![]() Programmer Gizaha from the Zeldix forums has been reverse-engineering the game, and, during this process, has discovered a previously unknown code which unlocks the hidden boss Shin Akuma as a playable character. What's even more impressive is the fact that this oft-derided port has concealed a cheat code for a quarter of a century. Someone found a brand new cheat code inside Street Fighter Alpha 2 after nearly 25 years as you can play as Shin Akuma. Released in 1996, Street Fighter Alpha 2 was arguably better suited to the (then) newfangled 32-bit consoles like the Saturn and PlayStation, but the fact that the SNES got it at all was (and still is) impressive. Who knows how many gamers cut their teeth on this edition rather than the coin-op? It's a pretty legendary conversion and one which ironically overshadows the fact that the SNES also got a port of the more-advanced Street Fighter Alpha 2 later on in its life. Street Fighter II is one of those games that will forever be linked with the SNES, thanks to the fact that Nintendo's 16-bit console was the first home system to get a port of the arcade sensation. Whereas Alpha 2 simply has Shin Akuma appear out of nowhere to replace each characters respective 'boss', EX and Second Impact have Akuma, as a nod to his debut, specifically use the Shun Goku Satsu to put the initial opponent (Bisonyet againin the former, your characters rival in the latter) out of commission and challenge you in their.
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