I always wondered why they used Street Fighter 1 in this movie instead of Street Fighter 2? Street Figher came out in 1987 and Street Fighter 2 came out in1991 prolly around the time the movie was being filmed. It was an extremely popular game when it came out. I don't remember SF1 every being nearly as popular. I don't know maybe it would have been too expensive for them to feature it in the movie.
shareIt was a local arcade from the 80's, I doubt they update video games that quickly. Even the pool table looks like it's from the 80's.
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Street fighter 2 did not hit arcades until March of 1991, but as someone already stated, the arcade was in the gutter of Brooklyn, I doubt the pool hall was up to date on the state of the art aracde games.
shareAlot of Old School games stayed in the small type neightborhood places for a long time.
"Lemme at 'em! I'll splat 'em!"
Hell, the laundry mat across the street from my house has PAC-MAN! In 2014.
shareThats the first and only time i ever saw sf1.
shareThe above posts make some good points. It's also possible that SF1 is what the director and his friends used to play themselves, so they put it in for the nostalgia factor.
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