KEN Speedrun NEW World Record Hardest Difficulty

[@deviouxFGC]

*Q: Why is the game running so fast?* A: This is how it runs on MAME and only MAME is accepted on speedrun.com *Q: Why are some names different? M.Bison is Vega, etc... ? Why am I speedrunning the Japanese version?* A: This is the original Japanese version and these are the original names the game was designed with. Detailed explanation available on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Bison - check the paragraph "Conception and development". A: The cutscene between fights happens faster on the Japanese version and the speedruns can be 15-20 seconds faster than the US version. I also have the official WORLD RECORD with RYU on HARDEST difficulty (8m25s) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d17Ecn2OYphpj8U Please comment and like, it helps A LOT. Thank you for watching!

[@Double-X2-Points]

Do you have a video commentary of this, explaining why you do certain things and what your thinking as you did these inputs? That would be incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[@deviouxFGC]

@@Double-X2-Points I don't have a video commentary of it, sorry. I'm not sure if people would actually care for anything like that. Some probably would, but the vast majority, probably not. I'll gladly answer any questions you may have and tell you what my approach was in any situation, so feel free to ask anything you'd like.

[@afriend9428]

*Kudo's for using original & correct name for bosses!* ⭐️

[@hanzalanaeem4126]

I have question plz tell me the website from where you have downloaded this mame game from.Thanks🥰

[@deviouxFGC]

@@hanzalanaeem4126 You can download the emulator from here: github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame And the ROM for the game, just search on google for: "sf2hfj rom" or "sf2hf rom" (I cannot post links for ROMs here, sorry).

[@TheRealBDouble]

"Hey, Ken. Before we fight can I ask you a question?" "SHORYUKEN"

[@Simon0]

I sense this player likes the shoryuken. I deduced this after careful analysis of the video

[@BruceLeroyUK]

​@@Simon0😂😂

[@hitekx4065]

"Lord Freeza, can I sit down and have a word with you?" "SHORYUKEN" - Dragonball Z Abridged

[@mr.nuna916]

Hella dumb.

[@xCharlottek]

SURE YOU CAN 🗣️

[@Zerogata]

The punch sound effect from this game never gets old.

[@SMTDDR]

It sounds so raw. Besides the sound of a fierce or a fireball hitting someone, this is also my favorite "shoryuken" sound; like they're stressing their throat.

[@anthonywilliams9415]

📠

[@kyngdarius774]

And the throw sound

[@edgarknowles8570]

Never that's when shoryuken sounded like a shoryuken

[@alexojideagu]

The best SF punch sound and ShoRyuken of all time

[@spiritchild9101]

30 years later, this game still impressed the hell out of me. Everything about it is perfect.

[@deviouxFGC]

True, it stands the test of time. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@chocolatepolos1268]

Such a well balanced game. I just can't get into MK or even the later Street Fighters. Turbo for me was, perfect

[@MrJinzal]

I so love it!

[@CasperLD]

Its still one of the greatest 2 player games ever made. I live in the States and my brother lives in Ireland. I visited recently and he had purchased a Bartop arcade. We played Sf2 for the first time in probably close to 30 years. The rivalry came instantly back. So did my muscle memory in how to play it. It was an INTENSE 2 hour session. Quality never gets old.

[@strcash-fs8of]

What u did to sagat in that 2nd round deserves the respect of eveRy SF2 player from 92.....we salute you for avenging us

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting, much appreciated! ;)

[@mitchells2003]

Gave him a second giant scar across his chest and took his other eye.

[@Dexaan]

CPU Claw was harder than CPU Sagat, change my mind

[@tobiasfarragut292]

When he jumped back because he already knew the Tiger Uppercut was coming I knew we were dealing with a Shark 🦈

[@servHis221]

@@tobiasfarragut292😂😂😂😂😂

[@crocoman776]

In the Japanese games, the boxer was M Bison, the Spanish guy was Balrog and the final boss was Vega. For western markets, there was an issue with ‘M Bison’ and Mike Tyson. So they swapped the names around a bit.

[@macaronsuki3314]

He was already in Street Fighter for Mike (the boxer). (Heavyweight boxer Mike spent some time in prison)

[@ErrolBeats]

Yeah, the original names feels weird to me. Kinda glad they switched them lol

[@jaimartin5231]

Thanks, I thought I’d misremember my childhood!

[@eggruns2370]

worlwide its claw , boxer , dictator

[@DevaActingAcademy]

Western names were originals, because they stayed like that in next sequels 😅

[@pokeken]

Never let Ken into a car dealership ...

