Street Fighter II Complete Restoration with The 8-Bit Guy
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
- David The 8-Bit Guy restores a Street Fighter II game in a Dynamo HS-1 cabinet for the Time Rift Arcade in Bedford, TX.
Street Fighter II changed the game. Literally. Released in 1991 by Capcom, it revolutionized the world of arcade fighting games and laid the foundation for the genre's global popularity. Featuring a diverse roster of characters, each with unique fighting styles and special moves, the game allowed players to engage in intense one-on-one battles. With its innovative mechanics, iconic characters like Ryu and Chun-Li, and competitive multiplayer gameplay, Street Fighter II became a cultural phenomenon and a cornerstone in the history of video games.
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Music Credits:
Analog Love, Mika's Run, Pulsar, and Smooth Bed
- By Anders Enger Jensen www.eox.no - Zábava
Follow along as David The 8-Bit Guy restores the legendary Street Fighter II arcade. Coming soon to the Time Rift Arcade in Bedford, TX.
This was so much fun to watch!
Well done!
Looking forward to more arcade restoration videos!
I didn’t realize Time Rift is only going to be within an hour from where I live. I’ll gladly stop by and check the place out when it opens later this year
Oh my, just found this channel and now I've got a lot of videos to catch up on!
We're right up the road in Keller,we'll definitely be visiting when it opens.
YEAH STREET FIGHTER 2!
Can i buy a set of those graphics? Really wamma do the same to my cabinet.
This is the kind of stuff I miss on The 8-Bit Guy's channel.
@@mbs-thailand He did say on one of his previous videos that he wanted to keep the arcade stuff separate from his personal 8 bit guy stuff.
because the way the algorithm works now, if you post anything different on your channel it heavily affects the recommendations to your subscribers.
@@skunkwerkz777 well that I did not know. I thought it was just for the logistics of. I want to keep this kind of material on this channel and this kind of material on the other channel.
Because the viewer that wants to watch 8-Bit computer system videos may not want to watch him restoring arcade cabinets. So it makes sense to have two channels. One for the arcade and one for the computer stuff but I didn't know that about the CZcams algorithm.
Learn something new everyday
@@skunkwerkz777 I still get recommended every video on 8-Bit Guy's channel but they're about the work he's doing on his home, the games he's programmed, etc.
Totally agree with this comment. This was a highly satisfying video.
I would definitely continue to plug this channel on the 8-bit guy channel. A lot of people are looking for more restoration videos there, and this really scratches the same itch!
100% agree.... oh and while we're at it, can you also nag him to make another 8-bit keys video? 😅
/me scratches neck Got anymore of them restore videos?
This channel would probably do better if they put the podcast episodes on a different channel.
I second , or better 'fourth' this!
@@Yarumasithe other day i was like "i havent seen any 8bit keys videos in forever" I looked and its been so long! sad.
"That's older than me"
Excuse me while I turn to dust.
Well, we all do eventually
Yeah… that hit home. I was already well into my career by then!
I cried.
What, what did he say was older than him?
@@marscaleb A coin from 2000.
When I heard you and your brother bought an arcade, I instantly knew you were going it to it the RIGHT way. Fixing up these cabinets and machines will make a huge difference with your customers.
That, and imagine if they had a little diner in there too. I went to a few arcades growing up, but they were only arcades in malls and of course the mall had its own dining area, but I wonder how many arcades were out there with their own little kitchen going on.
@@danieln.285 It's called chuck e cheese look it up.
4:00 - You have to display those tokens! Go down to the local coin shop and get one of those display frames you can hang on the wall, with all the round holes punched for quarters.
I agree 100% it would be so interesting
Great idea!
I'd suggest some kind of coin holder that'll let someone see both sides, set them up on a spinning platform or give each their own. Kinetic token display!
You're not kidding. Tokens have gotten very expensive!
Oh yeah, I'd love some sort of showcase of all the coins/tokens or weird finds like googly eyes!
Clicked like even before the video even loaded.
SFII was my childhood passion.
SF2 Turbo was better and played faster than SF2 tho.
