Review:
First off, Fighting Street is actually the infamous Street Fighter 1 that everyone asked about. Street Fighter was in the arcades back in 1987 and Hudson Soft brought this as a launch title for the TurboGrafx-CD in 1989.  The name change to "Fighting Street" is a mystery to me; it certainly didn't make this game better.  The only original characters that are recognizable are Ryu (that would be you), Ken, and Sagat, the final boss. You can't choose a character in single player mode so I hope you enjoy playing as Ryu.  In 2-player mode, Ken is, by default player 2.

You are offered one of four opponent choices when you begin the
game: Japan, China, USA and England. The graphics, as you can tell from the screen shots, look fair to average for this era. The backgrounds are mediocre and uninspiring. The characters move in very choppy motions which result in horrible play control. Also, this CD title was made before 6-button controllers and you have to try your best with only Button I and II. I was able to do Ryu's "Haduken" move one time after countless attempts. Ryu will jump and punch or kick about 1/2 second after execution which is annoying.  The different strength punches and kicks (ie. Fierce) are accomplished by holding the buttons down - the longer you hold punch down the stronger the punch will be.  The music is the only good part of this game and you can definitely tell it's on CD. I really enjoyed listening to the tracks :) Unfortunately, the sound effects are really bad; they sound fake, dull, and muffled. I do not recommend this game to anyone who enjoys anything from the fighting genre.  Check out the sequel on the TurboGrafx HuCard Street Fighter II. It was only released in Japan but it's an enormous improvement over the original. I have never seen such a dramatic improvement on a sequel in any video game in my entire gaming life! Pick this one up for the nostalgia or for a collection, but don't expect to have any actual fun playing Fighting Street--unless you enjoy choppy, slow-paced, graphically challenged fighters :)

Graphics - 3/10
Below average graphics with fair looking backgrounds. Nothing to write home to Mom about.

Music/Sound - 6/10
The music track is actually good! But alas, the sound effects will bring you back into the reality of how bad this game is.

Control - 2/10
HORRIBLE. Choppy, unresponsive and lagging.

Fun - 2/10
I gave this a 2 instead of a 1 because it was fun to make fun of it :)