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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future [a] is a 1999 fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades and ported to the Dreamcast in 2000. In 2004 it was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox .
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike – Fight for the Future (Sega Dreamcast) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike – Fight for the Future (PlayStation 2 – stand-alone release in Japan, part of Street Fighter Anniversary Collection in North America) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike – Fight for the Future (Xbox – part of Street Fighter Anniversary ...
The port of Street Fighter III 3rd Strike is primarily the same as the Dreamcast version of the game from 2000, with the added post-match grading system, increased hit detection accuracy with the Progressive Hit Frame System, and other extras over the arcade original. Additionally the Xbox version could be played online via Xbox Live.
Sega discontinued the Dreamcast's hardware in March 2001, and software support quickly dwindled as a result. [21] [22] Software largely trickled to a stop by 2002, [20] [23] though the Dreamcast's final licensed game on GD-ROM was Karous, released only in Japan on March 8, 2007, nearly coinciding with the end of GD-ROM production the previous ...
Street Fighter III was followed by two updates: Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact in 1997 and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike in 1999. A single home version of the game was released for the Dreamcast in 1999 and 2000, in a two-in-one compilation titled Street Fighter III: Double Impact , which also includes 2nd Impact .
It is the third and final installment in the Street Fighter Alpha sub-series, which serves as a sequel to Street Fighter Alpha 2, and ran on the same CP System II hardware as previous Alpha games. The game was produced after the Street Fighter III sub-series has started, being released after 2nd Impact , but before 3rd Strike .
GGPO was originally bundled with a client which enabled users to play supported games online with other players. A matchmaking system allowed players to request challenges from other users, while non-participants could spectate the match and chat. Once a challenge initiated, the match ran a ROM through its prepackaged emulator, FinalBurn Alpha.
The first two Street Fighter III games were ported to the Dreamcast as a compilation, Double Impact. Ports of 3rd Strike were released for the Dreamcast as a standalone game, then included in the compilation Street Fighter Anniversary Collection for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Gill became a playable secret character in the console versions.