Gotta love that win quote "I hate the art of fighting, but I wanna be the king of fighters!". Good ol' CvS times

"This guy's a nightmare in this game." Every character is a nightmare in Alpha 3 when you play as Dan.

- "I lost my aeriel specials..." - Immediately cuts to A-ISM - My sides

Alpha 3 has so many modes it makes me mad at the lack of offline options nowadays in fighting games

"Who the hell is Dan?" -Ken Masters

This actually gives me a lot of confidence, because I thought that I was just incredibly bad at this game, but it turns out that I am incredibly bad and the AI is as bullshit as I thought it was.

Let's stop for a moment and appreciate how Dan straight up murders Bison, a guy he's just met, by melting his face using martial arts. Hibiki is a pretty damned DANgerous guy.

Personally, the release of Alpha 3 was the high-water mark for arcade fighting games. It was super anticipated, and the biggest thing hands-down when it dropped- every arcade had it on at least 2 cabs, and seven nights a week there was a crowd of dudes bringing their A-game. 3s and MvC2 have had more lasting importance, but Alpha 3 felt like 'you had to be there' in a way that has not been replicated since. Fond memories for sure.

7:20 I love how Sakura's just: "What the hell is this strawberry milkshake bullshit?"

Dan's father is Japanese and later immigrated to Hong Kong.

**attacks first** *"You’re under arrest for assaulting an officer!"* Yep, that’s Chinese police alright.

Chun attacks Dan, who was falsely accused and just trying to talk things through. Then tries to arrest him for assault when she's the aggressor. Funny how art imitates life

7:20 well actually, yes, that Sakura intro is specific vs Dan.

*Max fighting maki* : let's see this can't be too bad *Maki's grab damage* : "Allow me to introduce myself"

This was the game that introduced me to Dan, I didn't know who he was and thought he was a new fighter and his serious expression gave me the impression that he could be a good character. I wasn't amazing at the game but I wasn't bad either, I could beat the game on the lowest difficulty. Despite this, I got destroyed against the first person I faced!

If you pause at just the right moment at 7:14 you can see Dan say "I hate the art of fighting, but I wanna be the king of fighters!"

Props to Dan, I've never seen anyone blow half of Bison's face off with an Ultra Combo before.

I’m still so pissed that Capcom were too lazy as fuck to port over the PSP versions of Alpha 3 Upper Max to modern consoles because they were the most complete version of the games with all new modes. They really botched up the 30th anniversary collection by only using the most vanilla of ports. I still haven’t forgotten that mess

While Dan's damage output is definitely trash, Max didn't help it any by playing V-ism. That cuts the damage of all normals down 20% compared to A-ism

I remember playing this on the psp and it was fun and fast and in my opinion the best version of the game

Max: "Dan is from Hong Kong? Dan's Chinese??" Hong Kong civilians: "NO!" Chinese Government: "But actually yes"

"YOU CAN'T GIVE IT UP!" "BEAT 'EM UP GUYZ" (Reminds me of Jake Peralta from Brooklyn 99!) Also, Max seemed exhausted during this playthrough. Dan looks like such a struggle to play with in this game.

Those nuclear knees from Maki were hilarious.

I feel like this game is really where Dan shines as a full on joke character. Alpha 3 and MSHvSF is what really established him as the jokey, cocky, carefree Dan we all know and love today IMO, because in Alpha 1 and 2 (especially 1) he still had a tiny bit of seriousness to him. I loved how you could do the Dankukyaku in the air in Alpha 3. He could also do it in the air in MvC2 and the CvS games.

No one makes backgrounds like this anymore :(

There are usually only 3 reasons to play joke characters, humiliating opponents, personality and backstory, or the reason max is doing it: bored gods

24:15 Maki on CPU NORMAL executes a flawless V-ism custom combo with an OTG then follows it up with a hard mix up, then finishes off Max with a multi hit grab mashed faster then any human ever could mash for 30% HP: Maki: "Waruku omoi na yo!" > "No bad feelings okay?" Max's expression then...shows that there WERE bad feelings! Specially with the zoom in! Priceless...never change Max! xD

Honestly the aesthetic and atmosphere of this game, it’s just special.

My boy Dan; at his best when he is at his worst. Just how it should be.

