Tag Archives: Fighting

HADOUKEN! The story behind Street Fighters most iconic move

Just after Street Fighter celebrated its 25th anniversary, a photographic meme spread across Japan.The first participant in the picture would be seen leaning forward in a deep lunge, the leading leg bent heavily, the trailing leg extended behind their torso, straight and purposeful. Their head would be slightly lowered, and …

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GR+ Live: Celebrating 25 years of Super Nintendo games

On August 23rd, 1991 the people of the United States started playing with power. Super power. The Super Nintendo launch brought the house of Mario into the world of 16-bit gaming. Super NES launch games like Super Mario World, F-Zero, Pilotwings, Gradius 3, and SimCity presaged an astoundingly fruitful five …

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