Sweet Fightin' +2

Hello Andy,

I would like to map this amazing game. Don’t you have the graphics for all the backgrounds in any PC or ZXS format which I could use?

If so, please let me know at pavero(a)post.cz. I don’t find any other way how to contact you. Many thanks.

Hi ZXpresh, this is an astonishing achievement. I have an idea that could be really fun to try. Is there any chance of a 'black' version being released at any point? Basically the same as this, but with no backgrounds for the matches? If this could be done, I could adapt it for the ZX Touch with some more colourful backgrounds. It could look even more amazing. It would be really fun to try.

Just managed to get this running on an Analogue Pocket (FPGA-based handheld) using a virtual DivMMC - it works great! What an achievement, very well done!

Very good new fighting game, fun to play. I added it to my video along with other games released in March. Hope you like and share the video.

Making it required guts, doing a good job required mad, phat skillz.  I salute you, my friend...that's a top job.

Incredible port, It is so good, I featured it on my channel

Estoy alucinado.  Increíble !

I just finished it, it is really excellent. Some opponents are not easy if not played in the easiest mode.

very good

If you're keeping track, this works great on zx32.

Also works on ZXDS, although there's a need to dive into the tape menu whenever the game needs to load data. Luckily, it tells you exactly what it's searching for,  so you can get on with the next fight without too much waiting around.

Great game! 👏👏👏 Congratuliations for this awesome game!

Amazing homage! Congrats!

Works as a charm in ESPectrum. No problems seen with fast loading. ESPectrum "Fast tap index" feature can be used too (it speeds up, making load almost instant, loading taps with many blocks as Final Pack's one) but as your .tap don't have too many blocks it makes practically no difference.

I played it at 125% and 150% speed with sound and it's quite enjoyable! :D

As pointed below, a .trd version would be wonderful. ESPectrum and many other emulators can load .trd disks in any model of emulated Speccy not only Pentagon.

Also support for second Kempston button or even more buttons would be nice. There are a lot of possibilities today for real machines and emulators to take advantage of modern gamepads.

Anyway, as said at start of post: Congrats! Great work! 

Verlo impresiona, pero jugarlo y tener la sensación de estar jugando al original de arcade no tiene precio. Muchas, muchas gracias por esta obra de arte

ZXPresh congratulations on achieving the impossible with such a highly technical game running on such a limited system.

Suggestions for the final release:

- The game name should be changed to simply reflect the original arcade title for the sake of accuracy and authenticity as it already infringes copyright. It would look much better to present it as Street Fighter II: The World Warrior with a well designed colour logo that avoids colour clash. The name change would be the most important suggestion.

- An MGT disk image version for DS/DD 3.5" 800K (720K formatted) disks as this would be suitable for the +D Disk System such as the PlusDLite.

For future revisions of the mass storage version of the game (non-tape version) may I suggest the following:

1. Kempston multi-button joypad support for Sega Master System (2-button), and Sega Mega Drive (6-button) controllers

2. Possible speech when SFX and music are not used such as "fight", "you win", "you lose", "round 1" etc.

https://www.realmofdarkness.net/sb/sf2/

This may require additional sound channels and could require the addition of a 6-channel AY TurboSound chip being present. TurboSound is fast becoming a common standard via add-on expansion for original hardware and built-in to clones like the Sizif-512 and ZX Next.

3. Add the arcade "continue" screen with the number counter and character portrait

4. Use the "Versus" screen before each level to display the fighter and opponent for that match

5. The inclusion of bonus levels and the points system

6. Include the world map and flight path to show the level progression for the player before each match

7. Include a mono "attract mode" screen showing the two fighters in front of the office tower block followed by character bio and stats

8. Include each characters win quote after each match

9. Each character has a different ending when the player completes the game.

Thank you.

I have to admit I am completely amazed with this fantastic release. It's 100 times better than U.S. Gold conversion, with difference. Of course, visually looks very good, but its playability is disastreous.

But this remake IS THE BEST AND NEEDED ONE. My congratulations, ZXPresh!

Tested without issues on my +2 with a Divtiesus Maple Edition divMMC as you'd already tested with a divMMC Future.. Have you thought about doing a native esxDOS version which loads the files directly off the card rather than having to access the .tap file sequentially? I've hacked together a version from the .tap file and I can send you my changes  to do this if you're interested - it makes the loading faster and you can take out all those 'stop the tape' messages. :)

Impresionante lo que has conseguido! Esa velocidad de movimientos no pensaba que fuese posible en un Spectrum! Como lo has hecho?

Works very well on Spectaculator (Tested on latest version 9.1)

Incredible work, congrats. Thanks for sharing. 

Just imagine if this game was released 35 years ago! 

Game of the year,

Love it

Hi Presh, congratulations on your amazing "homage"; this is how the Spectrum conversion of Street Fighter II should have looked and played back in 1992.

I can confirm that the game works on a real 128 Spectrum with a DivMMC EnJoy interface and on the latest version of SpecEmu, with and without DivIDE emulation.

If I may suggest you something in order to further improve an already impressing result, it would be:

• a disk-based file, preferably TR-DOS, because it is readable by many emulators and compatible with ESXDOS for use with SD card-based interfaces;
• fighters portraits before the match, like in an enhanced hack of Street Fighter II you can easily find on the Web;
• end-of-game messages for each character;
• the possibility of changing the stage colours;
• scoring.

Thanks again for your time and effort and for making it available to us all.

Absolutely amazing! Congrats!!!

An incredible achievement!!! Congratulations! Maybe you can add dandanator version? And if you add de zx0 compression what level of reduction can you archive? And finally final fight maybe your next challenge? ;) again thanks for gift us this master peace for our beloved little speccy! :)

Increíble, enhorabuena a los desarrolladores por llevar aún mas al limite al Zx

exelente juego y programacion como dice los fans que somo nosotros no es ilegal si se hace sin fines de lucro  y homenaje a todos Mi querida Speccy , CAPCOM , el Street Fighter y los arcades casi nada y asi es como se avanza en la vida todos casi siempre copia algo bueno de otros programadores Exencia y gusto a programar algo y no quedarse. 

very great work thanks

What a fantastic version! If you have a Spectrum clone with a faster processor, I recommend check  it at 5.2MHz. At this frequency, the game with music runs with speed almost like on arcade. Is it planned to use a three-button Mega Drive pad that uses e.g. Sizif 512?

Buen trabajo!!

Gracias

An exceptional version of sf2, the one it always deserved. It has everything: great gameplay, smooth movement, fantastic music... everything. Congratulations on this talented work. 

great improvement over original, even graphics were partly updated, and plays much better, especially when music turned off.

Thank you for your fantastic effort!