Started by Ludovica Ferri (@ludo_) ·
combos started as a bug in Street Fighter II
4 sources · 22 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “street fighter 2 combos were a glitch”
- Ended at
- Noritaka Funamizu
The Trail
- “street fighter 2 combos were a glitch” (google.com)
- Combo (video games) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Street Fighter II (en.wikipedia.org)
- Noritaka Funamizu (en.wikipedia.org)
What I came away with
While bug-checking the car-smashing bonus stage, producer Noritaka Funamizu noticed extra hits could land before the target recovered. He figured the timing was too hard to matter and left it in as a hidden feature. Now the whole genre is built on it.
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