Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II is a 1991 arcade fighting game developed and published by Capcom, offering a roster of playable characters with individually distinct special moves and fighting styles competing in one-on-one matches. The game established design conventions that became standard across the fighting game genre, including a character-select screen, combination attacks, and inputs for special moves executed through specific joystick and button sequences, and its arcade cabinets drew large competitive followings that fostered organized head-to-head play. Street Fighter II was a major commercial success widely credited with reviving arcade video game business in North America in the early 1990s and with founding the modern fighting game genre.