[@GackFinder]

Or into the strategic oil barrel reserve

[@johannsimonot]

Sure you can shurhiuken sure you can? 😂

[@joysboy6588]

😂😂😂😂

[@servHis221]

😂😂😂😂

[@mauricewashington226]

I remember about 30 years ago, spending about 2 months daily playing Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the SNES to beat the game on the hardest difficulty with Ryu without losing a round - all it said at the end was “You have Mastered Ryu!” For you to do this so effortlessly, it seemed, is truly amazing! 🙏🏾

[@deviouxFGC]

I know what you mean, I've been there as well. We all gotta start somewhere. It gets easier and easier the more you play and I just played A LOT. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@anthonypimentel7218]

About 30 years ago I completed SF2: the world warrior on SNES with Chun Li on the hardest setting. Was SO proud lol, it wasn't easy. Didn't know any combos or anything like that either. And had a massive crush on her 'cause I was young but well, I kinda still do lol (I play SFV and main Sakura ATM, loved her fighting style since the Alpha games, most fun of all the shotos, she's super enthusiastic and cool)

[@Stank-b8w]

@@deviouxFGChey you should do speed runs with all the fighters. If you do I’m new to you and do t know.

[@MathieuPilot]

Same kind of thing for me. 4 months seeing if i could finish it without losing a single round while playing casually.

[@deviouxFGC]

@@Stank-b8w I don't have the time do that, unfortunately. I really like Chun Li, Zangief, Guile, Vega, Sagat and Bison but I'm average with them and I prefer to do rather high-level speedruns using the characters I'm good with (Ken/Ryu).

[@RoloEsco444]

8:07 - Ken even speed run his marriage! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@donraggo77]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josem2595]

That car didn't stand a chance.

[@speddyg]

The car? Look at the flaming drums, they got demolished.

[@casual_C]

The car must defeat Sheng Long first

[@SephirothGodF7]

Imagine what he’d do to a Tesla today😂

[@marcusgreer3868]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JoseBronxRican]

"Ohhhhh my Go-o-o-o-od!"

[@derrickwar]

July 6th 1995 I attempted this with Sagat.. After 92 losses to M. Bison I had him down to a sliver of heath in the 3rd round and he hadn't landed a hit.. Two head stomps and a few psycho crushers followed by a throw led to my TV somehow getting cracked by a drinking glass that miraculously flew from my hands..

[@deviouxFGC]

Oh I know that feeling. Many times I wanted to smack the arcade machine and the only thing holding me back was knowing I'd get permabanned if I did ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jb_0029]

Sai-kyou-crrruSshhh-ahhh

[@komodosp]

Maybe if you hadn't been playing with a drink in your hand you'd have done better...

[@dylanlewis3666]

The arcade I played at used to rig the game by somehow having access to a setting that didn't show the opponent's health. You could defeat the opponent but you never knew how much health it had.

[@derrickwar]

@@komodosp 😂😂

[@jeremiahm1413]

So therapeutic to watch someone absolutely SMOKE the cheating the computer the way it used to screw so many of us back in the day. It's like being Loki watching the Hulk rag-doll Thor into the floor. Almost gets me shouting "THAT'S HOW IT FEELS!!"

[@deviouxFGC]

Oh yeah, we've all been on the receiving end of the cheat machine, many times. It always feels good to dish out some payback ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@minnesota_fats7344]

I couldn't agree more, this cheating bastard game is getting what it deserves.

[@Evening2020]

😂😂😂😂 agreed

[@emptiester]

I dont think this game cheats, you just need to change styles between rounds. You cant bring the same fight to the next round, which certainly makes the game better.

[@deviouxFGC]

@@emptiester There are at least 3 obvious ways the game "cheats": 1. It will do charge moves without charging. For example, Guile can walk forward and do Flash Kick instantly without charging. So, charge time is needed only for human players, not for the CPU. 2. It is not affected by proximity block, so it can walk backwards out of range from your attacks without automatically having "block" triggered. This does not apply to human players. You will automatically block if you are close to your opponent and try to walk back when they press a button. 3. It will do input reading and react to buttons you press on the first frame you press them. How many times did you press a button and you didn't even see it come out on the screen, yet you got countered?! In my opinion, these are a "necessary evil", so to say, because if the game would not "cheat", then humans would find a way to win very consistently, which means the arcade machines would not have generated nearly as much money as they did by "cheating". What you said is also true, you do mostly have to change your style between rounds, but the game does have many moments when it "cheats".

