The pc version was one of the most impressive adaptations ive ever bought. Including the music, amazing quality. And the package... was simply gorgeous.

They don't call the Dreamcast version "For Matching Service", for nothing ;)

HD Remix wasn't that bad. You could change the sprites back to the originals (not the backgrounds though) and its netcode was fantastic. When it came out, there weren't many places or people in person to play with anymore, so playing online was great. The remixed music was better than any of the older remixes (like 3DO) and by the way, the version in this video was the beta, Ken was changed a lot in the final version. Also many versions before this had little choice when it came to arcade joysticks, but the Xbox 360 and PS3 had great ones. Unless you built your own for older consoles, the best you could get was the official Dreamcast stick. But even that was only as good as the lowest end sticks on 360.

SF2 is definitely in the top 5 most iconic soundtracks. Up there with Mario, Sonic, Streets of Rage and Outrun

Thanks for the review. My fave way to play the game is the Dreamcast port, with a Total Control 3 adapter that lets me use the Saturn pad. I also play the rom on Fightcade.

So addicted to the battle of Ports series :)

The arcade, Saturn and Dreamcast versions of SSF2T/SSF2TX are the best, hands down.

Saturn and Dreamcast are the best for me.

when you said the hd remix version is rubbish, you are quite correct, sir.

One thing that’s not mentioned is that no version got the Q Sound stereo separation correct up until the Dreamcast and then Hyper SF2 on PS2 and on.

Dreamcast wins! Perfect!

I have been waiting for this battle episode for a long time. I spent the last year searching for the most authentic Super Street Fighter II Turbo experience. After playing almost every version in this episode I gave up and bought the CPS2 arcade board. It cost a small fortune, but it was only slightly more expensive than the Dreamcast version. I love the show, keep up the good work.

-The Best: Saturn version. -The Worst: Amiga CD32.

Thanks for this Battle, I only saw the 3DO and DOS port when they came out, and vaguely heard of some of the other ones. So it's great to watch a summary in one video.

This time, there are 2 superior ports for Sega systems, the Dreamcast & Saturn. I find nothing wrong with the HD Remix of Super Street Fighter II Turbo for the XBOX 360, as the backgrounds got a much needed visual boost. And Cammy is still a cutie!

Super Street Fighter II X. That game is pure gold. It's, like, the fighting game that definitely got me in the genre.

Dreamcast and Saturn are probably the best ports. Only real downside to the Saturn version is it runs at 352x224 instead of 384x224 like the Arcade, Dreamcast, and PS1 versions.

3DO port was incredible, the new soundtrack was great. I have so many versions of Super Turbo, the GBA version was decent

Thanks. great comparison. However missing Street Fighter 15th Anniversary collection from PS2 and Original Xbox. These were arcade perfect ports with enhanced music and a more reasonable difficulty.

I quite enjoy the HD Remix OST. Enjoyable episode, thanks.

It looks like the DC and Saturn ports are the ones to get. The GBA port is pretty fun to play as well. I always regretted that Capcom didn't bring Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo to the SNES/Genesis instead of the regular version, as those consoles did a decent job with the game IMO. It would have been nice to see a 32X version of Turbo as well. Thanks for another great episode.

If you use headset then you listen very closely the PlayStation does have little audio compression.

I love the Saturn version. It plays well enough for me and with the jp pad it's a nice play. The SF2 collection on Saturn is my most favourite though, an awesome disc.

Dreamcast is the best and most complete port for sure!

How can you say the MS-DOS music is poor? Much of it is better than the 3DO port

Hyper Street Fighter 2 on PS2 is all anyone ever needs.

Now include Ultra SFII for Nintendo Switch :) Great video!

You forgot to mention that the HD Remix version allows you to play with the original sprites, hitboxes, and music for the purist hardcore fans that didn't like the new changes. It's a great version if you have an arcade stick... but, yeah, the Saturn version is the best outside of the arcade.

Having played SFII on SNES as a kid and drooling over the arcade versions of the franchise for so many years I'm still always chuffed to play a great conversion like the Saturn and Dreamcst ports (and in RGB on a CRT). Great stuff, you can't beat that! I personally really liked the HD Remix - it does what it says on the tine, the music was alright too, especially Zangiefs stage - it's not "Cammy level" standard by any means but nice and the tunes are decent overall..

Hi Yakumo! Really nice video and thanks for your work! One thing i noticed: The aspect ratio of the PS1 version video capture seems to be wrong (is it widescreen?) and it looks really weird/distorted. Probably just a non-original resolution setting in the emulator.

Man Capcom really milked the hell out of SF2 series on all the consoles, except one... NeoGeo, which was about 4X more powerful than CPS1 arcade board, and it would have been a fantastic port for the NeoGeo fans (one more fighter on the console :P)

Loved the MS DOS Version.