"Hey, that's older than me" I got a new gray hair just listening to this
As a tech for Aladdin's Castle back in the 80's , I appreciate the work you've invested in restoring these machines. Well done, sir, well done.
I've still got some old Aladdin's Castle tokens from last time I was there before they closed in my area.
I recently acquired an Aladdin's Castle Pinball Machine that was in the offices of Aladdin's Castle.
Aladdins Castle was my childhood arcade. I didn't know until very recently that it was a chain.
I'm a 70's baby and thank you for keeping the arcade alive...🙂😊😁
Ah, Street Fighter 2... THE reason I restored an arcade cabinet myself! Love the arcade stuff!
The purple moulding was a really good choice!
Duuuude! You get to just, work with your hands, taking this apart and putting it together, getting to see the clean and finished result of your effort?!
Duuude, you are living the LIFE!! How do you even get to spend the time doing something so gratifying?
An inexpensive 40" wide plexiglass heater/bender would be a good addition to your shop. With that, you could have added wrap-around plexi on the control panel to avoid the uncomfortable edge. Even a sanded and flame-polished edge can be uncomfortable on the wrist and palm after a few minutes of playing.
Yeah there were a lot of things that were not done well or efficiently as far as the cabinet goes. I am assuming this guy is more of an electric wizard than a craftsman.
@@NONO-hz4voI don't agree. A lot more care was taken with this mod/refurb than was taken with 90% of the conversions that happened when the original kit was released. Between Dave & Mike, they've got more than enough craftsmanship to go around, in addition to the electronics background you suggested. Bottom line is that this is their cabinet, so they can do what they want. For me, it was a great watch.
This is so cool. I always wanted an arcade machine but now that I’m an adult, I realize how much skill is needed to keep these things fresh. I didn’t know about why so many SF 2 cabinets looked differently.
I don't care if that side art isn't "original", I love what your brother did.
These videos teach me so much. I haven’t even bought an arcade machine yet, but I feel prepared to restore one soon. Thank you so guys so much. You have some amazing tips and tricks.
Awesome restoration David. I'm 43 today and I must say, Street Fighter II holds a special place in my childhood. Glad to see this legendary arcade game live on.
Don't know who will say that it's not an original artwork, but the cabinet looks so amazing. It's a beautiful machine!
Feel like this is a step in the right direction for David. Really happy with how well he appears to be doing and you can tell he's enjoying it. Keep up the great work.
Always been a big fan of David and his restoration work. I'm glad he gets to do that more for the arcade
The coin and token collection would make a great display in the arcade.
I'm so glad someone is doing this, because A. I sure don't want to lol, B. I don't want these old, cool arcade machines to get junked, and C. because the restoration process is so interesting. Great video everyone!
I'd really love more arcade cab restoration videos! Great work
Love Street Fighter. That was my go to game in my teens. Other fighting games came along, but none of them had the special place in my heart like Street Fighter 2.
Same here, alternatives were King of Fighters '95, Fatal Fury 2 and Samurai Shodown at the arcades in my youth.
I'm really enjoying this restoration content. It reminds me of your retrobrite videos, the original reason I began watching your channel.
Great memories of watching my classmate Max playing this brilliantly during lunch breaks from SAE in Holloway Road, London UK in 1991. *Ayuken!*
This is exactly the type of video that the main channel needs more of. Good stuff!
I bet that the Commander X16 would benefit for a impressive Street Fighter II port.
The trickiest problem is that 32 byte memory window between VRAM and System RAM. You either shrink the characters to roughly Double Dragon relative size (32 pixels high on average), or else settle for 30 Hz frame rate(or slower) and/or at least 32 second load times between matches. Oh, if only there was another processor on the VERA board to babysit the blanking cycles, leaving more clock cycles for the 65C02 to load tiles and sprite frames into VRAM...
Wishing you guys the very best with this new business! I plan to visit when I am back in TX.
This was your best video in years! More of these please. Such great memories playing this arcade original back in the early 90's. I remember being absolutely blown away by it.
This entire endeavor feels like a passion project. I wish I could be involved in something like this. What an epic reward and outcome from where you started with this one machine. Thanks for sharing your journey with the new arcade!