[@jmarx3943]

Congrats on the WR. This is probably my favorite version of street fighter 2. Something about it just hits different. I love the sound effects on the fierce hits.

[@deviouxFGC]

SF2 is something special, for sure. Only good memories related to it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@consciousconscience]

I love when they barf when you hit them hard enough, and when they can double barf when you land a two hit fierce, like dhalsims headbutt 😂

[@OliveiraX]

Yeah. The sound effects were great. Much better than in sf2ce. You could feel the power.After this, in ssf2, the effects just got gay.

[@sonakokbs6965]

@@OliveiraX so agree with you, killed all the vibe, i never play ssf2 mostly because of that

[@anthonypimentel7218]

​@@OliveiraXthere's no need to use the word "gay" like that. I'm not gay, but there's nothing wrong with being gay. And a gay guy saved my life once (he's also a close friend and fellow fighting game player)

[@tedy2777]

"what is your occupation?" Ken: "Shoryuken"

[@cicertified]

This had me laughing for 5 minutes straight.

[@johannsimonot]

Sure you can? Sure you can? 😂

[@BigBoss7777777]

@@cicertifiedwhy? It doesn’t even make sense

[@mikebrown3881]

The English translation for shoryuken is rising dragon fist. When I was younger it never even occurred to me that he might be speaking an actual language. I always thought it was some reference to him and Ryu because they both have the same moveset or something like that. Finding out it was actually him speaking Japanese was one of those smack your forehead with your palm moments.

[@cicstommy]

Lol. This is one of those videos where if you press 'skip' at any point you'll miss an entire fight.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting ;)

[@betterinsodapop]

That jump in combo is doing a lot of work. Man, your execution is like flawless. Impressive.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you, much appreciated. I have many hours on SF2, it was very important for me as a kid to get good at the game, so I played A LOT :) Cheers for watching and commenting!

[@klausb.7505]

Thanks a lot 4 doing and showing, the impossible 4 me 2 do !!! Well done and awesome !!!

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting, much appreciated!

[@TheKyleBrah]

In South Africa, we used to think that Ken/Ryu said "Allyouget," "Atooget" and "Hutkutfooget" for "Shoryuken," "Hadouken* and "Tatsumaki Senpou Kyakku" respectively 🤭

[@jimmyboe8246]

Trust me my friend in every country we think that when back in time. As french i used to think that with the same writting 🤣

[@musicgardener2142]

the hit into shoryuken combo is just a force to be reakoned with. i could never execute it so flawlessly, g'job!

[@deviouxFGC]

Yes, it's a very good, classic combo. It requires a lot of repetition for the execution, even I still fail it every now and then. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@harrymoschops]

Great run well done on the WR! The jump in strong punch, standing strong, strong dp combo is a killer

[@deviouxFGC]

It's a very good combo, indeed, one of the best in the entire game. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@chrismcculloch1088]

I do like the 'jump in strong punch, standing strong, light dragon punch (looks better and doesn't leave you hanging) or jump in strong punch, medium crouched kick into light dragon punch. (Medium knee into light dragon is a good look too)

[@runningon8883]

Yeah he got that down solid 💪🪨

[@OliveiraX]

Some 30 years ago at a friend's house (who had a snes), we pulled an all-nighter to beat the game in the hardest difficulty. You did it much faster than me. Congrats!

[@deviouxFGC]

Yea, I remember the struggles, good times tho, good times. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@tyester]

Just learned I could throw in an extra punch in the jump punch/shoryuken combo...

[@MathieuPilot]

I learned it could be done very late (after 1 year of playing sf2 turbo) and it completely changed my experience with the game. Never played any other character than ken after that. Note that I found the timing very tight and often did the simpler version with just crouching HP DP without the jump in

[@palienastra1]

world of warcraft facepalm emote...

[@Reptile1983]

The music on Guile round will never get old. 🤘😎🤘

[@mangotango76pulp59]

ruy stage for me.😊

[@robertmartinez4247]

Sagat Stage and Dhalsim

[@nigelbaldwin2515]

I think Ken's my favourite :)

[@user-ci9jo9xm4v]

Balrog my favorite

[@SakheleNtaba]

Everyone talking about the car...... THE FLAMING DRUMS!!! 💀💀💀💀

[@HamboneDeluxe]

Coming from someone who has been playing SF for over 30 years, I dare say this is impressive.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you very much for watching and commenting. Much appreciated!

[@tigrathetrophyhunter6996]

Same here, and I totally agree. Fabulous!

