When SF:Alpha was released on the Game Boy Color

[@deskcombo]

Hey everyone, been working the past few weeks on a couple of new videos (including this one). Hoping to get them finished very soon, so expect 3 or 4 more videos over the next month. Thanks for watching and for sticking around!

[@judekraft8104]

How about a very rad cvs2 video

[@stevenwhuntva]

Always, man, you put out the best content!

[@TheCodeAlwaysWins]

@@judekraft8104 #freecvs2

[@bloopbloopbloops]

it would be dope to see a SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millennium for NeoGeo Pocket Color!!!😎😎😎

[@psychogore]

@@bloopbloopbloops Agree, this game has a truckload of infinites !

[@gibgun]

I just love the fact they found the memory to keep the cat in Rose’s stage

[@MajinCCBThePrince]

Well, Rose & Birdie share the stage

[@gibgun]

@@MajinCCBThePrince Well, it’s still Rose’s stage. Also being clearly Italian it’s synonymous with Rose.

[@dezinfectant]

that's priority

[@BrokenDust]

It's an essential reference to Way of The Dragon (Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris), a developer must've been a fan and worked overtime to figure a way to fit the cat in.

[@DrunkenMonkeyFighter]

Not to mention the dancing dude in Ken/Charlie stage

[@monkakonga4305]

I didn't even knew this was a thing. The animations looks really smooth, it's kinda surprising how good some of them look, even if it mostly relies on keyframes. Great video dude

[@Taziod]

key frame?

[@TheHobospider]

@@Taziod Key frames are basically the main frames of animation. For example the pose of Ryu having his hands fully extended during the Hadouken is a key frame and so is the initial charge motion he does with his hands. Key frames are supplemented by in-between frames which basically are there to fill the gap between key frames. This GDC talk by one of the Skullgirls devs is probably better at explaining it than I am. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6iTmWyNoqefqdk

[@Kuf112]

@@TheHobospider this man here with the knowledge thanks bro

[@gegabw]

This and the GBA ports of Alpha are a complete programming and coding miracle. Props to the teams that made this ports possible 💜

[@TheTrueBro]

They were both developed by Crawfish iirc

[@rustymixer2886]

​@TheTrueBro where are those programmers at now

[@WiezAnims]

It's weird how good this game actually looks all things considered, I honestly thought it was fanmade at first

[@esmooth919]

Nope. It's real. I had the cart once upon a time.

[@esmooth919]

And the same devs that made this version, went on to port the GBA version of Alpha 3.

[@huuuuuumpy]

Yeah it's worth checking out the video Modern Vintage Gamer made on the port.

[@SinisterSally]

It was fan made, and those fans where Crawfish interactive. The difference is that they got paid by capcom to make it lol. They also did the insanely good gba port of street fighter alpha 3 upper.

[@TonyJenn]

@@SinisterSally to bad they got screwed when it came to pay

[@ryanbradleyrankin]

This game really shows how great capcoms character design is. Even with the limited palate and visual fidelity, the silhouettes read really well.

[@Garyee__]

I like how despite it being a gameboy game, they still made Chun-Li hella thicc

[@badcp455]

I thought the same. It's amazing how they were able to fit her child-birthing hips into a GBC game! 💜

[@gurthygus39]

@@badcp455 I don’t think I’ve ever regretted reading something more 😭

[@bass2yang]

Every pixel has a purpose. 👍

[@ChillavaKirby]

Would it be Chun-Li if she wasn't hella thicc?

[@DragoonMS]

Uhh... anybody remember Street Fighter II for the original Gameboy? Chun-li was hella thicc there, the sprites were nicer lookin', and her Kikouken (like so much else in that misleadingly titled game) was basically the one from Super SF2/Super SF2X (aka Super SF2 Turbo)...y'know, where she leans into it whilst stickin' her butt out with her legs apart.

