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  • 08-03-2020 12:01pm
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    obi604
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    hey


    years ago in school used to play street fighter on an old school arcade machine after school. spent hours playing it, loved it. about 1993 era


    yesterday was in smyths with young lad and low and behold an arcade machine with street fighter 2 on it, some old graphics like 1993 and so forth, 2 of us spent half an hour at it, me re trying to remember the moves like kens fireball/haduken, chin li's spin, blanka's electricity, Bisons flying thing etc



    it seems this works best with joystick and the 6 buttons from an arcade style setup.



    there are no games consoles in this house, last thing I had was a bloody sega mega drive so TOTALLY out of tune here


    What would be the best way to get this up and running?


    Is there a scenario for windows or mac ? or how would this work with no joystick and 6 buttons etc



    And can the joystick and 6 button scenario be re created etc.


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    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,530 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You could buy a SNES Mini, which comes with two controllers and one of the built in games is Street Fighter II Turbo.


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    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭obi604


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    You could buy a SNES Mini, which comes with two controllers and one of the built in games is Street Fighter II Turbo.


    Thanks. So no joystick type scenario option with this it seems.


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    Eoinbmw
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    Pricey option maybe?
    https://www.gamestop.ie/Other%20Products/Games/72192


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    Gadge
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    obi604 wrote: »


    What would be the best way to get this up and running?


    Is there a scenario for windows or mac ? or how would this work with no joystick and 6 buttons etc



    And can the joystick and 6 button scenario be re created etc.


    You can download emulators to play pretty much any arcade game including Street Fighter 2, coupled with a USB arcade joystick like this, you could get going fairly easily.

    Obviously dedicated hardware would be best but an emulator and a USB joystick would be the cheapest.


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    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭obi604


    I can buy the actual arcade from smyths: https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/retro-gaming/arcade1up-street-fighter-ii-cabinet-including-riser/p/174309

    didnt realise this


    but trying to do this without spending a whole lost of money


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    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭obi604


    Gadge wrote: »
    You can download emulators to play pretty much any arcade game including Street Fighter 2, coupled with a USB arcade joystick like this, you could get going fairly easily.

    Obviously dedicated hardware would be best but an emulator and a USB joystick would be the cheapest.




    thanks, yeah, lookign for cheapest option


    I googled it and could not get anythign to work



    any good websites for this that anyone is aware of


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    Gadge
    Registered Users Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Gadge


    You can download an arcade emulator like Final Burn Alpha

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjeOp36HK_M


    And download the street fighter 2 game (called a ROM), I can't link to it as it's copyrighted but you'll find it if you go looking for it. You add the rom to FBA above and can play it that way.


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    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,490 ✭✭✭Inviere


    obi604 wrote: »
    I can buy the actual arcade from smyths: https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/retro-gaming/arcade1up-street-fighter-ii-cabinet-including-riser/p/174309

    didnt realise this


    but trying to do this without spending a whole lost of money

    Don't spend €400 on one of these. I have one, at best they're worth €150/€175

    We can give you advice on getting an emulator set up, but obviously can't help you source the roms (games) for it. If it's only a handful of games you're looking into running, steer clear of MAME (it's the best Arcade emulator, but certain version games have to match certain MAME versions etc, so it can lead to frustration if all you want is a quick & easy game or two.

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    CiDeRmAn
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    Not ultra cheap, at €150, but it does have the six buttons/stick arrangement and tons of games.
    http://www.adverts.ie/18164833


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    CiDeRmAn
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    Inviere wrote: »
    Don't spend €400 on one of these. I have one, at best they're worth €150/€175

    We can give you advice on getting an emulator set up, but obviously can't help you source the roms (games) for it. If it's only a handful of games you're looking into running, steer clear of MAME (it's the best Arcade emulator, but certain version games have to match certain MAME versions etc, so it can lead to frustration if all you want is a quick & easy game or two.

    This is an easy option, at least a couple of USB arcade sticks and the emulators are easy to find, and not too hard to set up.
    Googling may find a complete set for you to simply install on a PC and off you go.


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    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭obi604


    Gadge wrote: »
    You can download an arcade emulator like Final Burn Alpha

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjeOp36HK_M


    And download the street fighter 2 game (called a ROM), I can't link to it as it's copyrighted but you'll find it if you go looking for it. You add the rom to FBA above and can play it that way.


    Have not tried this but is this a generally safe thing to do?

    And then couple this with a 6 button joystick.


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    Retr0gamer
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    It's perfectly safe.
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    micko45
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    To play Arcade games without a PC is not that expensive, and for a bit of 80s/90s nostalgia its totally worth it.

    if you look up "pandoras box arcade" on amazon, you get a lot of options that you can just plug and play on your tv, although it will be 100+ for a half decient one,

    To do something more impressive and if you have some tools + wood, you can build your own Cabinet with a raspberry pi. I have zero skills and build one in the shed. Great fun with the kids and anyone that sees it immediately wants to play it.
    https://www.thegeekpub.com/4506/build-retropie-bartop-arcade-cabinet/

    You can also buy the cabinet already cut, and you just add the electronics,
    https://bitcade.co.uk/products/bitcade-original?variant=6425482690587


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    Doctor DooM
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    You could just buy Anniversary edition which has all the SFII games, SFIII games, and Alpha games for about 30 euro. Legal, available on PC, PS4 and bone.

    Then find a cheap arcade stick.

    Bingo :D


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    horgan_p
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    you're in the wrong forum for "don't want to spend much money".......


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    Gradius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Maybe get the snes mini, it's cheap enough. Or pc/laptop with emulators and buy joysticks


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