[@HustleGameBoss]

Facts

[@uno3863]

I agree 💯💯💯I remember being so obsessed with this game as a kid, I now have the 1up arcade at home I curse everytime I play someone online 🤣🤣🤣🤣awesome memories and I wouldn't want to play you in a tournament, you'll just piss me the F off 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@palienastra1]

its not. I have not played in over 10 years I could beat this style of play very easily. also it was not on the hardest setting. pause the video and look at his mod stats it says 7 hardest. We all know 8 stars was the hardest difficulty. Also if you played 8 stars you know they block everything. In this play threw the cpu blocked nothing literally nothing. In 8 stars you have to counter a move most of the time and timing is crazy.. if you miss your timing you get punished.. On top of that in a 8 star match ken vs ken if the cpu dragon punches you 20% damage on a unblocked hit. vs your dragon punch on the cpu unblocked 5% damage. This was a 1 star play threw.. If it was a 8 star play threw the hardest it would have had the special ending added to the end of the normal ending.. This is just someone that wanted extra views.. he is not that good..

[@geovani.santos]

Haha… so nice to see someone smashing this Sagat guy. Legend! ✌🏼

[@ADGNet]

Imagine walking into the arcade and watching this guy finish SF2 in 7 mins all on a single 60c credit.

[@deviouxFGC]

That would have been a very rare sight back in the day. We would try to maximize the gameplay time of every coin as much as possible :) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@OliveiraX]

And the arcade game downright cheats. Blanka laid one finger on him and it cost him 1/3 of his like bar.

[@vsk3165]

@@OliveiraX Oh the CPU is legit programmed to cheat. And in a way it kind of makes sense. If it wouldn't cheat, then people would quickly figure out ways to beat it consistently, which means the arcade places would lose lots of money. You can still beat it consistently, but not if you're an average player, you'll need to put in a lot of quarters to get there ;)

[@bartsullivan4866]

60 cents? I remember when this was a quarter or 2 nickels at the nickel arcade

[@muddlewait8844]

Man I love this game. Nothing like CPS1 meat-smacking Fierce sounds. Thanks for posting this!

[@deviouxFGC]

Yes, sir, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@tehshingen]

Especially when it’s a fierce into fierce dragon punch and you hear three of them in a row quickly

[@Cashewnutter112]

Man I was good, real good with SF2, would use same combos and finishes with ease. This is next level. your timing on moves to bait them to trigger their moves are flawless.

[@deviouxFGC]

I practiced this run quite a bit. I did around 1k attempts to get it. The more you do it, the better your timings get. Thanks for the kind words. It's good to see once in a while someone who actually understands what's going on.

[@Western.Confrence]

“Attack me if you dare, I will crush you”

[@phopjon]

That's what I say...

[@panicfarm9874]

Fair fight! No sco tum grabbing or walks along the beach offered - Well done. Oooh rah oooh!

[@mitchelllawrence2798]

As someone who used to play Street Fighter back in the days on arcade and consoles... I definitely say you're an elite player with your combo skills.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated!

[@GenMaster]

he's o.k.

[@brichan1851]

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. Just WOW!😮

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lucky-13gof47]

As a former Ken player I can say this video went exactly as I thought it would.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting ;)

[@Nekkmetal]

Pro !! I liked the fish out on Guile to get him on air , gj.

[@deviouxFGC]

Yea, but I could have done it a bit better, got a bit unlucky there. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@TheSTeWMaN29]

That Gief fight is exactly what I do, Great Job

[@deviouxFGC]

Oh nice! It's a pretty reliable strat, yea. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Mathochist112358]

Yeah, same. It was super gratifying to see that my instinct to jump straight up and kick on Zangief is what the pros do to. Just way better lol. GG.

[@J.jumonville]

Man Sagat was holding back. I can’t even approach him on normal difficulty. Soon as I go for jump kick tiger upper cut, if I stay back, tiger all day! Good job!!

[@deviouxFGC]

Well, he can definitely be a pain in the ass, but he has some predictable patterns. Also keep in mind that what you see here is just one successful attempt. What you don't see is like a thousand failed attempts ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@damienlg4281]

There are two kind of gamers in the world: the ones that have beaten Sagat and the others.

[@muh.andianto]

I don't really know how difficult it is because I don't play the game. I also don't know why KZbin recommend this. But here I comment to help the algorithm. Nice run btw

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for the support, much appreciated!

