Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers

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Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
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Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (スーパーストリートファイターII THE NEW CHALLENGERS) is an update to Street Fighter II, and was originally released in arcades in 1993. It is the fourth arcade release of Street Fighter II, following the original Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, and Street Fighter II (Turbo): Hyper Fighting. It was brought to the Sega Mega Drive in 1994.

Improvements

Unlike previous entries in the series the arcade Super Street Fighter II runs on the more powerful Capcom CPS-2 hardware (as opposed to the CPS-1 which previous entries in the series used), which means that although the core gameplay is the same, many refinements to the graphics and audio were made. It also introduces four new characters; T. Hawk, Cammy, Fei-Long and Dee Jay. All additions from Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting remain intact.

Mega Drive Version

Super Street Fighter II was the second Street Fighter II game to be released for the Sega Mega Drive, following from the Mega Drive-only release of Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (effectively a tweaked version of Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting with alterations more suited to the Mega Drive's hardware). Unlike the arcade lineage, however, Super Street Fighter II was rebuilt almost completely from scratch, so although derives from the same base as Special Champion Edition, borrows very few assets from that earlier release.

Super Street Fighter II uses a different sound driver than Special Champion Edition, and the majority of graphics have been re-drawn and improved. It also re-introduces missing elements from the older release such as the announcer's voice.

However, this comes at a cost — the game ROM is 5MB (40 Megabits) in size, while the Mega Drive console can only safely access 4MB (you can theoretically go up to 10MB but the Sega CD and 32X will clobber you). Capcom created a special bank switching mapper unit to get around this problem, with Super Street Fighter II being the only officially licensed game on the Mega Drive to use such technology (others opt for an SRAM mapper). The custom hardware and larger ROM, however, drove the game's price to ¥10,900 in Japan, with similar inflated prices across the world. The only other licensed Mega Drive games originally priced at more than ¥10,000 were Koei's various titles, but those were deliberately sold at those prices.

Capcom also released a Super Nintendo version of Super Street Fighter II at around the same period, which shares assets with this Mega Drive version. The SNES code (and by extension, likely this Mega Drive version's code) derives from two older SNES releases; a port of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1992) and a retooled version of Hyper Fighting, Street Fighter II Turbo (1993).

Sequels and Re-releases

In the arcades, Super Street Fighter II would be followed up by yet another update, Super Street Fighter II Turbo (known as Super Street Fighter II X in Japan). This would avoid the Mega Drive (and SNES) in favour of the 3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32 and IBM PC, however a would eventually make its way to the Sega Dreamcast in a tweaked form, Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service.

Arcade ports of both Super Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II Turbo would be included in the Sega Saturn release of Street Fighter Collection. This Mega Drive version of Super Street Fighter II has also since been brought over to the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan (and listed on Sega's main site for some reason).

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 №34, p116/117
88 №153
80 №12, p62/63/64
80 №33, p122/123/124/125
92 №23, p60/61/62/63/64/65
94 №23, p50/51/52/53
98 №44, p78/79/80/81
96 №57
90 №35, p44/45
Sega Mega Drive
 90
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[1]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
90
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
92
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[5]
Edge (UK)
80
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
96
[8]
Game Players (US)
96
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
90
[10]
GamePro (DE)
87
[11]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
75
[13]
Hacker (HR)
79
[14]
Joker (SI)
86
[15]
Joypad (FR) PAL
80
[16]
LeveL (CZ)
85
[17]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
94
[18]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
89
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
89
[20]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
84
[21]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
96
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC
92
[23]
Player One (FR)
98
[24]
Play Time (DE)
91
[25]
Score (CZ)
90
[26]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
96
[27]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC
96
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[29]
Sega Force (SE)
80
[30]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
82
[31]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
89
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[33]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
92
[34]
Todo Sega (ES)
96
[35]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
92
[36]
Video Games (DE) PAL
91
[37]
Sega Mega Drive
 87
Based on
37 reviews

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers

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, BR
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Cover
Mega Drive, KR

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Cart
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 225
  2. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 23
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 20
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 116
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 58
  6. ↑ Edge, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-07-28), page 62
  7. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  9. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 54
  10. ↑ GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
  11. ↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-26), page 50
  12. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 15
  13. ↑ Game Informer, "September/October 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 30
  14. ↑ Hacker, "07/1995" (HR; 1995-xx-xx), page 40
  15. ↑ Joker, "Oktober 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  16. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 122
  17. ↑ LeveL, "Červen 1995" (CZ; 1995-06-01), page 41
  18. ↑ Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 50
  19. ↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 72
  20. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 82
  21. ↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
  22. ↑ MegaTech, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 6
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-07-30), page 60
  24. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
  25. ↑ Play Time, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-07), page 102
  26. ↑ Score, "Říjen 1994" (CZ; 1994-10-01), page 54
  27. ↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 78
  28. ↑ Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 25
  29. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 44
  30. ↑ Sega Force, "7-8/94" (SE; 1994-10-19), page 20
  31. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 144
  32. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 179
  33. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  34. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 14th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-01), page 10
  35. ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 30
  36. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 255
  37. ↑ Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 96
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