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Fun Street Fighter Single-player Games

This is my list of which Street Fighter games are fun and balanced for casual players such as myself in single-player. Since these games are generally very difficult for casual players, in this context 'better' usually means 'easier'.

Highly recommended:
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 - diff 2/8 - 8 rounds
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 - diff 1/8 - less cool than Alpha 2, but has extra characters. Final M. Bison fight is optional.
- Street Fighter 6 (PS5) - Arcade mode CPU normal diff
- Street Fighter: The Movie (PSX) - Street Battle default diff - 12 rounds

Recommended:
- Street Fighter II': SCE (Genesis) - Champion Mode diff 4/8 - 12 rounds - a bit too hard, try easier
- Super Street Fighter II - diff 1/8 - 12 rounds
- Super Street Fighter II (SNES) - diff 4/8
- Street Fighter Alpha - diff 2/8 - Great, but maybe just play SFA2 instead
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES) - diff 8/8
- Street Fighter EX3 - diff 3/3
- Super Street Fighter IV - Arcade Mode Medium diff
- Street Fighter V (PS4) - Arcade mode diff 2/3
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - diff 1/8 - 10 rounds - seems easier than SF3:NG

The jury's out:
- Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha - diff 3/8 - Seems OK
- Street Fighter EX2 Plus - Arcade mode normal diff - too hard, M. Bison took one hour to beat

Not recommended:
- Street Fighter - Bad game, and very difficult
- Street Fighter II - 8 rounds - Great game, but used 37 continues on diff 4/8, and even diff 1/8 is very hard
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition - dif 1/8 - Good game, but too difficult
- Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting - Way too difficult
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Way too difficult
- Street Fighter III: New Generation - Good game, but unreasonably difficult
- Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact - Good game, but a bit too difficult
- Street Fighter IV - Great, but too hard
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PSX) - diff 1/8 - most fights are too easy and final M. Bison fight too hard. M. Bison fight is mandatory

Overview

Here's an overview of the original releases of Street Fighter games:

STREET FIGHTER
1987 Street Fighter

STREET FIGHTER II (CP System)
1991 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
1992 Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (1992)
     - Boss characters are now playable
     - New playable: Balrog, Vega, Sagat, M. Bison
     - JP: Street Fighter II ' / Street Fighter II Dash
1992 Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
     - Faster and new moves

SUPER STREET FIGHTER II (CP System II)
1993 Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
     - Adds 4 new characters
     - New playable: T. Hawk, Fei Long, Dee Jay, Cammy
1994 Super Street Fighter II Turbo
     - Super combo meter, air combos, Akuma appears

STREET FIGHTER ALPHA (CP System II)
1995 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
     - New art style and fighting system
     - New playable: Birdie, Adon, Guy, Sodom, Charlie, Rose
     - Secret playable: Dan, M. Bison, Akuma
     - JP: Street Fighter Zero
1996 Street Fighter Alpha 2
     - New playable: Dan, M. Bison, Akuma, Gen, Rolento, Sakura, Dhalsim, Zangief,
     - JP: Street Fighter Zero 2
1996 Street Fighter Alpha 3
     - New playable: R. Mika, Karin, Cody, Juli, Juni,
                     Cammy, E. Honda, Blanka, Balrog, Vega
     - JP: Street Fighter Zero 2
     - PSX version adds Guile, Dee Jay, Fei Long, T. Hawk, Evil Ryu, Shin Akuma

STREET FIGHTER III (CP System III)
1997 Street Fighter III: New Generation
     - New fighting system, parry
     - New playable: Alex, Dudley, Elena, Ibuki, Necro, Oro, Sean, Yun, Yang
     - New opponent: Gill
1997 Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact
     - New playable: Hugo, Urien
     - Secret playable: Akuma
1999 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
     - New playable: Chun-Li, Makoto, Q, Remy, Twelve

STREET FIGHTER EX

STREET FIGHTER IV
2008 Street Fighter IV (Arcade)
2010 Super Street Fighter IV
2011 Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
2014 Ultra Street Fighter IV