[@automotive474]

It's... Super hard

[@damienlg4281]

It tooks me like 40 try to beat Sagat on my Genesis at every run, for months

[@automotive474]

@@damienlg4281 I'll have you know that the arcade version on the hardest setting is insanely harder than the Genesis version on the hardest setting, the CPU cheats a lot

[@J4Y84]

ShoW Ryu! Ken (Yes Show Ryu What you can Do !.. Ken) ✌️✌️

[@nobbynobbs8182]

This game still holds up. Change my mind

[@plpmanden]

SF2 is the greatest fighting game ever. I prefer the older, slower version though.

[@nobbynobbs8182]

@@plpmanden Yeah I prefer the slower version too. Made it feel more tactical

[@Gen965]

​@@plpmandenI like my Champion Edition which is my favorite, I can't do this fast version stuff I just don't like playing like that.

[@Diskord1982]

Watching those inputs is insane. You make it look soo easy.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you! I have a shitload of hours on SF2. Your inputs will become more and more clean the more you play. They were definitely sloppy when I first started playing back in the day ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@GGWingert]

I'm here just to salute you specifically for beating the crap out of Sagat and Vega (the original japanese Vega) like you did. They deserve it! Kudos!

[@deviouxFGC]

They deserve it, indeed ;) Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@felipeqfdesouza]

Congrats on the WR! I've only played SF2T in SNES and for years I thought it was a console only version as I never saw it on arcades. Used to love to play with Chun as she now has a full-screen fireball and an air Spinning Bird Kick (that was mosltly useless, but cool to execute lol).

[@deviouxFGC]

I played only in arcades. Nobody had console here, it was a luxury item back then :) Chun is a very good character, especially if you can master her, can be very problematic. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@felipeqfdesouza]

@@deviouxFGC I didn't have SNES either. Too expensive in my country. But we used t have stores that we could play by the hour and that was my go to point after school almost everyday lol.

[@deviouxFGC]

@@felipeqfdesouza Oh I know what you mean exactly. We had those stores as well where you could play on Playstation by the hour, but that was too expensive for me :) I could get like 15 coins at the arcade and play all day for the price of one hour on the Playstation. Good times, good memories!

[@Batsinthebelltower]

Duuuude those combos absolutely smokin , impressive playing !

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@pauldoe240]

That was AWESOME. Good fight my man 😎

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Simon0]

This game is a bad influence on children. After I played this I tried to beat up a car and got injured 🙃

[@venom74799]

You people have to stop blaming cars for stuff like this. Your using fierce punch waaaaay to often and burning your knuckles out.

[@palienastra1]

well ... guess you can't fix stupid... huh.. The fact that you posted this reflex's that.

[@christopherfiore6820]

Really wondered what Sagats AI would try to mix you up. 😁 great run!

[@deviouxFGC]

You can always count on Sagat to be a prick 😉 Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@spyseahorse4277]

5:32 Love it when the triple dragon combo hits with the knee as well 👍😁

[@deviouxFGC]

Oh yeah! Back in the day we used to call that "the square combo" 🤣🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@SHINBAXTER]

WE USED TO CALL IT THE QUAD 😂 =)

[@foamyone101]

So satisfying on Balrog

[@badnewsBH]

That was a masterpiece, sir. Bravo!

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Blacksmith1988]

Thats the way to beat Bison man. Dont give the guy a chance to breathe, just keep raining blows on him. Satisfying watch mate.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@spockjones1521]

Watching your Ken is like watching the computer Ken when it gets really pissed off.

[@vinisouza]

Monster run!! Congratulations buddy!

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@TurtleSummoner]

Auto Shop: "Alright, that'll be $80 for the oil change" *Card declines* 1:58...:

[@ninjabush187]

we all loved this arcade game well done for smashing it

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@voicesfromjapan]

I’m a Japanese person who actually played Street Fighter II. This gameplay is amazing! Ken has no openings at all, and there are no pauses or moments of rest while attacking. It's exhilarating to watch and feels really satisfying.🤗

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you very much for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Ken is very nice to play versus the CPU, you feel really strong. I also did many attempts to get this speedrun, probably around 1000, maybe more, eventually you learn what the CPU is going to do and you can use it against him ;) Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@palienastra1]

clearly you never got good at this game.. there is so much more you can do than a triple hit dragon punch..

[@deviouxFGC]

@@palienastra1 wow really? that is so cool. can you show me or just talk about it?

[@LH1980XX]

Nice to see the triple fierce 2 in one combos I was legendary for in the UK scene nearly 30 years ago :D. There's a faster way to complete the game with Guile as his double sonic boom combo is a redizzy, it requires mad timing though.

