While its pretty much a fact that Zero 2 was an unequivocal upgrade, one cannot deny the sheer awesomeness that was Zero/Alpha when it came out, and later on the Saturn. It really was THE fighting game and kept me hooked for ages. This game carries such strong nostalgia for me its astonishing, ;p

Loved the GBC version. For the sacrifices made, they still pulled it off nicely.

as usual the saturn proves why its the king of 2d gaming and will foever be remembered as one of the most underrated consoles ever alongside the dreamcast

that's the alpha 2 cover in the thumbnail

i noticed that the CPS changer has flickering shadows on the super moves, almost like Snes's version of Alpha 2. The CPS2 one has them solid.

The Sega Saturn is the console to own when it comes to 2D gaming. Interestingly, when the Saturn and PlayStation 1 first got released in Japan back in the mid 1990's, the Saturn was selling better than the PlayStation 1 for a while. However, in Europe and the US it was the opposite due to people wanting more and more 3D gaming. There are loads of Saturn games in Japan that sadly never saw the light of day in the West. Back then the only way to play them if not living in Japan was to either get the Saturn chipped or use a Universal Cartridge for the cartridge slot to enable to play import games. I remember getting the Universal Cartridge for my Saturn and I also remember getting the game Astal on japanese import which I really enjoyed but I couldn't understand why it didn't get a UK release as the game also got released in the US and it's a really good game.

The GBC version actually looks quite good.

The Playstation version is actually polygonal characters with bitmaps, that overall look like the arcade sprites. It helped overcome some techincal issues. The PS1 CPS2 conversions all use this technique (unsure about XMEN COTA because Capcom didn't do the conversion for PS1) It's also why, no matter how clear your display is, you can NEVER see the faces 100% pixel by pixel, like you can on sprite versions. The technique is much easier to see in Marvel games, Gambits idle animation and his coat in XSF, you can easily see it's polygonal and a lot of animation is simulated by warping the polygons. Not so hidden in Alpha 3 with hit sparks.

for those that remember... "BLUE SHADOWS!!!" ^_^ never forget :D

The arcade version along with Mega Man: The Power Battle arcade, comes with 2 different soundtrack formats: YM2151+OKIM6295 and Q-Sound. Many may like the louder MIDI sound module style Q-Sound, but the other sounds more nostalgic in a good way, making me like it a bit more.

The PS2 port puts them all to shame--including the original arcade version. The only downside to the PS2 version (part of SFA Anthology) is the lack of the option for the arranged soundtrack, but it sort of made up for it by including the option for the CPS Changer soundtrack and made the arranged tracks available in the sound test for listening).

seems like the Sega Saturn port is close to the arcade one and wins imo.

chain combos!!

The CPS Changer (i.e. CPS1) hardware lacks the QSound audio chip, so all the music had to be redone for the Yamaha FM synthesizer and Oki PCM audio chip that's in the CPS1.

You should've also shown the bootleg nes port by hummer team that looked amazing!

I also give props to the GBC version. I owned this as a kid. Chains work, omitting medium attacks, so you could still get something like J.HK, C.LP, C.LK, S.HK with Ken, and even something like Rose deep C.HKxSuper Soul Throw, actually worked.

The game boy color port was really good for the hardware, I loved playing it

The weirdest thing about the Windows 95 port is that it runs at half the framerate of the PS1 version. Otherwise good video, this game had the best home ports of all the Zero games (aside from the PS2 collection).

The GBC version of this game is damned IMPRESSIVE. Wow, I was expecting a trainwreck.

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While I have like 7 copies of SFZ2 on multiple systems I am proud to say I only own the Sega Saturn version of this game... because SFZ2 was a better game :) Glad to see you made a comparison video of this game as well.

PERFECT STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 1 VIDEO Arcade is a King👍 PS1 & Saturn 👍both have remixed music sounds + excellent graphics and better gameplay Window 95 ok the good thing is loading faster is ok to played the music sounds very good like arcade is a same GameBoy Color unbelievable played very well the graphics not perfect is ok the music sounds ok played the game is the best Java good not better than Arcade + Good graphics and missing character because is a mobile phone i don't like to played fighting game in mobile phone i prefer Arcade & Console

ARCADE AND SEGA SATURN

I bought a PlayStation back in the day just to play sf alpha because my local arcade got rid off it after 2 weeks and replaced it with alpine racer .

I just learned that the SH-1 and 2 chips used in the 32X were also used in Capcom's CPS-3 board. The CPS-1 and 2 used a 68000 and almost the same Yamaha sound chip. So if Capcom wanted, they could have easily ported these games to the 32X. In the case of the CPS-1 game, the 32x is far more powerful and has more memory so arcade perfect ports would have been elementary to implement. Que sera sera.

If you ever wanted to know what CPS1 Alpha 1 would sound like, there it is, with a lack of CPS2's Q-Sound.