STREET FIGHTER V
2016 Street Fighter V
2020 Street Fighter V: Champion Edition

STREET FIGHTER 6
2023 Street Fighter 6

Games

Title ↓System ↓Year ↓

40 games in database, 32 completed (80%). Year range: 1987-2023, median: 1997.
list - box art - screenshots

 Fighting Street                                                                         PCECD     1988                               3 logs
 Street Fighter                                          Capcom                          Arcade    1987         2 videos   C  x 2     9 logs
 SF 30th Anniv. Coll.                                    Digital Eclipse                 PS4       2018                               2 logs
 Street Fighter 6                                        Capcom                          PS5       2023        22 videos   C  x 20   52 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 2                                  Capcom                          CPS2      1996        12 videos   C  x 23   40 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 2                                  Capcom                          SNES      1996                    C  x 7     8 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 3                                  Capcom                          CPS2      1998         2 videos   C  x 5     9 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 3                                                                  PS        1998         1 video    C  x 2     6 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX                                                              PSP       2006                               1 logs
 Street Fighter Alpha                                    Capcom                          CPS2      1995         2 videos   C  x 4     4 logs
 SF EX Plus Alpha                                        Arika                           PS        1997                    C          2 logs
 Street Fighter EX2 Plus                                 Arika                           PS        1999         3 videos   C  x 3    11 logs
 Street Fighter EX3                                      Arika                           PS2       2000                    C  x 2     3 logs
 Street Fighter II                                       Premier Technology              Pinball   1993                               2 logs
 Street Fighter II Turbo                                 Capcom                          SNES      1993                    C          2 logs
 Street Fighter II Turbo                                 Capcom                          CPS       1992  Dec                          2 logs
 Street Fighter II: CE                                   Capcom                          CPS       1992         1 video    C          7 logs
 Street Fighter II: SCE                                  Capcom                          GEN       1993                    C  x 5    10 logs
 Street Fighter II: CE                                                                   PCE       1993                               1 logs
 Street Fighter II                                       Capcom                          CPS       1991  Feb    2 videos   C  x 3     7 logs
 Street Fighter II                                       Capcom                          Amiga     1992                               1 logs
 SF III: 2nd Impact                                      Capcom                          CPS3      1997         1 video    C  x 2     2 logs
 SF III: 3rd Strike                                      Capcom                          CPS3      1999         3 videos   C  x 7     7 logs
 SF III: 3rd Strike                                      Capcom                          360       2011                    C  x 5     7 logs
 Street Fighter III                                      Capcom                          CPS3      1997                    C          4 logs
 Street Fighter IV                                       Dimps                           360       2009                    C  x 2    10 logs
 Street Fighter V                                        Capcom                          Win       2016                    C  x 2     4 logs
 Street Fighter V                                        Capcom                          PS4       2016        14 videos   C  x 11   23 logs
 Street Fighter V: CE                                                                    PS4       2020         4 videos   C  x 7    11 logs
 Street Fighter X Tekken                                 Capcom                          360       2012                    C  x 5    11 logs
 Street Fighter: The Movie                               Capcom                          PS        1995         2 videos   C  x 2     6 logs
 Puzzle Fighter                                          Capcom                          CPS2      1996         1 video    C          3 logs
 Super Street Fighter II                                 Capcom                          CPS2      1993  Sep    1 video    C  x 3     7 logs
 Super Street Fighter II                                 Capcom                          SNES      1994                    C  x 6     7 logs
 Super SF2 Turbo                                         Capcom                          CPS2      1994         2 videos              4 logs
 Super Street Fighter II T.HDR                                                           360       2008                    C  x 2     4 logs
 Super Street Fighter IV                                 Dimps                           360       2010                    C  x 47   66 logs
 Super Street Fighter IV: AE                             Dimps                           Win       2010                    C          4 logs
 Ultra Street Fighter IV                                 Dimps                           360       2014                    C          4 logs
 Ultra Street Fighter IV                                 Capcom                          Win       2014                    C  x 2     7 logs