There's something about hearing Max talk about this that feels so heartwarming

"people knew who I was. I was the Ken guy" Um, Max... you're still the Ken guy. Just saying.

That thumbnail of Ryu Ken and Chun Li in a group photo with their younger selves is super adorable

LIES! LOL Max, we all know you were born as Ken Masters, but changed your name to get away from your Street Fighting life to become a family man.

Maximilian: The Movie

Max's story of being the only person who pre-ordered fighters at EB/GameStop resonates with me so much. I was literally the only person in my neighborhood who pre-ordered Vanilla Marvel 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken! Woke up buttfuck early and rushed to the store, especially for Marvel.

max played against alex valle (calipower) when online barely started?! rad

Got Street Fighter 2 SCE for megadrive on December 3rd '93, my 13th birthday. Then played against my Mum and she battered me with Chun Li and I was Sagat... Good times and RIP Mum, you were awesome.

I remember in 97 they actually location tested in NYC. Ken and Ryu really wasn't in the game. And everyone in Manhattan in every arcade the game was out. Basically shunned the hell out of the Street Fighter 3 lol....

I'm convinced that Street Fighter 2010 was one of those "Someone had an original game but we slapped another name on it at the last minute to make it sell more"

They should have Ken outfit DLC for 2010 just for shits and giggles.

I would love to see more videos of Max talking about his history with games or looking at artwork. This should be a series on its own. Great video Max! I gotta say the art work is one of the few really fun to look at in the game. I remember my first arcade experiences were in the barbershop. I really miss going there. Too bad they removed them

Max is 34, I doubt he remembers what the hell was he doing in 1987, lol

It's weird now to think that there were 2 MAIN street fighter games/series out at the same time, alpha and sf3. Like alpha 3 came out after sf3. That just seems so odd to me now, you couldn't imagine that happening today.

I have to say this has been the coolest thing out of 30th anniversary so far. Watching the old guys go back and reminisce about their street fighter history.

Max! Dude! When you said that you played Hyper Street Fighter II online on Xbox with a guy named "Calipower" back in the day, that may have been Alex Valle! 'Calipower' is Alex Valle's moniker dude!

Born in 87, first SF I played was SF2 on SNES omg Vega was the hardest thing ever to me when he would jump on the gate omg 😡🤬😡🤬

I remember when I was about 8 or 10 years old and I went to the arcade store. With my friends, we always passed quickly until we reached the Final Fight, Knight of the Round, Street Figter II, World Heroes and Fatal Fury. One day, we did not have chips and we were just hanging around there. A little apart, and closer to Galaga and Wonder Boy, there was a game with graphics that seemed even more "old" than these two. After staying for a while to see what it was called, the name "Street Fighter" emerges from the brick wall. The laughter with my friends did not stop. At last we had found the first game. We played some games for laughter, until we managed to defeat Sagat. How many memories. Fighting Games Never dies!

bro when he said jump roundhouse kick then sweep was the only combo in sf2... I still do it

Videos like THESE should go into Max's Legacy series. Maybe a new one, for HIS legacy. Max has the best stories, and we need a playlist of them all. And may they be archived for the rest of Earth's lifespan, so "Transcending history and the world, a tale of dudes and souls; Eternally retold." will be literal.

I learned how to play Street Fighter on Sega Genesis as well but I was lucky enough to buy a 6 button controller

An old man now, I remember being absolutely obsessed with an issue of EGM (mostly white cover with Street Fighter artwork) and hoping desperately that I would get to play it. Eventually a local bowling alley would get an arcade version of the game. Every week I would go to that bowling alley and spend every last cent of my allowance on the game. Max's statement about jumping HK into low HK being the sickest combo ever is some of the realist shit I've ever felt about those early days of SF. As dumb as it might sound those were some of my most favorite childhood memories. Because of that I will always love the brand of SF even if the games themselves might leave me a little cold. Thank you for this walk down memory lane. While my experiences were different I do have a lot wrapped up in this entire series.

There actually was a 6-button controller for Genesis, that I still have lol

I could watch and listen to Max talking about fighting games forever, his passion shines through all the time

Before I die, I need to fight people like Maximilian in some of these games. Actually there's a LOT of people I want to fight in the fighter community. They are all over the world, you literally have to become a world warrior if you want to fulfill these desires of conquest.

I, being born in 1986, had my first experience with SF in 1992 with Champion Edition. I was 6 at the time and wondered into the arcade at the mall. The first thing I saw was an SF Champ Ed cabinet and I was blown away. The larger than life characters doing all of these “over the top moves” (at the time) blew my mind. I was instantly hooked. Being in karate, I was drawn to Ryu and Ken and thought they were the coolest, most badass guys ever. After that I was officially hooked on the series. 26 years later I’m still a fan.

Street fighter 4 really revived fighting games. I fell in love with sf4 the moment I saw the graphic style. I played the shit of it

I laughed when he talked about no one playing SF the movie the game, because the same thing happened all over the arcades here in south east México (and I'm sure the whole world). I vividly remember seeing it alongside the other SF machines and being vaguely curious but never interested enough.

