I bought this game earlier this year,I use to rent this game back when this system was popular. This game is different from a lot of fighters like Mortal Kombat,it has strategy that involves timing moves at the right time. For example,Ken/Ryu have slow,medium,and fast fireball when pressed with light,medium,and heavy punch buttons. The problem with game is that you must have a six button controller or you will have to press start to change the kicks from the punches,plus its way more fun with the six button controller. The graphics are  pretty close to the arcade counterpart,and still look really great compared to some of the other Genesis games. I own Street Fighter Alpha 3 on Dreamcast,so I have experience about Street Fighters games. I still think even after all these years SF2 is one of the greatest fighters to come out,or maybe it's just me thinking about childhood memories of playing this game early in the morning before anyone got up.