Street Fighter has always been an important part of the fighting game community. Many point to Street Fighter II as the first modern fighting game that jumpstarted a now thriving genre . As the series approaches its sixth entry and 35th year, the long roster of characters are some of the most iconic in all of gaming. But before the series could run with the success of Street Fighter II, it had to learn to walk. The first entry in the series remains a flawed game, whose value lies in what came after it. But 35 years later it is still clear that the blueprint for the fighting game genre was birthed with Street Fighter.
