…how insanely beautiful Super Street Fighter 2 - The New Challengers sounds on FBA Core 0.2.97.44?
The stereo separation and panning are INSANE! From the moment the plane travels from country to country, you can hear how the sound travels from left to right or viceversa. When the announcer says “Round one, fight!”, you can hear every word beautifully panned from right to left. If you get cornered on the left, the hits will sound on the left speaker. If you beat a character with a throw from left to right, you will hear his voice on the right speaker. The barrel bonus stage (the one where barrels drop from left and right) is just… beyond fantastic.
I tried to replicate this on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and it just doesn’t do the same thing. I tried different cores for SSF2, including FBNEO and the latest standalone version of MAME, and it doesn’t do it! The game is clearly in stereo, but the separation is just not as noticeable and the immersion is not there.
Does anyone know why? I assume it used to be a sound emulation bug. I’m just curious.
If you are a Street Fighter fan and you haven’t tried it yet, please do! It’s really mind-blowing.