Dan is the embodiment of the phrase "Talk shit, get hit".

3:13 Suddenly, 1-Minute Melee.

I'd never seen Dan's Alpha 3 ending before... Never would've guessed it's of him getting freaking bombed by fighter jets.

I know street fighter third strike gets more praise but my heart belongs to alpha 3 max . I use to own it on the psp and no matter how many games I kept buying I always went back to alpha 3. To this day I still believe that sfalpha3 had the best roster.

Man, this is making me want to listen to the Alpha 3 soundtrack again. Say what you want about this game, but the music was amazing.

7:14 "I hate the art of fighting, but I wanna be the king of fighters !"

Yun's sprite so clearly clashes with alpha 3's artsyle it throws me off.

This was always one of my favorites, had a cabinet of the game at the local Q-zar (lasertag). A quarter or two and I'd last an hour plus beating up folks that underestimated the Dan. Also *loved* using V-ism and rocketing the opponent with Dankykyaku's (the advancing kicks) from the bottom of the screen all the way to the top and out of view. Not the best damage, but certainly hilarious. ..A moment of silence for arcades. We hardly knew ye.

That start up sound brought up memories about this game i forgot i had

Guile has been watching DBS, he's trying to perfect Ultra Instinct.

I really enjoy these legacy videos. I hope max does more, sometimes it’s fun watching someone else play rather than yourself.

Yun and Yang can't be canon in Alpha 3 Max; it takes place, like, fifteen years before SF3. They'd be little kids.

21:20 Max is officialy salty and screwing around lmao

I used to own this version growing up. I still have my PSP

Speaking of cheap CPU: Dan vs. Shin Akuma and God Rugal in Capcom vs. SNK 2...

24:27 😂😂😂 to this day it still boggles the mind how they can make the AI throw you to death, but when you try to do it you only get like 2 hits. 🤔 maybe I was using the wrong controller...

The funny thing is that Dan isn't even the worst character in this game. Honda and Birdie are basically unplayable.

When figthing against M. Bison (CPU) , if you do a crouching jab away from him, it will almost always either make him crouch then throw a projectile or teleport behind you. It almost feels like controlling him like if you keep doing it, you can beat him perfectly. If you react accordingly that is. He does this also in Alpha 2

Protip: play vism Dan. Taunt in the middle of your combos. You have push block. You can corner carry with just one move (Dan kicks).

People forget if you play as Dan on the World tour you get power ups along the way which unlock comboing more. One can then use their world tour character in Arcade

2:26 Takuma from KOF in the background.😃 3:58 Ja John Cena!👊😲 17:04 to 17:07 Wow! Dan's ending is funny.😂

7:14 SNK reference. Nice!

Me and my cousins used to play the hell out of this game back in the PS1 era, we even purchased again on the Dreamcast good old days.

Dan being Chinese does kinda fit his image of being the "Cheap Knockoff" of Ryu

Yes, Hibiki is the most American last name ever!!! lol

17:27 when Max said he was exhausted from this, i felt that. Shin Akuma on 8 stars in this game is light work for me now, but make no mistake, that skill cost me many years to acquire. Idgaf if i see someone play on 1 star, the struggle is always real.

Like how Maxi talks about how ISMs change the gameplay of the characters. V-ISM was weird, but my favorite on Non-Shotos like Birdie/Guy/and Rolento. Alpha 3 was where I learned that Ryu was not a one trick pony. I spent sooo many quarters in the arcade just to master him. Xism Ryu was Fire Ball Low Spam until Someone messed up and then Super in his face( Boring). Vism Ryu was Hadouken Feinting Jerk. AISM tho.... My jam. The hop kick he gets turned him into a Rushdown powerhouse; Alpha Counter into Fierce Fireball or Forward Mid Punch into Fierce Shoryuken. I hated the Shinkuhadouken Super, but it was necessary for Mid Range Gods like Sagat. I learned how to be patient and learn pixel perfect spacing for the Shin Shoryuken. On Counter it was a fun way to win a few tourneys.

Damn so much nostalgia lol. I used to play this a ton on my psp and it was actually the first street fighter game I ever played!

Street Fighter Alpha 3 is one of my favorite games in the franchise. This was my intro to Sakura who's one of my favorites but man Bison in this game was cheap.

