Haduoken! Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) goes three rounds on Street Fighter II, one of the biggest video games of all time. It birthed a genre so successful that every fighting game ever since has simply been an echo of this revolutionary 1991 title.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Music from Street Fighter II (Yoko Shimomura and Isao Abe)
Incidental Score From Ralph Breaks The Internet (Henry Jackman)

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Street Fighter II