[@Kanzuki]

Honestly impressed the Gameboy port actually bothered having working combos

[@DavideNastri]

Otherwise... It is not street fighter. It is like saying that a MK port bothered having fatalities.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

@@DavideNastri But it could be just jump-ins and sweeps... Which actually it's an ancient very widespread playstyle. And it could be seen as ok for such limited version of SFA.

[@martinnvillarreal]

@@DavideNastri SNES

[@DavideNastri]

@@carlosaugusto9821 If you don't like street fighter or never played it... Maybe.

[@laughingseal2282]

@@carlosaugusto9821 What are you on? This game has combos like the arcade version. And if you think old sf 2 had only "jump kick and sweep" you been playing it wrong. Cross ups and links are there since vanilla sf2

[@deathsceane]

For what is essentially an officially licensed de-make of SFA it's pretty damn good. The music takes a hit, but it's still great. Would make a neat addition to a collection right next to SFA2 on SNES.

[@DragoonMS]

And don't forget SFA3^ on GBA; the same developer did that.

[@deathsceane]

@@DragoonMS Yeah that was pretty good, but I don't find it as astounding.

[@rorixthebladewingify]

Damn! My man dredging up Child hood FGC memories! God Speed and God Bless! You are amazing Desk! Keep doing these awesome works of art!

[@HypnoSwag]

It was actually a very playable game back in the day.

[@set1237]

I mean, it looks it. That's 100% SF Alpha.

[@SinisterSally]

Only missing a vs. mose. Sadly there was no link cable support but I believe somebody made a patch for the rom.

[@kkeelan]

This game blows my mind with how technically sound it is for a GBC game.

[@verbatim7508]

Looks like in this conversion, instead of the kanji 天, Akuma presses "F" to pay respects.

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I want to see this as a Street Fighter IV or V mod now. Or x Tekken mod, that'd work too.

[@pacoestevez8780]

Footsies confirmed

[@DaftPunkIsDaFunk]

Lmao! Same thought exactly!

[@slimeburger7644]

That's even more disrespectful for akuma now

[@bageltoo]

This is really impressive compared to fighting game ports on the OG Game Boy.

[@stevesteve0521]

Mortal kombat 2, killer instinct, Samurai Shodown 1 and 3, Battle arena toshinden, Real bout fatal fury special and King of fighters 95,96 are all pretty good fighting game ports for Gameboy hardware

[@bageltoo]

@@stevesteve0521 True but none of them are this smooth

[@hurricanemixer]

@@stevesteve0521 World Heroes 2 Jet also

[@littleguyalex]

Love how you showed how a lot of these combos are very practical.

[@Polymathically]

It worked surprisingly well, all things considered. I'm glad they continued with Alpha 3 on the GBA; it was one of the deciding factors for me getting the system.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

That A3 port is an interesting one. I always like to see these impressive opmitized ports, which was sadly (but naturally) a rarity in the 90s and early 00s. It's just sad that not every company could put the effort to use up those older hardwares to the best. There were many mediocre to bad ports on the Gba and other consoles like a GG port, KoF port, etc... but the A3 port is much superior to all of them.

[@stevesteve0521]

I bought the gba because of Mario Kart super circuit , Castlevania circle of the moon and F zero maximum velocity but alpha 3 and Super turbo revival were both highly anticipated ports for me on the gba when they where announced and I think they both delivered big time for the hardware they were on.

[@DragoonMS]

@@carlosaugusto9821 Example of a bad GBA port: Mortal Kombat Advance. A pure disgrace that probably makes the craptastic original Gameboy version of MK3 look god tier by comparison.

