One of the best, addictive, challenging and most in-depth fighting games ever made best describes Street Fighter 2 Turbo
After the game's initial release on the SNES in 1992, Capcom released the "Turbo" edition of Street Fighter 2 a year later. It was the same game as before, yes, but with some major parts added to the mix. Obviously the Turbo aspect made the gameplay a lot faster than it ever was on the arcade and now you had the option to play as the 4 bosses from the first Street Fighter 2 in Balrog, Vega, Sagat and M. Bison.
Street Fighter 2 Turbo is very challenging to say the least. After beating the first guy in your first match, the second person becomes less forgiving and the difficulty starts to go up with each person you face. Ranging from throwing projectiles at you if you are too far or pounding you into oblivion if you get too close, the A.I. will not be forgivable with your approaches and punish you for your mistakes.
With 12 fighters to choose from and beat the game with, there's more to it than that. Like any typical fighting game, there is a lot of depth hidden inside the cartridge. There is more behind the game than just throwing punches and kicks. One must learn how to chain these basic moves together along with the special moves of each specific character to rack up damage and put the opponent down for the count. They are several thousand combos in the game for people to exploit which can easily separate the beginners from the elites sort of speak.
Also the controls for Street Fighter 2 Turbo are actually really good and respond very well with your commands. Along with button configuration to suit your style of play, this makes the experience a hell of a lot better.
However, even with these pleasures, there is one displeasure: the game is incredibly short if you go through 1P mode in a heartbeat. There is VS mode where you can fight other human players and the fun continues from there but solo, it's almost fun from beating the A.I. over and over again sometimes.
Nevertheless, when Capcom released Street Fighter 2 in 1992 they had no idea that they had made one of the best, addictive, challenging and most in-depth fighting game of that time which would continue all the way to this very day with Street Fighter 4.
This game paved the way for many more of its genre to hit the shelves. So while many adore the games of today, look no further than Street Fighter 2: Turbo: the game that started it all.