I L♡VE the MS-DOS version of SSF2X/Turbo along with the CD soundtrack, it may not be as great as the soundtrack of the 3DO and FM-Towns versions but it's a nice attempt to refresh the soundtrack while offering something new, and it's miles better than the soundtrack of the recent versions. the AI however acts a little weird sometimes cause they cancel certain moves that they would do in any other version, and i also noticed that Vega/Balrog doesn't lose his claw after taking some hits. but the most interesting thing on the DOS version is that you can fight Gouki in some ocasions even if your using continues with Bison/Vega, though sadly Gouki's theme doesn't exist in the DOS version. Flaws aside it does play well and it's a nice package considering the DOS version apparently was fairly cheap when it came out, you could even send a mail i think, and they would send you a controller, though i belive it was a 4 button controller which is bad cause everyone knows SF2 works better with a 6 button joystick.

I have the 3do, gba & dreamcast versions. The 3do was by far the best port when released, the gba port is solid for a handheld port and the dreamcast port is beautiful!

07:24 - My gracious, that punish was sick.

The biggest issue with the original arcade version of SSF2X/Turbo is that playing on anything other than slowest, the stages don't all run at the same speed! Zangief's, Sim's, Claw's and Sagat's stages run super fast compared to something like Ryu's stage.

Fantastic comparison video! Thanks for this.

MS DOS has the best soundtrack ever even better than 3DO

You can reduce the load times of the PS1 version to be shorten(like 3 seconds of loading) by playing it on PS2 and setting the disc read speed to fast, it fixes that and I have a youtube playthrough of it as Chun Li where there's proof of that.

3:18 Darksydephil's favorite version. LOL

Dreamcast is the Arcade-truest Port of them all, no Question...

The 3DO version was overrated! Once you see that there's only one background layer, it looks like the fighters are in front of a projector screen and you can't unsee the illusion.

I was going to post that you would be quite happy which ever port you had as they all seem to play well. Then along came the CD32 version 😮

Great video Yakumo, really enjoyed that...that original chip music made me cry a bit.

this version with power gauge and hidden Akuma was sadly never released on snes nor sega megadrive

The Dreamcast version is amazing, clearly the king of the ports here, with the Saturn close behind, followed by the PSX, which would have had a good chance if not for that damned loading. I actually have the PSX version, and even back then I could just FEEL myself aging while playing it. The 3DO was a valiant effort, but with that controller, it just wasn't going to be good. You NEED the Capcom pad or an SNES adapter to even think about playing this one. HDR was pretty cool, too. I'm not sure I'd say the voice samples for that one were all right, and I definitely don't agree that the music was rubbish. I found it quite enjoyable, albiet not the highest quality that OCRemix has ever put out. The announcer sounds like it was a new voice, though, and not a very good one either. As to the art, honestly I found the UDON work on the characters great, but some of the backgrounds seem... Off, for lack of a better term, especially Dhalsim's stage. Sad they used those backgrounds for Ultra...

Seriously, I think that the GBA version is great. It has beautiful animations and the gameplay is responsive.

What do you mean by a slow version that doesn't remove any frames?

When it was lauched, i just got out of the school bus, at the corner of my street, and went to the bar/arcade. Geez, right after me and my brother were there, they installed SSF2T. Man, can you imagine the hypeness, the curiosity, the misterious things like the new bar, new intro ? And the super combo commands weren't included, so we were blind for a long time after the commands were in game magazines here in Brasil. And i played the Dos version back then, i didn't have the perception, for me was a good game. Played the 3do version at a game rent place.... What a perfection (at the time). Now i just love my Saturn version here :) (for the game speeds, i don't like the frakking speedier turbo... I prefer playing on Turbo 1, which is a little faster than the SSF2, but 2 and 3 are unbeareable to me. The game is already difficulty, more speed only fck you...)

Saved the best till last :)

Do you use ePSXe for playstation emulation in battle of the ports?

HD Remix... "rubbish music" came from users of OverClocked (OC) Remix, maybe they were professional musicians, maybe not, but I agree... the music was weird in that port.

FABULOUS!!! Thanks for making my Sunday! :)

amiga 32 has the best blanka bite throw animation

I got the arcade 1 up version I wonder how it measures while I'm aware of the mono sound which I really did not notice it plays really well

Hd remix is pretty milling especially soundtrack wise but boxers theme "Sexy Trunks " is essential! Almost redeems the entire soundtrack imo

the gba was my 1sy port and it still holds well for me after all these years now

Ps1, and ps2 versions were quite good to be honest.

Ok firstly, if we're talking about the best SSF2T you have to take a few things into consideration. The first being display, input and hardware. The Saturn has the FM Yamaha Sound chip which is considered the best sound chip available pre 128bit era. Also, the Saturn architecture is mid 90's Sega arcade hardware lets not forget that, this means capcoms cps2 programming came right over. Saturn was the perfect platform. Also If you run a scart cable into a RGB converter into a CRT TV you will have SUPERIOR color and pixel!! Saturn version also doesnt lose any sprite animation. So, better sound and visual Saturn is the best home port. So what about controller? Well Saturn has 6 face buttons. Seriously, Saturn wins on all fronts.

