusan" Sakurai, "Nabe-Chan" Mayumi, Akemi "Zizi" Iwasaki, Hajime‑Chan, Naokazu "Sailor-V" Saitoh
Scroll Design: Shizuyo "R.H.C.P." Ukai, Ryutaro's Mama, Jun "Bunny" Takeuti, Joe Yabuki
Very Special Thanks: Masayuki "Imo" Akahori, Professor F
Special Thanks: Hyper Bengie, Mizushima "Afh"‑Ya., Mr. Sawalim, Factory Matsubara, Hironobu Takeshita, Mr. Makino, Osu Nakajima, Capcom All Staff, and You
Presented by: Capcom

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94
80 №2, p86/87
96
95
95 №24, p66/67/68
95
98 №13, pSupplement
97
94 №44, p24/25/26/27
94 №48, p60/61
96
95 №25, p34/35/36/37
Sega Mega Drive
94
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
88
[2]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[3]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
94
[4]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-J
96
[5]
Edge (UK)
80
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
75
[8]
Freak (IL)
95
[9]
GameFan (US)
97
[10]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
98
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[12]
Gamers (DE)
93
[13]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
95
[14]
GamesMaster (UK)
92
[15]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[16]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
95
[17]
Hyper (AU)
96
[18]
Joypad (FR)
95
[19]
MAN!AC (DE)
93
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[21]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J
94
[22]
Megablast (DE) PAL
75
[23]
Mega Force (FR)
95
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
93
[25]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
95
[26]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
95
[27]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
98
[28]
Megazone (AU)
91
[29]
Play Time (DE)
94
[30]
Power Up! (UK)
92
[31]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[32]
Sega Magazin (DE)
93
[33]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
96
[34]
Sega Power (UK)
94
[35]
Sega Pro (UK)
95
[36]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
93
[37]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
83
[38]
Sega Force (SE)
96
[39]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
76
[40]
The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994) (UK) PAL
90
[41]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[42]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
90
[43]
Sonic Videogame & Fumetti (IT)
97
[44]
Todo Sega (ES)
94
[45]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
89
[46]
Video Games (DE) PAL
91
[47]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[48]
Sega Mega Drive
90
Based on
48 reviews

Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition

Mega Drive, US
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
Mega Drive, AU (Sega Platinum Collection)
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Manual
Mega Drive, KR

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Mega Drive, Asia
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Cover



Street Fighter games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (unreleased) | Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (1993) | Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (1994)
Sega Saturn
Street Fighter: The Movie (1995) | Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1996) | Street Fighter II Movie (1996) | Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Dash) (1996) | Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996) | Street Fighter Collection (1997) | X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1997) | Pocket Fighter (1998) | Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1998) | Capcom Generation: Dai 5 Shuu Kakutouka-tachi (1998) | Street Fighter Zero 3 (1999)
Sega Master System
Street Fighter II' (1997)
Sega Dreamcast
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1999) | Street Fighter III: Double Impact (1999) | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (2000) | Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service (2000) | Street Fighter Zero 3 for Matching Service (2001) | Super Puzzle Fighter II X for Matching Service (2001)
Arcade
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (2001)
Sampler discs
Sega Saturn
Street Fighter Zero 2 Taikenban (199x) | Street Fighter Collection Taikenban (1997)
Sega Dreamcast
Street Fighter Zero 3 Tentou Taikenban (199x)
Unlicensed Street Fighter games for Sega systems
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear
Jang Pung II (1993)
Sega Mega Drive
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Mega Drive) (1998)
  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 224
  2. Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 24
  3. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 208
  4. Computer & Video Games, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-15), page 42
  5. Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 100
  6. Edge, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-30), page 86
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 46
  8. Famitsu, "1993-10-08" (JP; 1993-09-24), page 1
  9. Freak, "12/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  10. GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 11: October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10
  11. Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 66
  12. GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 54
  13. Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 56
  14. GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 56
  15. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 3" (1993-09-23, 24:00) (+7:09)
  16. Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 41
  17. Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 68
  18. Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
  19. Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 66
  20. MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 54
  21. Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 28
  22. Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 14
  23. Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 31
  24. Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 86
  25. Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 76
  26. Mega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30
  27. MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 52
  28. Mean Machines Sega, "Street Fighter II': The Ultimate Players Guide to the Greatest Game Ever!" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 2
  29. Megazone, "November 1993" (AU; 1993-11-03), page 42
  30. Play Time, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-10), page 122
  31. Power Up!, "Saturday, October 23, 1993" (UK; 1993-10-23), page 1
  32. Power Unlimited, "Nummer 5, December 1993" (NL; 1993-12-01), page 47
  33. Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 40
  34. Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 124
  35. Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 60
  36. Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 34
  37. Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 58
  38. Sega Force Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-16), page 34
  39. Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 8
  40. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 148
  41. The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994), "" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 33
  42. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  43. Sonic the Comic, "October 2nd 1993" (UK; 1993-10-02), page 10
  44. Sonic Videogame & Fumetti, "Dicembre 1993" (IT; 1993-11-xx), page 22
  45. Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 20
  46. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 179
  47. Video Games, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-27), page 114
  48. VideoGames, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 103