Street Fighter - The Golden Age Part III

With all the editions, sequels and franchise, fans seem to have tired with the whole concept. There are too many fighting games to date, and none of the sequel is interesting anymore. Gamers had enough of fighting games.

With the release of Playstation and Dreamcast, Arcade games are easily ported to consoles with near perfection. Arcades has been the thing of the past (except in Japan).


Capcom finally counts to III, but in wrong timing. SFIII is a master piece, but it fails to deliver the hype SFII used to have.


SFIII discards all previous characters (except Ryu and Ken) and introduced 8 new characters to the roster. The fighting system is a follow up of Super Street Fighter II Turbo, with improved visuals and animation then Alpha. Players are able to choose 1 of 3 ‘Super Arts’ aka Super Combo to create different fighting style. Another new feature is the ‘Parry’ system. By timing opponent’s attack correctly, you can block their attacks without any loss on health bar (see the Beast Unleashed video below).

Impressive isn’t it?

SFIII still spawned 2 editions

1997 – Street Fighter III
1997 – Street Fighter III 2nd Impact Giant Attack
1999 – Street Fighter III 3rd Strike

Street Fighter finally retires itself and lives on to become one of the most memorable fighting games in history.

The End.