[@kadoizo]

This game was really good. A true SF Zero on GB color

[@Hope4NewDay1]

My Eyes: "Oh shit this looks surprisingly good" My Brain: "Wait, that's illegal"

[@SHINBAXTER]

DESK KNOWS HOW TOP TIER RYU’S SF2 GAMEBOY THEME IS 👌 =)

[@Fischonkel]

Always loved this version as a kid, such a step up from the Game Boy classic port of SF2

[@YouGuessIGuess]

Just yesterday I was digging through the closet of my childhood bedroom and I found a handheld gaming magazine issue from 2000. In it was a short review with a C- score for this odd artifact of a Street Fighter game and closed it out with saying, "If you want to play fighting games on a portable system, get a Neo Geo." They weren't wrong. (this version of Alpha didn't even have multiplayer if I recall) Then Desk comes along and makes it look like a damn respectable fighting game. Also, Sodom looks really cool in this art style. The stark shadows make him look more mysterious and dangerous.

[@Lostcontroller]

Those guys at Crawfish Interactive were wizards. They made the GBA port of SFA3 for those who don't know.

[@madxruler]

Good times! Lol I remember you could get Akuma by chance on random select, even though he was a secret character. Lol

[@AuntBibby]

i wonder how many pixels Dan’s fireball travels in this game before it disappears… 6? 7?

[@xavierlegoy935]

Lool

[@TwistedSoul2002]

That 8-bit soundtrack sounds dope af!

[@squilliam0909]

This has to be one of the most impressive demakes I have ever seen

[@MajinCCBThePrince]

Not a decade believe it or not, but an official at the time port

[@84TZ]

Surprising number of those combos, or a slightly less dumb version, were in alpha 1. That game was bonkers

[@A-1-Sawce]

Compared to the previous offering on Gameboy this was absolutely stellar.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

I love seeing advanced stuff on obscure and underpowered ports of fighting games

[@Darksaige]

The confirms are UNREAL. That opening Ken combo was sick and I don't play Ken

[@sadsys]

This channel is truly a gem. I like the passion behind it as well as the specific areas that you target in your videos. There is a GB game that has epic fighting mechanics to the point of being used as a title for local tournaments, you need to check it "Power Quest/Gekitō .The Street fighter Alpha 2 for the Snes is also a technical marvel. Fatal Fury 2 for the Genisis is also an interesting fighting game with combo mechanics that don't exist in other ports of the game. There is also "Yuyu Hakusho Makyou Toitsusen/Sunset Fighters" for the genesis, the game is very advanced in its mechanics and graphics as far as 16-bit system is concerned.

[@jayliner22]

Cant believe the possibilities of combos in this game

[@snackerfork]

Most impressive part to me is how well the characters read despite the size of the sprites (which would be even more minuscule on a real GBC) - other GB/GBC fighters like Power Quest had sprites twice as large, but these developers wisely didn't compromise on animation fluidity, RAM, or the number of characters in favor of bigger sprites, even though big sprites look more impressive in screenshots. Making the character design silhouettes and the attack poses read that cleanly with that little detail is a huge testament to the strength of Capcom's character designers and the pixel artists on this port! Really fantastic work.

[@zanik2.054]

Yeah, I didn't expect this but I'm more than here for it. Great video man.

[@littleguyalex]

I can't believe you've done this and I'm very glad you did.

[@CCXjapan]

The combos remember me the "Street Fighter 4" for NES/Famicom, in that game you can combo even after throw , you can hit your rival in mid air LUL

[@antonix3f.v.223]

Is extremely nostalgic, you put a lot of effort and love, definitely i will buy your game

[@jironamos7650]

Huh, this is actually a real game that came out like 20 years ago.

[@Williosx]

Impressive animation for it's time !

[@ericdrei]

I don't know what's more impressive: desk playing this or executing combos on this game.

[@kaiserbts8007]

I’ve always wanted to see how much you could do in this game, even just a little bit

[@poblanopupp9966]

I've spent some time messing with this game, already know I'm gonna see some crazy Guy combos

[@demetriusconyers850]

Damn this is right on point with the moves for something so small the animation is good

[@MichiFreddy35]

SF Alpha: on Game Boy Color. SF Alpha 2: on SNES SF Alpha 3: on Game Boy Advance. the entire trilogy got ported to Nintendo Consoles!

[@teamspirits732]

And now Switch got all the arcade versions too.