I like that the Amiga CD32 version is tucked away in the corner, as if to shame it. It certainly deserves it Also, for some reason, I like the 3DO port more than the Saturn and arcade version. I have a bit of a soft spot for it, it might be because of the music or that it's one of the best games for the 3DO.

1.Dreamcast 2.saturn 3.3do 4.gba

I've got the arcade version of this game on CPS2 hardware. Got two of them in fact. One is the tournament edition that allows 4 cabinets to be linked together for tournament style play. Who remembers that? Anyway, I would go to the arcade in my teenage years and would be able to stay playing this machine for hours without losing. Yes, that means I'm still better at it than you... lol!

very enjoyable episode of one of the best games ever! thank you!

My fav game of all time.

love the dos and amiga versions for the music

The GBA version is impressive!

Dreamcast version looks tremendous. It is ok to call the entire port of HD remix "rubbish" and not just the soundtrack

what can you tell about Ultra S.F. II the Final Challengers performance?

Isn't 224p the resolution of the SNES ports (and most of its games)? I think the Arcade games are 240pbut I may be wrong. Also HD Remix runs at 720p natively as far as I know, it's not 1080p. :)

Why didn't you add the SSF2 ports on Mega Drive and SNes? or is this a totally diferent game?

I always liked the music in HD Remix.

Many years later, the best home port now is found on the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. While the online is ok at best even though it's rollback, it's still the best ST home port out there since it's almost arcade perfect.

Would have been good if you showed the differences you were referring to. 👍

Well, at least HD Remix gave us Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers.

HD remixed was such a haste job.

whats with the life bar in the ps1 version?

Was your CD32 emulator running at the full framerate? It looks much lower than it does on the real hardware.

You can't do a direct port comparison using imperfect emulators. Also, the 3D0 and Dreamcast versions run the game natively in 480i, resulting in more blurry sprites (and flicker) as compared to the arcade, playstation, and saturn versions, which all run in ~240p. But you wouldn't be able to see any of that on emulators...

Arcade, Saturn & 3DO (just for the remixed audio) versions all the way, here in the West (Australia) I own the Playstation version however I would much rather own the Saturn version yet that version off the Street Fighter Collection goes for stupid money these days so I can't justify it, still, I can dream! :)

Sadly, both this and the original Super Street Fighter II never got ported to the Mega-CD or the PC Engine CD.

Also for DOS, it came with a six button pad (much like the garbage DOS port of New Challengers, which be thankful that you didn't get sound running on, and the okish port of MegaMan X). The controller used all four P1 axes and buttons, two buttons from P2 (how a PC 4-button pad worked), and parts of the two axes from P2 to get all six working. Also unlike New Challengers, the MIDI music was DECENT! Oh, on the art style for HD Remix: the graphics were done by Udon Comics. They did the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers comics from a few years back.

It was very rare indeed when we Amiga owners got a good Capcom port... Even rarer than with Sega!

What the hell is with the emulation on your PlayStation version?

i believe Human Soft made some of the Clock Tower games

Isn't this (Super?) Street Fighter II (Turbo?) - The New Challengers on the SNES, or is there something different in that version?

Glad to know that I am not the only one who dislike the music in that HD Remix travesty.

Good show! I like the sound mix of the 3DO, sounds awesome, I didn't know about the Dreamcast port, or the msdos. The remake looks great, but the 3DO bgm still the best..

The HD Remixed Look like it’s Made in China doesn’t feel like Japanese Quality on the 90s Port

the original xbox. has also a street fighter anniversary collection with the hyper street fighter 2. including the option to play like the super street fighter 2 turbo

i actually really loved HD Remix, i hope they bring it to steam one day (along with older games like SFA2) just a little tip if anyone is interested: you can still buy SFA2 on gog.com.. but the port is pretty terrible

I swear, I can't be the only one who hates Blanka's CPU in this game.

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the exclusive PC version of Super Turbo. the one that had a whole different version of the soundtrack not found one the FM Towns or 3DO versions.

I had the 3DO version in mint condition and I was stupid enough to sell it several years ago.

Personally I'd be tempted to give the nod to the Playstation version over the Saturn version as the play area isn't quite as cropped on the sides (still cropped though). That loading though... urgh.

I had no idea there was a CD32 version. I always thought it was odd that Capcom never cashed in on this game on 16-bit consoles, I just assumed 3DO had some kind of console exclusivity deal at the time. Maybe the CD32 being compatible with Amiga games gave Commodore a back door on that one?

Hyper Street Fighter II for PS2 - best port period.

Dreamcast version with the proper dipswitches is the closest to the arcade original. It should also be noted that the 3DO version, for all it's positives, is missing the ability to play as the (mostly, with some slight alterations on some characters) SSF2 versions of characters via character select codes. There's also a version on the PS2 and Xbox on Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2, which COULD have been perfect if it didn't suffer from having really bad input delay.

The arcade and GBA ports are the winner.

Cool. Putting in Japanese letters in the description. I like the 3DO version personally, though I find nothing wrong with any of the versions myself. That's just me.

I cannot believe how bad is the port for the amiga cd32. I believe the amiga 32 could have done a much better job with decent devs porting the game.