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Questions about Street Fighter: The Movie (arcade game)

Short answers, pulled from the story.

Who developed Street Fighter: The Movie arcade game?

Street Fighter: The Movie was developed by Incredible Technologies, a small Chicago-based company, and published by Capcom. Capcom chose Incredible Technologies because of its experience with both fighting games and digitized graphics.

How many animation frames did each character have in Street Fighter: The Movie arcade?

Each character in Street Fighter: The Movie had between 600 and 800 digitized frames of animation, totaling 32 megabytes of graphics. Each character used a 256-colour palette, compared with 16 colours in previous CPS-based Street Fighter games.

Why was Raul Julia's stunt double used in Street Fighter: The Movie arcade game?

Raul Julia is credited in the game for reprising his role as M. Bison, but his likeness appears only in archive footage from the film. His stunt double, Darko Tuscan, was digitized to provide the in-game character animations.

What Street Fighter: The Movie gameplay mechanics later appeared in other Street Fighter games?

Two mechanics from Street Fighter: The Movie resurfaced in later titles. "Interrupt moves" (blocking-based counterattacks) returned as Alpha Counters in Street Fighter Alpha, and "comeback moves" (special moves at low health) returned as Ultra Combos in Street Fighter IV. The Regeneration move later appeared in Street Fighter EX3 and Street Fighter III.

How did Street Fighter: The Movie perform in arcades in 1995?

In Japan, Game Machine listed Street Fighter: The Movie as the thirteenth most successful arcade game of July 1995. In North America, RePlay ranked it ninth most popular for the same month, and the publication Maximum described it as "reasonably successful in the arcades."

Is Street Fighter: The Movie on PlayStation the same as the arcade game?

No. The PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions titled Street Fighter: The Movie are not ports of the arcade game. They are separately produced games based on the same premise.