Month: March 2018

David Spence’s home videos are offering the new school players a glimpse into what tournaments were like over a decade ago. Moreover, it gives us a look at long-lost footage of events long since past, as well as players that have hung up their joysticks, but once were tops of their region.

This video features footage of the Old School Challenge tournament, that took place at 8 on the Break in New Jersey in 2001. Featured in this footage is Nothingness — still considered one of the strongest Honda players in North America — footage of Arturo Sanchez playing Vega (Claw) long before his switch to Dhalsim, and some faces that are now unknown making top 8.

Source: Atari FGC

Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high level Japanese tournaments, go here!

SNK vs. Capcom: SvC Chaos may not have been the success of any of its Capcom-produced predecessors, but it has enjoyed a cult following despite many of its well-documented balance problems. The game has a surprisingly entertaining pace, and there’s something charming about watching the absurdity of its top tiers clashing. It doesn’t hurt any that this game is the source of some rare and gorgeous SNK sprite work of Capcom characters.

You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Source: Mikado Arcade