[@allcapcomeverything3866]

Crawfish did a great job on this, all things considered. I have both the English and Japanese versions of this game. The Japanese version is still called Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, and keeps the English names on the character select screen, however, after beating the arcade mode, the ending text is displayed in Japanese and the Japanese names of the characters are used instead. Crawfish would make a version of SFA3 for GBA within a couple years of the release of SFA on GBC, sadly that game would lead to their closure. And even weirder is that that game is called Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper in Japan, instead of using the English name like with SFA.

[@DragoonMS]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think that the GBC version of SFA1 was quite possibly intended more for USA & Europe, with Japan as an afterthought. But with SFA3^/SFZ3^, the Japanese version was released first...

[@Kazecat]

I loved this port when I was younger.

[@mrt445]

Looks better than I assumed it would look because of the animation.

[@shinsmoke]

Good old B, B, ➡️, A for Akuma/Gouki's Raging Demon. 😆 Owned this game back in the GBC era, it had a few annoying bugs, but still a great port, at the end of the day.

[@WagnerRM.]

That three akuma's tiger knee was insane

[@stevesteve0521]

Good port on an 8 bit 2 button handheld, they did as good of a job as you can on that type of hardware and it’s a port I still enjoy playing today

[@deepslasher9472]

Deadly combos dude

[@ankd956]

This was my favourite game as a kid, please do GBA Alpha 3 Upper next!

[@limalima8650]

Eu tenho esse cartucho até hoje! Ficou ótimo essa conversão, 8 bits? Incrível!

[@AniVegMinMan]

yesssss more sick handheld gaming fight games! they may have been crud but damn they kept me busy on long car trips!

[@Hardivh]

Damn, the animations are actually super awesome

[@Andre00x]

This looks really good sprite wise honestly

[@Plasmawarrior]

Not going to lie, this looks REALLY smooth. It wouldn't have the same controls as the other SF games but I'd play it.

[@gokaiginger]

you sir are a FG genius.... This must have taken an age and a half to make

[@ahd4415]

the art direction could be used for a case study in how to convey the same amount of detail and expression in way smaller sprites. that being said it's amazing how thicc Chun Li still is despite her legs being made of like 50 pixels

[@gundamw3490]

Great 👌 I will buy it!!

[@321Tdog]

Even with such limitations the pixel animations are amazing

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Beyond being surprised this exists at all, I am most surprised at the fact this looks to have a rather intact juggle system without being utter jank in the other direction that would have been easier to code that would have just allowed for infinite juggling (until dizzy). This especially given Rose and Akuma's casual ToDs. Huh.

[@mostkasualplayer9640]

I'm still amaze how good they did with this port

[@DandyCaballero]

When sf alpha on gameboy is the most viable alpha while bit crushed and limited. That's nuts

[@hdofu]

Nintendo holds the record for the most Street Fighter Alpha titles released on hardware that it is not designed to handle it that still somehow is playable and even enjoyable.

[@darkjoey3767]

Desk can you do a SF VS SNK the fight of the millennium. It's available to emulate as well that game has crazy combos for a hand held, also there's SFIV CHAMPION EDITION for ios or andriod. That would be awesome if you can check those games out

[@carlosaugusto9821]

*Snk vs Capcom

[@darkjoey3767]

@@carlosaugusto9821 yeah thats what I ment 😄👍🏼

[@deskcombo]

I've been wanting to do a video on one of the android SF games for a while but can't find a good way to get direct feed footage unfortunately. NGPC fighting games also look great but haven't looked into them yet. I'll definitely take a look. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

the world needs more neo geo pcket color combo videos

[@darkjoey3767]

@@deskcombo yeah the way I captured my combos is through screen recording. I have a andriod adapter that allows me to connect a fight stick or controller. Hope you check out my cmvs 😅

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

This would make a good style for a mobile fighting game

[@Lucario4thewin]

Game exists Desk: Guess it's that time again...

[@pascalthiele6903]

Pretty insane Port and amazing soundtrack!!!