The Sega Saturn really seemed to handle 2D games better than the PS1, it's just a shame that 3D games were being pushed so much that people/game developers forgot about that. I remember finally being able to play this via game via emulation in the months leading up to CPS2Shock getting past the CPS2 copy protection, because someone hacked the CPS Changer version to run in an emulator back in 2000. The Gameboy Color version is a lot of fun, despite its limitations. Thanks for another great show.

Adon's theme sounds so like a tony Macalpine style music track

@Retro Core: Will you ever do a detailed analysis of STREET FIGHTER ZERO: FIGHTERS GENERATION/STREET FIGHTER ALPHA ANTHOLOGY that was on PS2?! I really want to see your thoughts on it due to you leaving it out of the capcom comparisons you do on your Battle of the Ports series.

CPS1 board had less animation as well I think.

I've played the Saturn port as a kid.

what emulator did you use for the Java ? I couldn't get it to work at all.

The console version used arranged soundtrack

Windows 95 ? Damn I didn't know about this port.

again, the PS version has better color, I didn't know both the Saturn and PS versions have the mix soundtracks? I thought that was just the PS version? The voices are SUPER clear in the PS version, As for the missing animation you must be talking about when the character wins? Arcade wins because of no loading but the PS wins due to the remix soundtrack. This was a big game when it hit the PS1, overall, a good game.

Saturn >Psx

Just funny,where did you get Java SF? I am pretty sure it wasnt officially translated to russian. ;)

Why who used the CPS changer version at 00:25

It was a nice try that's for sure. But with Alpha 2 they finally got the formula and I loved it. I played SFA on PC for the very first time. It left some impression on me. The only thing I disliked was the very few characters in game

Iv played the snes version as well the Saturn and PlayStation The Saturn version is much better then the PlayStation and the snes version might had some missing frames of animation but it had all the background animation witch was missing from the PlayStation version but present in the Saturn version of the game

Street Fighter Alpha series is my favourite but why you guys for always not mentioning PS2 version

Rosie, how dare you take a game.That it you make a grounded for 72972827828228 years,go to your room right now

The PS1 animation is the same as the Saturn and the Arcade, better not to spread misinformation. It's true that the loading is a bit longer than the Saturn though. Also the voices/sfx are a bit more muffled in Saturn

I love watching battle of the ports naked!!! woohooo

Street Alpha Anthology PS2???? How can you miss that.. Lol best versions of all Alpha series

Battle of the Ports - Street Fighter Zero 3 / Alpha 3 Please !

I still have the Playstation 1 version of the game. it was alright i think.

Why did you use cps changer to show arcade version? I think cps2 version would have been better.

Will you be doing a zero 3 vid?

Hopefully zero 2 and 3 next

The aspect is way off on Win95.

I still have Alpha and Alpha 2 on CD for the PC, anyone tried it with Windows 10? Or am I better off using an emulator?

I liked the Windows 95 version better. Reply that you like it too if you agree...

Oh yeah, watched zero2 last week.oops

your gameboy sound emulation is really bad it sounds clearly better normally.

I wonder why the super famicom had a port of zero 2 and not 1

Street Fighter ZERO Ratings: Arcade (CPS2): 9.5/10 (The game is good, however there are two things that prevent it from reaching a perfect 10 stars. 1. The voices are so cringy and don't feel like they should be there. And 2. The gameplay (as to be expected with early Capcom games) is a hard sack of crap. That's not to say it's bad.) Arcade (CPS1): 8.0/10 (The CPS1 version is basically the Elite port of Space Harrier: A ruined version of the CPS2 port. The music is bad, and I mean MS-DOS SF2 bad. The day I start liking the CPS1 is the day when they actually *upgrade to a better music board.* But trust me, that day will never come.) Mobile Java: 0.0/10 (What even is this?!?! This port is horrible, unredeemable, and the music is crap! What also blows my mind is that they had the balls to use the Street Fighter ZERO 2 music for the title screen. This is not a good port.) PlayStation: 7.0/10 (Again, good effort, but the sound effects sound like they came out of a '30s flick. And I wasn't even born in the 1930s! Also, the loading time never disappoints in the crap factor.) Game Boy: 1.0/10 (Oh, god, please do not make me go insane again... God damn it, Tiertex...) Windows 95: 8.7/10 (It's good, but the intro is trash. The intro must've came straight out of the 80s if it looks this bad. However, I can't forgive the fact that they had to use the PlayStation version.) Sega Saturn: 10.5!/10 (Yet another port that breaks the 10-star mark... And deservedly so. This port is perfect. There are no errors I can spot here.) In short, the Sega Saturn is awesome and the Mobile Java is crap.

Still won't spend the $12 it takes to buy alpha antalogy I see. :p

The mobile version is horrible