[@deviouxFGC]

Good times, good times. Hitting the triple combo always felt special. I'm pretty bad with Guile. I can play him cheesy in 1v1, but not fast vs the CPU :) Not sure if it would be faster than Ken though. Ken just destroys everybody. Cheers for watching and commenting!

[@pyromaniac354]

I remember just about every takeaway shop had street fighter 2 back in the mid 90s. We sunk many coins into those machines 😂

[@deviouxFGC]

We only had one good arcade place in my city where there were legit cabinets. There were some pool halls and bars which had them as well, but they were trashed. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Rautz.]

We had a takeaway with a few machines, next to it was a dairy with couple more then a butcher next to the dairy followed by a 4 square. the 4 square had a separate area to the shop with a few machines too lol Was weird having a dairy and 4square 6 metres apart but was cool asf having street fighter in each shop. our area in AKL was overrun with spacie machines, even had a hairdesser with SFII lol

[@pyromaniac354]

@@Rautz. We were in palmy nth and the local dairy converted their garage into a mini street fighter arcade room lol. selling us 12-13 year olds ciggies by the singles in lollie bags haha

[@theaestheticcactus7889]

For me it was either Mk1 or MK3 in the arcade in my hometown

[@Fazmagarical]

@@pyromaniac354 my local had Operation Wolf

[@realgoose5471]

Damn. And I thought i was good with Ken in Turbo edition!! Ay Carumba

[@AlphaBerzerkerGamingInc]

Brutal speedrun as usual! 😎🎮

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated!

[@albertlevins9191]

Big fan of this game. I don't think I coul beat it as fast as you. Wow.

[@afriend9428]

*I love my Super Nintendo and copy of this game!* ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️ ❤️ ⭐️

[@deviouxFGC]

Super Nintendo was a rarity around these parts while growing up, luckily we had the arcades :) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@tehlewlz]

Never thought i needed to hear "shoryuken" so many times in my life

[@baronvg]

Man, I spent a couple hours every day after school playing this game. The idea that it could be beaten in less than 10 minutes would’ve blown my 12 year old mind!

[@11AleZZ]

It can't in a real arcade machine

[@hfcriske]

Ken looks more terrified in his wedding photo than during the whole tournament.

[@samueldiaz1508]

6:00 😳

[@mr.speyside5240]

Seeing someone wreck Ryu that easily brings a smile to my face.

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Longlostpuss]

I love SF2, my favourite one of all time.

[@deviouxFGC]

Same here, only awesome memories related to it! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Blacksmith1988]

The only fighting game I've ever needed for 30 years.

[@deviouxFGC]

A true masterpiece, indeed.

[@kenmasters6438]

nice. I'm 46 now and I remember being in 7th grade going on a bus to the big city for the arcade just to play this game when it just came out, only to always get my ass kicked by blanka. in my 20's I found the original japanese version to download and got my revenge many time over.

[@deviouxFGC]

I know what you mean, we've all been on the receiving end, but it felt great to get that sweet revenge! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@01sevensix]

….guiles suplex still stressing me out 30 years on

[@soulintake]

Very well done! Congrats

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@Efreno]

Cant even double tap the screen to fast forward passed the points earned without seeing that his next opponents are half beaten in the first round if you do lol nice 👍 Edit: vega deserves everything he got in this playthrough

[@okbrown]

Triples Galore!! (Even the occasional Quadruple) 😂 Love it!!

[@laron.henderson]

Brings back so many memories!

[@Doc_in_the_carpet_truck]

Wow I just transported back in time !! And found out all the cheat codes mind is blown 💥

[@user-eu3zp3xk6b]

If you grew up in NZ in the 90s you would find a street fighter game at nearly every corner dairy and takeaway

[@user-eu3zp3xk6b]

When you mastered guile’s invincible stance as a kid you were the local God. Also remember freezing the game when it was time to leave just for kicks.

[@foamyone101]

​@@user-eu3zp3xk6b Would also find wire hanging out the coin slot 😂

[@richardmiklai2159]

Dude knocked them out so fast the guys forgot their real names towards the end

[@sanitary103]

Nice. Will you be doing other challenges? Such as never getting hit? Or some other challenge?

[@deviouxFGC]

Sorry to disappoint, but at the moment I think I'm done with SF2. If any of my runs get beat, I might try to reclaim them, but otherwise I will most likely be playing SF6 for quite a while, I like it too much and it's a big challenge for me to try and become skilled in that game. Thanks for watching and for the support!

