Battle by the Bay (B3): Street Fighter Alpha 2 Tournament (1996)

[yashiroXD]

If only the arcade scenes were like this still its a damn shame

[BenjamminClark]

Wow everybody who played SF competitively at the arcades back then was a 100 times better than most of the people who play SF4 at tournaments now.

[pijo80]

Wooow !! Ty for the upload.

So many legendary names for a Great game.

[LolDaMaddin]

James chen? Like in james chen and ultradavid? THATS AWESOME : D never knew he started off with SF so early

[luzbwl]

how the ValleCC works?

[KinetiK001]

@luzbwl if your opponent is standing and you activate CC and do a low it's unblockable

[JoeKochForever]

Thumbs up if you watched the whole thing.

I know I did. Man... I want to birthday parties at that Golfland as a kid; now I'm watching YouTube footage of it. Crazy.

[sjy108]

damn i feel old. i played this in college. 1998. ken roundhouse into roll, light kick jab into roll, oh so sweeeeetttttttt.

[mynameistnb]

I would consider this to be one of the high points of american sf skill. Such class here.

[hyouretsuzan]

1:45:00 EVO Moment #-1. Absolute craziness.

[ClashManDX]

Wow. Graham Wolfe; smiling! That's EXTRA rare.

[dirtysquirty666]

Good shit man.Miss the A2 days...

[Damesjeanl]

DAT 240p

[tareqs1]

Thanks for uploading this. I've always wanted to see the original Evo

[DAROMSninja]

LOL @ ponder in 1996

[Quake2815]

Rare footage of James Chen actually young also.

[valking4life]

can your grandfather do this?

[MajinHurricane]

not one rose player :(

[capnbarfy]

I know I shouldn't, but for whatever reason I wasn't expecting to see WIndows 95 on that laptop... reminded me how long ago this tourney was.

[Dragoomba]

Amazing... to see some tournament that started via a newsgroup in 1996 with 64 players from mostly California evolve into what is the super-event known as EVO today, featuring thousands of attendees all over the world including the actual developers of the games traveling from Japan to show off preview builds and watch the best players compete at their game. Who would have thought back then?

Wow, and to think I was only 3 at the time. Hah.

[MageKirby]

@Dragoomba Seriously. When I look at what used to be eSports and what it is now, it makes me so proud.

[Shoryuken1981]

James "looking the same since 1996" Chen.

[acidglow]

240p for the classics.

[DarkHogosha]

At the 4:00 minute mark - what's Frankie G doing in this video?

[EricKYR3]

I keep hoping that Alex would say "It's all about cali!" somewhere in this.

[dmizzle79]

The Origins of EVO!

[RSXemperor85]

God, these truly were the good old days. I lived and breathed A2 in the arcades. Man, this is truly the golden era of games right here.

[esjihn]

DAT VHS!!!!

[esjihn]

DAT VHS!!!!

[JSP337]

Oh VHS your technology is not missed.

[JSP337]

Oh VHS your technology is not missed.

[TheWickedGamer]

Damn, I may be 20 years old now, but my hats off to these legends right there.

[TheWickedGamer]

Damn, I may be 20 years old now, but my hats off to these legends right there.

[SilvaSteve2011]

I was really little back then...

[SilvaSteve2011]

I was really little back then...

[randalolc]

jesus christ lol John Choi and Alex Valle AWESOME well Alex was the king of the alpha games back then i think.... then he met Daigo in the Alpha 3 tourney

[ch1b1]

96? holy shit

[1234wilbur]

time pass by damn now im 31 oh god

[kupowns]

Damn I'm getting old lol

[reignman562]

Hell yeah! Thank you for bringing this tourney vid back, ive been searching for this for months now. How did you find this?

[dxmakina]

if only there was a youtube in 1996. these guys would have received the respect they deserved from vs. cpu scrubs then instead of now.

[ChrisBabaganoosh]

Alex Valle: Maining Ryu since 1897.

[acidglow]

@ChrisBabaganoosh

lol

[Quake2815]

@ChrisBabaganoosh damn lol.

[bsmcnair]

Rare footage of Alex Valle actually young.