Between 1998 and 2008, with the failure of Street Fighter 3 and the fall of SNK, the only company that maintained faith in 2D fighting games was Ark System Works. Today time gives the reason to those who never gave up.

Anyone else pretty bummed out they didn't mention the ex games would have love to see that artwork in this

My mind was blown when you said that you can change from punches to kicks with the start button on the Genesis controller... I used only punches for YEARS!!!!!!

story time boys

"I do know that Ken and Ryu go skinny dipping together, so that makes a lot of sense" -Anonymous

I wish i had more fighting game friends in person

I love these chill videos. Hearing Max just discuss something he’s passionate about is great.

Yeah, Capcom really dropped the ball on the Anniversary edition. Every game should have the final version... not the first. WTF?

That's pretty cool. Me and Max competitive sf3 lives began at the same time. The difference was Max had access to these games while I was poor and had to hunt these titles down or hope to ever see them being played in a arcade near me.

Is anyone gonna talk about how Max said he would always fight Alex Valle(CaliPower) online like it was normal.

Cats in NYC were playing 3rd Strike back when it dropped. Alot of us were at the arcade in Chinatown. I learned how to really play it on the Dreamcast with the Double Impact and 3rd Strike release.

This is one of my KZfaq comfort videos. Engaging, relaxing, informative, long, and heartwarming.

Damn i was graduating high school in 93. Sometimes i feel like me and Ed Boon are the only old guys still playing fighting games haha

I love the background music in that museum. It sounds exactly like the Megaman RPG's, I love those songs.

I love that you love fighting games, I’ve always loved fighting games, and I had always had a special love for street fighter. I never played the first one as a kid but I did love everything from street fighter 2 and beyond

THIS was awesome. Thanks Max. I'm 38 and your exp starting back to SF1 is pretty much mine as well. You brought me back,...and it felt great.

Watching you speaking about your history with street fighter is really heartwarming because I can see how humble you feel for this series. It makes me wish I was there during that time period. But no worries, I'm definently going to get this collection and experience it for myself.

This video was awesome man. You took me back through my own SF history. Great times!

This is awesome Max! Love to see a similar vid about your history with other franchises like Virtua Fighter or Tekken.

Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 had to have been my two most-played SF games, A2 taking the cake by far. I spent countless hours bodying dudes in the arcade while playing Charlie and Adon.

Some amazing content lately Max, love all these different types of videos. Rate the supers is so awesome!

I'm a sucker for gaming nostalgia stories. Great video Max.

I remember the buzz for Third Strike. The anticipation was crazy in the arcade scene in NYC. 3rd Strike and Super SF 2 were the most hyped out of the SF library when they first appeared in arcades. Remembered it like it was yesterday :)

Those arcade days where the best times in my life and we didn't know it. Those were the days of playing someone next to you. Beating them and seeing their faces and them spending all their money trying to beat you. We were living in the moment and didn't know how special it was. Seeing you go through the history of street fighter the memory's came in remember going to a lot of arcades playing the best people from different neighbor hoods. Alpha 3 and 2nd impact was my game I remember skipping church going to the arcade.

I definitely used to give myself blisters from mashing buttons back in the day. Geez. I don't miss that part lol

Such chill music, I love it

God i wish I was good at fighting games, i really enjoy playing but I'm trash af 😂😂😂

Knowing that you had a 240SX is amazing

This was very enjoyable. Thanks to Max for sharing.

Man. Feels really weird when the I was born in '95, first fighting game I played was the very original Tekken, played Tekken 3 demo in some demo disk and after that, I had completely forgotten that fighting genre existed. Not until the announcement of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 I began to have Vietnam flashbacks about horrible inputs of the first game, bought the game on it's release, and later discovered the previous titles and other fighting games, like Street Fighter series. And holy ponky donkies I discovered HOW MUCH I HAD MISSED. Living in somewhat poor family fucking sucked back then.

So cool to listen to. '08 was a magical year with SF4

I remember i was on a school trip back from london and we stopped by a little shop and in the corner they had a new Fighting game....SF2.....one of my defining gaming moments i was blown away. Performing special moves was such a strange concept i saw the motion for dragon punch and i thought how the hell do i do that.

When Max talks about learning how to do Hadoken motions it reminded me of my story of when I first got it. I was about ten years old, with about 7 years of fighting games on my belt. One day I wanted to figure out how my brother did all the cool moves whenever we played Vs. so I went to the move list and saw the directions and figured out it was a motion, a flow and not wiggling the analog stick. This was back when I would only do Tatsumaki's facing left lol.

Its great hearing other perspectives on this amazing franchise I have been here since the SNES release of world warrior and never looked back I can't say I have ever been more excited over another game alpha 3 is my bride and will always love her!

Just got my dreamcast copies of 3rd Strike, Alpha 3 and MVC2, w a copy of Rival Schools otw (again), thanks for the look back.

