1/6/2008 - SF2Nes V 0.92 gameplay video

It always surprises me at what lengths people will go to bask in their retro memories. I've mentioned the MUGEN system before when I featured the Optimus Prime vs. Megatron video. MUGEN is mostly used for integrating sprites from different fighting game franchises so that you can have dream matches like Ryu from Street Fighter vs. Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. Most of the time, MUGEN modders will use the latest versions of the characters so that they have the most animation frames to work with. However, that's not always the case as this video shows:



So what the modders tried to create here is a Street Fighter 2 experience on the NES! Using smaller sprites, only two attack buttons, and 8-bit graphics and music, this succeeds where the other bootleg versions of SF2 failed. Of course, the NES couldn't possibly reproduce the fireball effects or voices in this MUGEN mod, but a pure 8-bit experience probably wouldn't look and sound as dynamic.