Street Fighter (lost build of cancelled NES port of arcade fighting game; 1988)
Artwork and introduction to NES version of Street Fighter from Capcom sales brochure in 1988.
Status: Lost
Street Fighter was a fighting game released by Capcom for arcades in 1987, and since its commercial success in arcades, it has become one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. A port of this game to home consoles such as the ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Commodore 64, and TurboGrafx-16 was released the following year, and a port to the NES was planned, but was never released, and many details about it remain unknown.
A Capcom sales brochure distributed in 1988 listed Street Fighter as an upcoming game release for the NES.[1]
The Only Screenshot
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection was released on May 29, 2018 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the series. The only screenshot of the NES port was presented in the "Museum" section included in the collection.[2] The section was worked on by video game historian Frank Cifaldi, and Cifaldi took to Twitter to share some of the cancelled Street Fighter projects and early concepts shown in the section.[3]
Availability
As for the NES version, then the existence of a prototype ROM, other screenshots, etc. have not yet been revealed.
Gallery
The only screenshot of the NES port.
A page from a 1988 Capcom sales brochure listing the NES version of SF. The product number later appeared in Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight.
See Also
- Ashita Tenki ni Nāre/Capcom Golf (lost build of arcade game based on the golf manga; 1991)
- The California Raisins: The Grape Escape (found unreleased NES game; 1990)
- Capcom Fighting All-Stars: Code Holder (lost build of cancelled fighting game; 2003)
- Ghosts 'n Goblins 64 (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 action game; 1996)
- Mega Man 2 (found early iOS port of NES action-platformer sequel; 2009)
- Mega Man Anniversary Collection (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance compilation game; 2003)
- Mega Man Legends 3 (lost prototype of unfinished Nintendo 3DS sequel to action-adventure game series; 2010s)
- Mega Man Universe (lost builds of unfinished PSN/XBLA game; 2010-2011)
- Resident Evil 4 (partially found beta builds of GameCube survival horror game sequel; 2001-2005)
- Rockman Keitai (partially found mobile game series; 2000-2014)
- Rush & Crash/The Speed Rumbler (lost build of cancelled Famicom action-shooter port of arcade game; 1987)
- Strider Hiryu (partially found build of cancelled Famicom platformer; 1988)
References
- ↑ Capcom Sales Brochure (1988) - Video-Game-Ephemera.com Retrieved 05 Feb '23
- ↑ We Almost Had Street Fighter On The NES But The Project Was Cancelled - Nintendo Life Retrieved Retrieved 05 Feb '23
- ↑ Thread tweet by Frank Cifaldi. Retrieved 05 Feb '23