SF2IBM (DOS, 199X) | The Jeff Gerstmann Hall of Fame 014 (Patreon)

SF2IBM (DOS, 199X) | The Jeff Gerstmann Hall of Fame 014

Street Fighter II was released on a zillion different platforms, including the PC, back when it first broke big in arcades. A lot of those official ports, however, are pretty terrible. Let's take a look at an unofficial port out of South Korea known as SF2IBM. The game was largely created by a single programmer who got the SF2 graphics via a Super Nintendo and a capture card, resulting in a blurry, distorted mess. That said, it's probably still somehow better than the official port to DOS. SF2IBM also inspired a modding scene that brought other characters from other franchises, such as Fatal Fury's Terry Bogard and Mortal Kombat's Kitana, into the fold. In some ways, you could argue that SF2IBM is a precursor to MUGEN, the fighting game creation tool that powers Salty Bet as well as fangames such as Mortal Kombat New Era or Mortal Kombat II Remix. SF2IBM came into my life right around the time I got onto the internet for the first time, and it really made you feel like just about anything and everything was out there... somewhere. Get early access to the Jeff Gerstmann Hall of Fame on Patreon now! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann