Street Fighter (Go!)

Street Fighter (Go!)

Game No.	345
Voting	4.57 points, 14 votes
Company	Tiertex Ltd. (Arcade: Capcom)
Publisher	Go! (Arcade: Capcom)
HVSC-File	S-Z/ Street_Fighter.sid
Release	1988, (Arcade: 1987)
Platform	C64, Arcade, Spectrum, Atari ST, Amstrad, Amiga, MS-DOS, PC Engine
Genre	Sport, Fighting, Arcade, Beat'em Up
Gamemode	Single player 2 players (simultaneous)
Operation
Media
Language
Information	aka Fighting Street, Street Fighter 1 Follower Street Fighter II There are two versions of this game, see Street Fighter (US Gold)

Description[edit | edit source]

Ryu vs. Mike

Gouken was once a pupil of the mighty Goutetsu, where he learned the martial arts of Ansatsuken. This was especially developed for elite assassins and combines karate, judo and Kenpō. Years later, Gouken himself teaches now the Japanese Ryu and the American Sunny Boy Ken. He educated the two dissimilar characters thoroughly in the art of unarmed fight until it comes to a worldwide competition of the best street fighters. The so-called king of street fighters, a Thai kick boxer named Sagat, challenges the most talented fighters from all countries to compete in the tournament.

Aim of the game

In the role of Ryu or Ken you need to defeat ten opponentes from five different countries and dethrone Sagat from the Throne of the Street Fighters.

Design[edit | edit source]

The game was released in two different versions, which could partially be bought together on one disk or cassette. Each side of the medium contained one version. This article is about the so-called European version, the other is named the US Version.
In this version, the special attacks by Ruy and Ken were deleted, there are no Hadouken, Shouryuken or Tatsumakisenpuukiaku. The background scroll known from the original and the bonus level were adopted.
There are loading times between the single stages.

Screenshots

Geki, the ninja likes to throw with Shuriken...

The classical rowdy from America, Joe...

Beware, Mike is an experienced Boxer...

Get to know London's biggest Punk: Birdie...

The Escrimador Eagle is with this weapon an exotic in the tournament...

Hints[edit | edit source]

The characters[edit | edit source]

In the bonus round they need to smash stone blocks...

Name	Home country	Fighting style	Background
Ryu	Japan	Ansatsuken	A disciplined martial arts pupil who aspires towards perfection and inner balance.
Ken	USA	Ansatsuken	Talented but less disciplined, Ken is equally friend and rival for Ryu.
Retsu	Japan	Karate	The Japanese Karateka enters the tournament with home advantage in his own Dojo.
Geki	Japan	Ninjutsu	With age-old ninja techniques can Geki teleport over short distances. His Shuriken are bothersome.
Joe	USA	Kickboxing	Joe is an experienced roady and backyard wrestler from New York.
Mike	USA	Boxing	The former professional boxer was excluded from his association and now makes his money as a Street Fighter.
Birdie	England	Freestyle	The Londoner Punk is over 2 meters high and really strong. Sometimes he works as a bouncer.
Eagle	England	Escrima	Eagle has learned the Philippine stick fighting to perfection and enters the tournament with a weapon.
Lee	China	Kung-Fu	This master of the Shaolin-Kung-Fu wants to worthy represent his home canton China in the competition.
Gen	China	Kung-Fu	Gen is an older, perfidious Kung-Fu fighter for which victory is what counts.
Adon	Thailand	Muay Thai	The dreaded tournament fighter is fast as lightning and hits hard as iron.
Sagath	Thailand	Muay Thai	The King of the Street Fighters. The fight against him could be more dangerous than the complete rest of the tournament...

The bonus level[edit | edit source]

To successfully pass the breaking you need to press the fire button and let it go, when the bar is as far to the right as possible (max).

The two-player mode[edit | edit source]

In the two-player mode, player 1 competes with Ryu against player 2 with Ken. The one who wins 2 fighting rounds first, then starts the tournament in the one-player mode. This way also Ken can get King of the Street Fighters. Street Fighter fans call this "Change History Mode".

Solution[edit | edit source]

For the first opponents (incl. Birdie) it is usually enough to pull the joystick diagonally into the opponent's direction and then press the fire button in quick succession to win.

Cheats[edit | edit source]

There are no cheats known. Some of the cracked versions of the game have trainer functions.

Voting[edit | edit source]

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
4.57 points at 14 votes (rank 1033). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
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Commodore Force	6	Issue January 1993 - 73% rating - p19 Issue August 1993 - 54% rating - p21
Commodore Format	4	Issue March 1993 - 36% rating - p51
Commodore User	7	Issue July 1988 - 7 out of 10 points - p26
Commodore Machine	7	Issue August 1988 - 65% rating - p54
ZZap!64	4	Issue August 1988 - 36% rating - p28 Issue February 1990 - 47% rating - p28

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Power Play October 1988 (no evaluation): "If you buy the C64 conversion, you are delighted with two Street Fighter versions at once; the worse one triggered spontaneous horrified screams in us." (original German comment by Anatol Locker)

Shmendric: "Oh dear, one has really troubles to find something positive... Okay, let's say, the sound is just within the range of bearable. But this is the best that I can say about this totally botched version of an in the original rather good and challenging beat'em up. That they wanted money at all for such a amateurish rubbish, is almost an impudence."

TheRyk: "The term Stretch-Sprite was taken very literally here, some enemies are tall enough to drink from roof gutters. But this is not really what makes the game a bad one. Lack of contrast or even same color of background colors and sprites are really annoying, though, and makes you wish for an improved version because no one wants to hack the sprite colors before each and every battle. Controls are just terrible. Only routine, luck or patience enable you to perform a combo of hits and thus, winning a fight. Gamers who manage to play through this poor game without trainers don't deserve respect but rather sympathy. All in all, the Go! Version of Street Fighter is a truely poor beat em up worth 3 points including bonus for the music which might not belong to everyone's top 100 but is a classic among SID gourmets."