Dan is from Hong Kong. His surname Hibiki indicares he is ethnically Japanese. So a Japanese man born and raised in Hong Kong if youre really wondering Max

10:51 mystically dodging. 12:35 Gui-le input reading hooker. 24:26 Holy God! 😂

Maki needs to come back at some point. She’s my favorite.

For me, this is the best Street Fighter game ever, with all that modes, the characters plus that dynamic gameplay!

"EVO fucking finals and shit" - Max 2020 , i almost spit all my cereal on my keyboard in that segment lol.

Chun-Li to Dan: You're a member of Shadaloo aren't you? Bison offscreen: I am OFFENDED that you think I'd ever hire this man.

Karins theme is the best! Memories coming back to when playing this on PS1 with my friends and we paused on her stage just to hear the music...

Ahhhh SFA3. My favorite street fighter game for the game modes on the Dreamcast. Yet some of the AI fights are complete nonsense

This video prompted me to boot up Alpha 3 on the 30th Anniversary Collection to play as Dan, which then revealed that Max missed the greatest super Dan has ever had: The Mythical Taunt. If he did the reverse of the Super Taunt (i.e. QCBx2+Taunt) with a Level 3 gauge, Dan would have been put into a mode where... EVERY SINGLE BUTTON DOES A TAUNT!!!!!!! If only Max knew of that, his mind would have been blown.

I kept chuckling during the whole Bison fight. Whenever he's hit old M.B. sounds like he's with hangover and trying not to barf 😂

Street fighter alpha 3 for the ps1 was my very first street fighter game ever I'm glad to see this game again

Watching this gameplay after playing sf5 for a while is so wild.

"Punch the shit out of her!!" 21:36 Max's neighbours... "Hello, 911?"

I've enjoyed playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX the most, back then.

the sequence from 10:56 onward with guile i feel your pain max

Max: Sagat's walk speed is stupid. Sagat: I'm the Backwards Man, the Backwards Man. I can walk backwards, fast as you can.

If only the 30th anniversary collection version of Alpha 3 was based on Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX/Street Fighter Zero 3↑↑. If only...

0:43 ...and yet it hasn't been released anywhere other than the PSP! This is blasphemy!

I remember playing this on Dreamcast! Memories!!!!

Remember playing this on my psp. The only street fighter game where eagle makes a playable appearance. Although Dan is my number 1 pick for season 5, i'd love to see eagle as well as dudley (although i didnt play eagle in this game,mainly akuma)

I remember playing this on Dreamcast! Game like Street Fighter Alpha 3. Will turn you into a monster! Where I lived it, we never had Alpha 3 arcade cabinet. but I agree Dan was the hardest character to play with in this game. Right next to DJ.

Can anyone tell me what the 3 sizes on the arcade loading screen are?

It's super weird seeing the HD Yun sprite vs the Alpha sprite of Dan

Does anyone know what song is playing at the beginning?

That Bison costume with the cape is so badass

I actually like alpha 3 max. Then I realize I played Ryu on my playthroughs!

Almost 30 years later and Max just finds out where Dan's from

That SNK reference at 7:15 lol

Back then I heard about street fighter alpha but I only saw the first and second sequel to this game, however I didn’t know they had a third game to this along with a long run of adding more characters to the roster and adding it to the PSP. Seeing Dan in the alpha series is pretty and funny lmao

"That's not Sean Cody..." Y'all wanna tell him or should I?

I saw Max's Livestream we're he play CVS Pro, CVS2 & MVC2 for the Dan Legacy. He also played Power Rangers

Thanks for the ending, it’s very entertaining :)

Don’t you just love Guile’s standing flash kick

Oh my god that music when you’re fighting Sakura is awesome lol

Is there a version of M bison that has the fireball and psyco crusher as special moves?

Dan went from being Steven Segal to Wimp Lo from Kung Pow

We've reached the big boy in this Legacy! Alpha 3! My favorite entry to watch!

Great Video, are you playing on pstv?

Is this version of Alpha 3 available anywhere other than the PSP?

Where do you find this version of alpha 3 at? Never seen it ever in my life I’ve only ever seen regular alpha 3

Bison's theme in this was the best Bison theme

Omg its Dan i really want him to be on SFV i bet the v triggers are going to be cool in many ways( or funny )