[@Steambull1]

Bison's face @ 00:35 "Did I... did I do it?"

[@jonathanlarge7647]

lets bring competitive gameboy color and advanced games into the limelight

[@LordRaptor]

Never knew about this port before, it looks to me that GBA's SFA3 Upper is based on it then, you can see the ground work for the slightly more detailed sprites of Upper in the early Alpha 1 of GBC.

[@30yovegan34]

these stances are iconic

[@r3kop]

When the developers were asked if they can port street fighter alpha onto the gbc platform... they responded, "sure you can!"

[@dlpheonix]

I gotta say capcom did an impressive job for gameboy color if this is native gameplay. Looks like basically everything was included with a smooth framerate.

[@suprshin]

I loved this port! It’s sorcery at work here. I believe the same team port street fighter alpha 3 to the gba.

[@guilhermesilva285]

Not sure desk has heard the amiga commodore's soundtrack of street fighter 2, but it had a beast of a soundcard back in the day and some of the best soundtracks of it's time ! just leaving the suggestion, big

[@armand4116]

And Alpha 3 for the GBA, great jobs from Crawfish , they were wizards.

[@din_5817]

This is probably one of the most absurd ports of a fighting game to a handheld ever. Still doesn't beat the surprisingly good port of alpha 3 on gba which is so close to arcade perfect it's surreal (though it's missing the announcer so it's definitely not the best version of alpha 3)

[@lsimorn]

Are you drunk? GBA SFA3 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH3GfKCZp52hm9U /// Arcade SFA3 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJiaaHiDZaaWoNU

[@Keezawea]

SFA3 on GBA is a good port, but close to arcade perfect?? Nope.

[@din_5817]

Ok i realize i phrased that poorly so what i meant was, as close to arcade perfect as you can get on a gba and i mainly meant in terms of gameplay because i can't feel a very big difference between the two

[@lsimorn]

@@din_5817 100% agreed to that feel ;)

[@BreadMakerCTM]

3:08 F.

[@LtheOriginal]

Ken's character portrait is scary AF.

[@camronh14]

sick shoryuken

[@slevinbeckett4381]

I have this game for the old game boy color. But I don't remember Akuma in that game. And I had two times a strange crash where you can see Assembler language I think xD

[@Sener]

It actually doesn't look bad! Remember mortal kombat 4 on gameboy color? That was insane.

[@mettacitta2000]

This sounds like an OG Mega Man stage on the NES for real

[@jumbodonutfgc]

For a while at my high school most of KZbin was restricted so I pulled up an emulator website and used this game to help me study

[@JustinWongVODS]

This is amazing OMG

[@MrB1ack3]

This is amazing!!!

[@emjay9545]

This looks so cool

[@deafmelonex6983]

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this game

[@tydoesnothing7521]

Can't wait to see this at EVO 2024

[@unknownfactor6489]

Damn it I love pixel art much more than I should

[@LockeLeon]

Have you done a combo video of SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium for the Neo Geo Pocket Color? That game is awesome.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I just think he wont bother, because it's a Snk game. But anyways i wish i'm mistaken about that and he plays the game someday.

[@inbetweenjetlag]

U know what im excited to see tournament of this. Or snk vs capcom pocket version.

[@djbubblegum9975]

Even in 8-bit form Chun Li is still mega thicc

[@JamesDavis-vj7ql]

WoW! wish I had this game when I had my first Gameboy Color. M. Bison still looks like he ate alot of tacos and Akuma looks like Kodak Black.

[@fernandosandoval593]

Buenisimo Street Fighter Alpha de Game Boy Color🥇👏👍👌🏆😀.

[@att2747]

what combo are we seeing at 1:19 ? or is it showcasing the Raging Demon?

[@williamb223]

Killer Instinct had an amazing port for the original Gameboy.

[@nicktronson2977]

SNK vs Capcom Neo Geo Pocket next?

[@nintenjermi5325]

damn I didn't know alpha was on gameboy before huh pretty neat