Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 103

“IT WAS ALSO THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS FOR
LONG SESSIONS OF FIERCE BATTLES AND FURIOUS TRASH TALKING SO WE
COULD DETERMINE WHO TRULY WAS THE KING OF STREET FIGHTER II!”

to play at home whenever I wanted
for as long as I wanted and on my
terms was a god send! So for the
next six months, instead of using the
money that my mum would give me
to buy lunch, I would instead put it
into a money box that I dubbed my
‘Super Nintendo Fund’ and saved
feverishly until I had enough to buy
a SNES with Super Mario World and
then proceeded to beg and beg and
beg my parents to buy me a copy
of Street Fighter II: The World War-

rior for my birthday. It was pure bliss
and would go on to further cement
my love of not just Street Fighter, of
gaming in general and a period of
my life that I will always look back on
fondly!
While the Super Nintendo port (and
the Mega Drive port that would soon
follow) would never be a replacement for arcade original, it went a
long way to help me become a better player. It helped me to learn bet-

ter spacing and execution skills that I
could transfer to the arcade and also
gave me the confidence to take on
random challengers. It was also the
perfect excuse to get together with
friends for long sessions of fierce
battles and furious trash talking so
we could determine who truly was
the king of Street Fighter II!

Written by Mark Cassar
(Guest writer from retrodominaton.
com for stickytrigger.com)