Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Euro 960229) - MAME machine

Capcom CPS-II cart. published 28 years ago:

Street Fighter Alpha 2 © 1996 Capcom.

North American & European release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Street Fighter Zero 2 [Green Board]".

TECHNICAL
Runs on the "CP System II" hardware.
Blue Board [USA & Europe]

TRIVIA
Street Fighter Alpha 2 was released in February 1996 in Europe and in March 1996 in the USA.

In these export releases:
Nash is named Charlie.
Vega is named M. Bison.
Gouki is named Akuma.
Shin Gouki is named Shin Akuma.
Satsui no Hadou ni Mezameta Ryu is named Evil Ryu.

In the original Japanese version, specific locations are displayed on the 'next stage' screen. All export versions just tell you which country the stage is in. Perhaps someone at Capcom USA was too lazy to translate the location-specific text (which is in Japanese) and just used the country name (which is in English). Below are the place names that were left out of the non-Japanese versions, translated into English...
(Character: Stage location)
Ryu: Suzaku Castle, Japan
(Sagat vs.) Ryu: a big prairie, Australia
Ken: San Francisco Bay, USA
Chun-Li: Beijing, China
Sagat: Ayuthaya Temple Ruins, Thailand
Adon: Bank of the Chao Phraya River, Thailand
Birdie: London Station Underground, England
Charlie ('Nash' in Japan): Detroit Highway, USA
Guy: Metro City, USA
Rose: Genova City Port, Italy
Sodom: Arizona Desert, USA
M. Bison ('Vega' in Japan): Atop the VTOL, Brazil
(Charlie vs.) M. Bison: Guiana Highlands - Great Waterfalls, Venezuela
Akuma ('Gouki' in Japan): Gokuentou, Japan
Dan: Temple Street, Hong Kong
Dhalsim: Bank of the Ganges River, India
Zangief: Bilsk Steelworks, USSR
Gen: Shanghai, China
Rolento: New York, USA
Sakura: Setagaya-ku, 2-Choume, Tokyo, Japan

UPDATES
Blue Board revisions:

REVISION 1

• Build date: 960229
• EUROPE release

REVISION 2

• Build date: 960306
• US release

REVISION 3

• Build date: 960430
• US release

SERIES

• Street Fighter (1987)
• Street Fighter II - The World Warrior [B-Board 90629B] (1991)
• Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [B-Board 91634B-2] (1992)
• Street Fighter II' - Hyper Fighting [B-Board 91635B-2] (1992)
• Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers [Green Board] (1993)
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo [Blue Board] (1994)
• Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams [Blue Board] (1995)
• Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Blue Board] (1996)
• Street Fighter III - New Generation (1997)
• Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (1997)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Blue Board] (1998)
• Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike: Fight For The Future (1999)
• Hyper Street Fighter II - The Anniversary Edition [Green Board] (2003)
• Street Fighter IV (2008)
• Super Street Fighter IV - Arcade Edition (2010)
• Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014)
• Street Fighter V (2016)
• Ultra Street Fighter II - The Final Challengers (2017, Switch)

PORTS
These are ports released in North America, Europe, and Australia.

• CONSOLES:

[EU] Sega Saturn (1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model T-7026H-50]"
[US] Sega Saturn (sept.30, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model T-1213H]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (sept.30, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model SLUS-00258]"
[US] Nintendo SNES (nov.1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model SNS-AUZE-USA]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (dec.1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model SLES-00496]"
[EU] Nintendo SNES (dec.19, 1996) "Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Model SNSP-AUZP-EUR]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology" by THQ
[US] Sony PS2 (june.13, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology [Model SLUS-21317]"
[EU] Sony PS2 (jul.7, 2006) "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology [Model SLES-54085]"

• COMPUTERS:

PC [MS Windows 9x, CD-ROM] [US] (nov.1, 1997)
PC [MS Windows 9x, CD-ROM] [EU] (1998)

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