I really appreciate the attention to detail you guys put into everything. That machine looks fantastic.
Fantastic work! Turned out beautiful. I love these restoration videos!
David - thank you so much for sharing! Love seeing you guys on this journey and wish you much success. Please plug this channel & link on 8 Bit Guy….. like many others I had to dig to find this and as fans, we want you to be successful and these videos scratch the repair itch. Thanks again!
I have no idea why this was recommended to me but I’m loving this.
The fact you don't know who the 8-bit guy is but love this type of content is sad.
Always a pleasure to see you guys work
I died when :
“-It’s dated from the year 2000
- Hey, that’s older than me 😂”
Sounds recent af to me
that’s about as old as me lol
Lol. 2000 was awesome. Had my first really expensive meal at a French restaurant. No Y2K bugs either.
@@pobleme too, I'll be 24 this year, just a few more months left.
And that's the last time it may have been used. It was created around 1990-1992
As a fellow person that used to restore and repair old video and pinball games, this was fun to stroll down memory lane. Thanks!!
That's freaking awesome. Old 80-90s arcade games
Wonderful to see you and the guys' enthusiasm really coming through in these Time Rift videos! Such a great project.
Hell Yes... This is my Christmas.
I love the very 90's decal used ... Absolutely perfect. I miss those times...
This machine is the physical embodiment of "radical". Turned out excellent!
I'm a little disappointed that after all of the great work on this fantastic restoration , Cammy is still not in the game 🤣
The artwork for the sides is so good
Wohooo - even more nice to watch with the excellent backtrack by Anders. Very very nice job done here (love that mancave)!
Magnificent work
Thank You for your dedication
Long live the video Game history
it warms my heart that someone out there is restoring these cool machines! thank you
Man, the 8 Bit Guy can literally do anything - kind of jealous
props for keeping the MAS-stick and buttons, those were a classic staple
Yeah those slender sticks were the best. Made pulling off the special moves easier than with the ball top sticks.
Amazing restoration! You guys did such a professional and high-quality restoration of this cabinet that I see it as what the standard for Street Fighter II cabinets would have looked like if they weren't a kit game. I love the work you guys did so much, I come back and watch the whole video three times each week! It really is awesome.
It's more a carpenter or sign maker work than a electrical restoration, but it's not your fault, the electronics were almost in mint condition. The results are really awesome, and the magic touch was the purple T-mold. Simply delightful.
Thanks CZcams for the recommendation. Needed more 8 bit guy videos.
I feel like this was your true calling in life brother. Massive respect for your skills on this job.
This is phenomenal work. I wish arcades around here put as much care and attention into their restorations.
From someone who does not have a single DIY bone in his body, it was so satisfying to watch you restore my favourite childhood arcade game. It really was a great job. Only thing it was missing was the bezel around the screen, but great work nonetheless 🇬🇧
Dear God! This machine was the heaven on earth for me in the 90’s. MK, Street Fighter, Top Gear, Captain Commando, Cadillac and Dinossaurs and much, much more were a happy piece of my childhood. We lived in a small city in Brazil and me and my friends did almost incredible things to play them. Those were amazing years when we were just kids.
Really sweet video! All the exact same good vibes as old school 8 Bit Guy videos. Would love to see more.
What an AWESOME video! Thank you for sharing the restoration of this arcade cabinet!
What an amazing restoration guys. The Arcade machine looks beautiful now. I wish I had room in my home to have one.
That looked amazing at the end.. Brought back many happy childhood memories...
Pretty much my favourite arcade game of all time. SF2CE. The resto looked great! Done right.
I used to work for a sign shop around 10 years ago in my 20's where I created posters or signage via Adobe Illustrator and installed them by applying them onto doors/windows [which required pinpoint accuracy w/ measurements] using a squeegee or w/in fixtures such as acrylic/plexiglass and one of the very beneficial tips I learned along the way was that if you really wanted to "remove" any leftover sticky adhesive from smooth, shiny surfaces, ALWAYS use fire lighter fluid b/c it never fails... You're welcome.
