On the Cover: Super Street Fighter II Turbo

If you need proof that fighting games were big 10 years ago, just take a gander at this cover. It’s packed with fighters, including Virtua Fighter and Mortal Kombat II.

Game of the Month:

Fatal Fury 2 — The Bogard brothers’ Super NES appearance did well enough to pummel a sorry pack of spring games for the GOTM title. (That’s what happens when your competition is Sega’s full-motion-video shooter Tomcat Alley.)

Street Fighter vs. Fighter’s History

In early ’94 Capcom sued Data East over Fighter’s History—a game Capcom felt was too similar to its Street Fighter II cash cow. The suit was later dismissed and players forgot about History by the time the next Street Fighter hit arcades.

Play GB on Your TV

Five years after Game Boy’s release, Nintendo announced the Super Game Boy, a peripheral that made it possible to play Game Boy games on your TV. The device plugged into the Super NES and even gave some black-and-white titles a limited color palette.

Copyright © 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Originally appearing in Electronic Gaming Monthly.