[@CursedLemon]

Fighting games are such a cool thing to speedrun, it's never the same thing and really focused on not only the player's APM but their legit reflexes and reactive thinking.

[@GenMaster]

"it's never the same thing" That's not true, seeing as you can bait the exact same reactions out of the A.I. each time, especially for the purposes of a speedrun.

[@CursedLemon]

@@GenMaster You can employ the same strategy but unless you are frame-by-frame perfect, the AI is going to react slightly differently and the match won't proceed precisely the same way (unless you have a strategy where the enemy literally never has a chance to do ANYTHING). This is in contrast to other games where enemy reactions are often unimportant, whereas in fighting games it's literally the whole game

[@GenMaster]

@@CursedLemon It's rather easy to do in this game.

[@CursedLemon]

@@GenMaster I'd believe that

[@NadreDonia]

All this fight just to get married Ken : Real fight just start

[@deviouxFGC]

That's good! And very true. I like it :)

[@charlesyoung9980]

Kens like the kid who was bullied throughout school, disappeared for 5 years and came back to get his revenge.

[@kevinspinner545]

I guess Ken didn’t give a shit about the barrels

[@matthewjordan9043]

Yeah, that's not how to beat those..

[@massimomorittu7407]

Sure, the only part that make sense in a speedrun is to quickly destroy the last barrels...like he did it.

[@shehzad_ali]

TIL, you can shoryuken from a sweep kick. Amazing work.

[@deviouxFGC]

Shoryuken from a sweep kick is not that difficult "IF" you practice it a lot, and I have practiced it A LOT ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@paumic6366]

Great run!

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@apanickedseagull]

Never noticed the jiggle physics on the Vegas stage before. Impressive

[@VanceAvailable]

physics... jesus

[@apanickedseagull]

@@VanceAvailable ….had nothing to do with it?

[@namco003]

Hey. Good stuff dude. I'm a SF Turbo: HF pro player from back in the early 90s. It was fun back seat playing. For me it's like watching Tetris. Sf2 T was the first arcade cab I bought back in '97 and by default I leave mine on level 8 as well. Super easy to beat with no loses for me, but I've never timed myself. Also, I'm a collector and arcade tech for the last 30 years. A bunch of us would practice and some of us would drive up to Jersey and New York on occasion to compete with high level players. There was only a hand full of us here to play. When i worked at Chuck E Cheese no one would play me, and if they saw me coming up, would quit as soon as i put a token in. I was THAT good. I have some video of a bunch of us practicing at our local arcade around 92/94 on VHS. Thanks for the memories. Those slip ups tho. Woo boy, had me heated LOL! 😂 I just came back after a power outage. I think i'll play on my machine and time myself LOL

[@deviouxFGC]

That is so cool!! I love to hear these kind of stories, those were some of the best memories I have as as kid. We did not have this game at my arcade back in the day, we only had World Warrior, Champion Edition and Super (The New Challengers). I went from being a total scrub to pretty much the top player within like 2-3 years. I played every day like a maniac as much as I could. Nothing on this planet mattered to me more than becoming good at Champion Edition, it consumed me. I've won a lot of local tournaments, but unfortunately, that's as far as it goes. There was no internet back then and competing outside of the local scene was pretty much impossible, travelling alone for hundreds of miles at 14-15-16 years old was too scary, I didn't wanna do it ;) If you have an original hardware machine, you might notice there's a speed difference. This is because I'm playing on the MAME emulator and that's how the game runs on it and only the MAME emulator is accepted on speedrun.com for submitting runs. I'm playing with an arcade stick on PC, but it's so awesome if you have an actual cab. That's the way to play! Enjoy! GL&HF !!

[@namco003]

@@deviouxFGC Thanks. Gaming and arcade tech is how I got so connected with the industry, and met a ton of people, like Justin Wong of course. Met him at Magfest maybe a year or so after Evo moment 37 dropped. He ended up dating one of my friends, so I would see him at local cons or gaming events in my area or near. Never take a food bet with him. Lol! I don't think 20 bucks was worth my friend DRINKING that concoction Justin made at the Chinese buffet LOL!. If you ever get a chance to check out Magfest, we have two shows. Our main one is on the east coast in January at the Gaylord near the Pentagon, and one in California called Mag West. I'm the head tech for the arcade, and have been involved since mag 3, and 21 was last January. My gf is the head of the arcade and the head of the board of directors for all Mag the last few years. If you ever get a chance, check us out. We had 400 arcades. They have speed run panels where audiences watch you. Usually i see it as a charity thing, or maybe just a panel. Btw, my sf2 came with two boards. One was sf2 and the other was turbo, but I gave the old board away as it stopped working. I only used it to do the old Guile and Dhalsim glitches 😎

