Finish Street Fighter II

Ryu tours ten fighters in 1987, on a cabinet whose two pressure pads read how hard you hit them.

Parries, hand-drawn animation and the greatest comeback in fighting-game history.

Three selectable fighting styles per character over a roster in the thirties; the last of the 2D Alphas.

Digitised fighters and fatalities; the game that created the ESRB.

The first 3D fighting game, all polygons and precise timing.

Eddy Gordo, Jin Kazama and the arcade fighter of the PlayStation era.

Shao Kahn, better fatalities and the arcade cabinet everyone crowded.

A run button, dial-a-combo chains and no ninjas, which Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 put back the same year.