Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams Arcade Facts
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams opened the Alpha family of games. This page summarises its arcade release.
Arcade facts
- Released: June 1995.
- Board: CP System II (CPS-2), board number 11.
- Hardware: Motorola 68000 and Zilog Z80 processors with Q-Sound audio.
- Playable fighters (13): Ryu, Chun-Li, Charlie, Ken, Guy, Birdie, Sodom, Adon, Rose and Sagat, plus M. Bison, Akuma and Dan, who are hidden.
- Non-playable characters: none.
- Colour options: two for every character, chosen with any punch button or any kick button.
- Bonus rounds: none.
Stages
There are thirteen stages, one tied to each fighter: Japan by day for Ryu; China at night for Chun-Li; the east coast of the U.S.A. at night for Charlie and in the evening for Ken; Japan at sunset for Guy; Italy by day for Birdie; the U.S. west coast at night for Sodom; Thailand by day for Adon; Italy at sunset for Rose; Thailand at night for Sagat; the west coast by day for M. Bison; China by day for Akuma; and Thailand at sunset for Dan. Seven of these are in practice duplicates of others with changed colours or objects.
Credits
Planning is credited to Noritaka Funamizu (Poo), Mucchi (Haruo Murata) and Hideaki Itsuno. The programming team ran to a dozen names, including Hamachan, Hyper Shinchan and Matsushita (Adon) Masakazu. Dozens of artists contributed scroll and object designs. Six composers worked on the music, a sound design pair handled effects, and six voice actors performed. The producer was Iyono Pon, with special thanks to Takuya Shiraiwa and Hattari.
Contemporary ports
Versions were released for the Capcom Power System Changer, Nintendo Game Boy Color, PC (Windows CD-ROM), Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation.