[@namco003]

@@deviouxFGC BTW, I plugged my machine in last night after I commented and, I'm gonna blame the controls. I haven't replaced the sticks or the inner grommet in a minute LOL! I've played too much 3rd Strike too 😎 Not sure if my last message showed but check out Magfest. I'm the head arcade tech and my gf is the arcade department head and head of the board of directors. We do a few shows, and I provide games for other comicon and events

[@deviouxFGC]

@@namco003 That's so cool! The scene in the US is incredible. I could have only dreamed of being part of something like that back in the day. Around these parts it was waaaay smaller, just a handful of dudes who could play good and as time went by, just kept getting smaller and smaller. By 2001, it was pretty much game over, the internet cafe's put the arcades out of business. I'm from Europe, so I doubt I will ever get near the Gaylord, but who knows, maybe one day....Magfest looks awesome, another thing I can only dream of. You folks are blessed over there :) I wish you and your girl all the best and many more Mag's and good times together God bless!

[@josephorbino1766]

Its a crime to not let the Guile theme Play

[@Tachybana]

At the pizza shop, You can smell the pizza in the oven with every Shoryuken. Brings back so many great memories.😂

[@deviouxFGC]

All we could smell back in the day were cigarettes :) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@josebolivar4364]

Is such a performance only possible using an arcade gamepad? Or is it possible to get at least close to it using a SNES or X-box-type gamepad?

[@deviouxFGC]

It is possible with any kind of controller, especially gamepad, any kind of gamepad. It is possible even with a keyboard. You just have to be able to execute moves and combos correctly. Playing A LOT is what is most important, not the controller. Choose whatever controller you like and whatever controller you can execute moves and combos with. I have at least 20k hours on SF2 and I prefer arcade stick, but if you play 20k hours on keyboard, you will be very good on keyboard and if you play 20k hours on gamepad, you will be very good on gamepad. You can be very good even with 2-3k hours, every person is different, some people learn faster than others, some people are more talented than others, but the key to success is playing A LOT, with whatever controller you can execute moves and combos.

[@josebolivar4364]

@@deviouxFGC 20k hours is insane! Congrats! Maybe one day I get there too.

[@thundercats2004]

Bro, that combination you kept using us deadly

[@deviouxFGC]

Yep, one of the best combos in the game. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@winge-dogjones2492]

Your a really good player

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and for the kind words, much appreciated!

[@andrewjones198]

The dudes in the barrel challenge stage be drinking like mad!

[@RunningUpStock]

Imagine wasting a quarter fighting this guy.

[@deviouxFGC]

I have wasted many many many quarters myself while I was learning, so I know exactly what it feels like ;) Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@happinesstolerant]

Very well played - incredible!

[@deviouxFGC]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jakecregeen6667]

Why were some of the names wrong? Vega was named balrog and m bison was named Vega ?

[@deviouxFGC]

Check the pinned comment please, it's mentioned there.

[@jakecregeen6667]

I just read the pinned comment. That’s crazy! I’ve been playing these games since they were coin operated ( the best ) and never saw a Japanese version.

[@deviouxFGC]

@@jakecregeen6667 Japanese boards were not available outside of Japan. I also did not know about it until I started doing these speedruns and I saw that other runs were done on the Japanese version. I played on the US version growing up, it's the one I'm used to the most.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Long story short, the American versions messed up three character's names and unfortunately they stuck.

[@musicgardener2142]

wasn't it also about the controversies about the real life Mike Tyson coming into play here (i might be wrong on that) and so they fixed it by swapping names as a quick and dirty fix? Anyhow, obviously the initial japanese names fit much better even though it is against our collective "muscle memory" if you can call it that.

[@DDRaHolic]

I love how each fight is subtly different. I’m sure that nearly everything in this video is intentional, and that makes it even more interesting to watch you dismantle each fighter!

[@deviouxFGC]

Yes, sir, good eye. There's a different strategy for the CPU on every fight and pretty much everything you see is intentional, indeed. I did make some mistakes as well, but what can you do ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@magalhaes5243]

Parabéns!

[@JasonVoorhees-cl8tt]

Excellent work, real swift

[@deviouxFGC]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@hiyashichuu]

このゲームスピードで、このコントロール。 素晴らしいです。