This was a nice video max

Nice trip down memory lane max loved this video!

They mentioned Street Fighter: The Movie and The Legend of Chun-Li, but not Assassin's Fist, the best one of them all?

my cousin drew that artwork of ryu facing akuma ,man he is a crazy artist

Played non stop KOF, Virtua Fighter, and Tekken during the dark ages

Max just wanna tell you I go back and watch your old uploads. Love you dood

Had a Genesis and Champion Edition was the reason I bought a 6 button pad. Great video, Max!

@Maximilian Dood getting blisters on your fingers, specifically the thumbs, was a rite of passage. A baptism under fire if you think about it. You went under severe scrutiny when it came to playing these games

My first Street Fighter game was SF2 on the SNES and the arcades. I remember playing it on the arcades at roller rinks. Anyone remember those? I loved that day with Super Street Fighter II came out on the SNES. I then play Alpha 2 on the SNES. I remember when my friend had SF3 Double Impact on the DreamCast and playing it. I also remember playing it in the arcades. I never liked it that much but Second Impact I enjoyed more. Capcom Fighting Evolution was trash. I remember when Street Fighter IV finally came out on the PS3. Then there was Super Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, and then Ultra Street Fighter IV. You know, I hope that Capcom does more with 'Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection'. At the very least, I'd like to see them do things like: - Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (i.e. Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold) - Street Fighter Zero 3↑ or Street Fighter Zero 3↑↑ (i.e. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper/Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max) How about releasing Ultra Street Fighter IV on disc for the PS4? Or what about a collection that has: - Hyper Street Fighter - Hyper Street Fighter II - Hyper Street Fighter III - Hyper Street Fighter IV - Hyper Street Fighter Alpha I'm surprised Capcom hasn't done a "Vs" collections yet: - X-Men vs. Street Fighter - Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - Marvel vs. Capcom - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Capcom vs. SNK Pro - Capcom vs. SNK 2 - SVC Chaos: SNK Vs. Capcom

Nissan 240sx? You could've been a street racer hahaha!

Damn, that phrase about driving towards the sunset in a Nissan felt so poetic for some reason

Despite that hiccup you had back in the day I am still a fan of whatching your third strike vids lol.

The music playing in the background is amazing!

So glad I am old enough to remember my history with SF since II. Growing up in the arcades and early console gens was such pure innocent fun.

I remember when I found Street Fighter III New Generation in a Laundry Mat. It was there but not in my Arcade for a while. I did love the Animation of Ken and Ryu's Gi's when they threw a Fireball.

Hell Yeah! Great Blanka nostalgia. I definitely used the Jump HK crouch HK combo. lol

You wilding Street fighter 2 new Generation was really good matter of fact that's the first street fighter I ever played, i love it.

19:59 you could have told me that was SF4 promo art and I would have believed you. I think the reason all that art looks so good is the artist really understands motion. You can tell exactly how the characters are moving and can see exactly how they'll end their motion

This feels perfect to watch.

Maximilian thanks for the trip down memory lane.

What a great storyteller you are Max!

Appreciate the time line dude.

watched the whole thing. great video

Man a living legend.

Looking thru this makes me feel really, REALLY old. Born on 83'. I felt very cool back when SF3 2nd Impact when i was able to unlock Akuma using the legendary Magazine - Tips & Tricks

I love video game history with Max!

18:18 you're welcome ;)

Max you don't know HOW happy I was when you were talking about Turbo Revival on the GBA. That was my first personal experience with SF as a series (apart from briefly playing EX3 on PS2 at a cousin's house). It was one of my favourite GBA games (I still have it) and because of it SF2 Turbo is one of my favourite games of all time! I have so many memories with it, especially discovering Akuma and thinking 'who the fuck is this guy!????'.

The music goes so well with his story

The ignorance of the golden years. So many memories. Nice video.

I always thought Alpha Generations was a pretty cool movie, and the collaboration they did with Bill Laswell on the soundtrack was crazy

This guy knows his stuff. Alpha 2 being the best of the Alphas. Genny pad causing blisters. He hits home. My parents bought me the official sega 3 button joystick for my birthday to play Champion Edition. No more blisters for me but still had to hit the start button to switch over. I didn't even know SFIII existed till I found a SFIII Double Impact cab in some bowling alley when I was in HS. Can't remember the year.

87 in the building 1st off!! On another note oddly mike tysons punchout led me down the road of fighting game love! Street fighter 2 CE introduced me to one on one fighters and since then I've been here. Thank God for fighting games.

Forward fireball? Woah I been playing street fighter since the 90s and I have always done it as foward, down foward in one motion. This is the first time I ever heard that. It works well in 3rd strike and other games (kinda hard in super). This blows my mind! My game just went up. Thanks max!

3 honestly had my favourite sprite animation of all time. Still holds up to this day.

Max, thank you for this great history retrospective of Street Fighter. Wish that Alpha 3 Max was on the Alpha Anthology instead on just PSP.

Listening to max is better than the radio in your car. Just makes going places better