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Street Fighter

Game Mechanics

The first version of the game was original to offer players to lead the characters through a joystick and two analog buttons (mechatronics) : the power of punching or kicking was proportional to the pressure exerted on these buttons, each stroke that could be worn weakly, normally or strongly. The bonus levels did not impose any limitation, however, players obtained a higher score by pressing the buttons as strongly as possible.

This system was quickly abandoned because of the abuses and mistreatment that the arcade terminals suffer, some players do not hesitate to mount on the furniture to tap foot on the buttons in order to get a high score.

The classic six-button system, each button corresponding to a different punch or foot punch, subsequently used in most Capcom battle games, was then used to replace analog keys.

Street Fighter also introduced special blows that became one of the trademarks of the series: the discharge of Ki (Hadôken), Dragon (Shôryuuken) and the Hurricane Kick (Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku), executable through a rapid movement of joystick combined with the pressure of a stroke.