As many fans know, Street Fighter 2 is widely considered to be the foundation of competitive fighting games and where the genre truly got its start. However, Street Fighter 1 came first, and though it had some of the elements of competitive fighters that would go on to evolve into what we know them as now, this title isn’t known for functioning like a fighting game as we understand them today.
Street Fighter 1 was far more limited not only in its mechanics and combat system, but in its characters, and this prompted some crafty fans to go back and create “Street Fighter 1 MR,” a Mugen remake that adds new fighters, mechanics, and combos to the mix to make the original title in the franchise feel more like a real fighting game. If a fighting game has combos in it, then we know at some point combo wizard Desk is going to try his hand at it, and his latest video brings us some insane Street Fighter 1 combos that are unlike anything you’ve seen in the game before.
When it comes to additions Street Fighter 1 MR has over the original game, there’s quite a bit to speak of. Most notably, this fan-made version of the game offers a training mode, as well as a 4-button KOF-style control scheme, cancel-able moves, supers, and more.
In his new exhibition, Desk takes advantage of much of these additions and comes up with the craziest combos he could find for this special version of Street Fighter 1.
While the original SF1 would see the constant back and forth of single normals and special moves being dished out, the version Desk is playing here does a complete 180 and works more like a full-fledged fighting game. Right out of the gate, we see Ryu hit a full-on jump in combo complete with normal links that ends in a sweep.
Ryu follows up with a meaty Hadoken, dashes in, then continues the combo with a slick connection after another Hadoken before closing out with a juggle into his Shinku Hadoken super.
It just wouldn’t be a Desk combo video without some odd hitbox/hurtbox interactions. In one combo, we see Eagle attempt a super against a jumping Mike, which causes Eagle to land behind the opponent and hit the tail end of the maneuver while facing the opposite way. From here, Eagle is able to convert into a full combo and continue the sequence until there are 14 hits on the board.
There are some really fun and impressive ideas on display here in this combo video, and what’s even cooler is that we get to see some of the untapped potential of other previously non-playable fighters shown off. While this is only a fan-made remake of Street Fighter 1, it would be cool to see an official revamp from Capcom that adds some of these now traditional competitive fighting game elements to the original game.