What a great restoration. There is some Street Fighter 2 artwork that has the special moves on it, that would really help anyone playing it in the arcade.
WOWW, Dave, you guys did a GREAT job on that facelift, it looks SO MUCH BETTER!
That was a very satisfying restoration to watch. Brings back to my local arcade days.
Reminds me of my old days of working for Leisure and Allied (Main Australian Arcade chain of Timezone) working as a field technician. When SF2 came out it spend ages converting machines over (usually old TNMT or Simpsons machines). Some sites had up to 6 conversions. Hated the game but loved the experience. (one of the plus sides was getting prototype pinballs from Williams but thats another story)
I can't speak on how original that is, but it's certainly authentic and respectful. Well done! It's looking cracking.
Came out amazing guys! I used to walk many miles to play SFII, good memories.
Could watch this all day long. Amazing how many different skills and tools are required for this and you guys seem to be able to do all of it.
I remember seeing one of those games in the 90s at our local Putt-Putt golf. The owner of the business decided to write down some of the combos and put it on a piece of paper underneath the plexiglass.
That's a lot of work you guys put into each machine, but it looks to be worth it in the end! Awesome job.
Aladdin's Castle was my home away from home. Super memories. Love this channel.
That cabinet looks so mint now that you've reconditioned it, well done
Man, I love arcade cabinets so much.
GREAT job on this everyone. That looks like a brand new cabinet, beautiful work!
What an amazing transformation, you guys have a remarkable talent for bringing these machines back to their best.
First time I see something like this. Now I am hooked on the idea of buying and refurbishing an old Third Strike cabinet for the garage.... great job fellas
Wow! For me you made this machine look better than when it was new. The new graphics on the side pieces update the entire appearance of the game. Great work. I am glad I clicked on this video.
Awesome, you guys have a sawstop! Those things are so awesome, and are a literal finger saver 😂
As a tech enthusiast, I watch these kind of restoration videos because I like to get a job or open my own repair shop doing just this; whether if it's arcades, pinball, or desktop PCs.
As far as this arcade goes, you did a great job restoring it. It was a dusty piece of junk in the beginning, but then you made it like factory new. Great job!
This was super satisfying to watch, it punched me right in the nostalgia button.
Man I miss going to the arcade playing for hours, watching you turn it on after dusting it off was great!
The control label light trick was honestly brilliant - gonna have to remember that one
I like those labels, Jab, Strong, Fierce and Short, Forward and Roundhouse.
ROAD HOUSE!!!
The control panel decal looks rad, but the one that came with the machine being a reference to the stage select was so neat.
Awesome job on the restoration. That machine brought back so many memories for me. It felt like seeing it for the first time in the arcades.👍🏽
What an incredible restoration! I love the fact that you've got the tools and techniques to do most of it yourself and that artwork looks epic!
Not only it makes me very happy to watch an Arcade being restored, but this video is an excellent source of good ideas and techniques to use if you want to do the same. There are many videos of Arcade restorations, of course, but not so many with this quality and smart development! Thank you!
T molding is the bane of my existence. Good job on the cab!
Awesome work, David. Thank you for caring and thank you for sharing your journey.
I apparently missed you guys opened an arcade... and now I have a reason to visit Texas!
yay!
This is one of the best videos on this platform I have watched recently. I found it fascinating. Awesome. Thanks to the makers of the video, David and his brother, Mike, and the young guy who was committed in his work ethic. Kudos. I love Street Fighter. Even since I ventured into a local arcade and snooker hall as a teenager.
I'm glad this appeared in the Recommended section. I was not yet subscribed. That was a great outcome. It was very satisfying to watch the restoration work. I always say there's nothing more popular than watching other people work. With all of your knowledge and skills together I'm sure you will make the arcade a success.
Great job David and all the team! It was very fun to watch!
This was amazing. I wish my local barcade had somebody working full time just repairing and restoring the machines
Watching this made me so happy. You fellows are real craftsmen.
You guys are amazing, thanks for saving these and giving them a new life!
I would watch every single one of your restorations. I just realized you're a new channel, subbed, I look forward to move restorations.