Street Fighter Alpha 3 [Blue Board]

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Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Street Fighter Alpha 3 © 1998 Capcom.

North American & European release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, see the original Japanese release entry; "Street Fighter Zero 3 [Green Board]".

Runs on the "CP System II" hardware.
Blue Board [USA & Europe]

Bam Margera of MTV's 'Jackass' and 'Viva La Bam' has owned this game before in his house. In the episode of 'Viva La Bam' called "Uncivil War", one of the arcade cabinets in Bam's laundry room running "Street Fighter Alpha 3" can be briefly shown for a second.

In all Export releases :
- Gouki is named Akuma.
- M. Bison is named Balrog.
- Nash is named Charlie.
- Vega is named M. Bison.
- Shin Vega is named Final Bison.
- Balrog is named Vega.

In Europe and the Western Hemisphere :
- The Z-ISM is called A-ISM (representing Alpha).

In the original Japanese version, specific locations were given for each stage (in Japanese) along with the name of the country (in English). Only the country name is given in all Export versions, with the more specific info being removed instead of being translated. Here is the list:
Adon: Khmer Historic Ruins, Thailand
Akuma ('Gouki' in Japan): Oni Fang Cave, Japan
Balrog ('M. Bison' in Japan), M. Bison ('Vega' in Japan), Juni & Juli: Secret Point 48106 (since there was no country given for 'Secret Point 48106', its name is left completely blank in the Export versions)
Birdie: Train Cemetery, England
Blanka: Madeira River branch - swampland, Brazil
Cammy: Mikonos Island, Greece
Charlie ('Nash' in Japan): Frankfort Hangar, U.S.A.
Chun-Li: Zhidan Plaza, China
Cody: Metro City - City Police Detention Center, U.S.A.
Dan: Hinode Park (translated from Japanese as 'Sunrise Park'), Japan
Dhalsim: In front of Jaunpur Monument, India
E. Honda: Higashikomagata - Katomi kontou, Japan
Gen: Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
Guy: Under 22nd Street overhead, U.S.A.
Karin, Sakura: Flower Shoutengai (translated from Japanese as Flower Shopping Street), Japan (NOTE: In Sakura's version, the sky is daylight; in Karin's version, night has fallen.)
Ken: Hotel Masters, U.S.A.
R. Mika: Sardine Beach Special Ring, Japan
Rolento: New York Camouflaged Subway, U.S.A.
Rose: Palazzo Mistero (Translated from Italian as Palace of Mystery), Italy
Ryu: Genbugahara (translated from Japanese as 'Genbu Plain'), Japan
Sagat: Nagpa Resting Shakyamuni the Buddha Statue, Thailand
Sodom: Manhattan Building 49 F, U.S.A.
Vega ('Balrog' in Japan): Requena Spiral Tower, Spain
Zangief: Akademu Gorodowa blast furnace, U.S.S.R.

Blue Board revisions :

REVISION 1:
* Build date: 980629
* US release

REVISION 2:
* Build date: 980904
* US and EUROPE releases

1. Street Fighter (1987)
2. Street Fighter II - The World Warrior [CP-S No. 14] (1991)
3. Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [CP-S No. 21] (1992)
4. Street Fighter II' - Hyper Fighting [CP-S No. 24] (1992)
5. Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers [CP-S II No. 01] (1993)
6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo [CP-S II No. 03 Bis] (1994)
7. Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams [CP-S II No. 11] (1995)
8. Street Fighter Alpha 2 [CP-S II No. 15] (1996)
9. Street Fighter III - New Generation (1997)
10. Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact : Giant Attack (1997)
11. Street Fighter Alpha 3 [CP-S II No. 29] (1998)
12. Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike : Fight For The Future (1999)
13. Hyper Street Fighter II - The Anniversary Edition [CP-S II No. 38] (2003)
14. Street Fighter IV (2008)
15. Super Street Fighter IV (2010)

Consoles:

Sony PlayStation (April 30, 1999) [Model SLUS-00821]
Sony PlayStation (2000) [Model SLES-01863]
Sony PlayStation (2000, Greatest Hits edition) [Model SULS-00821GH]
Sega Dreamcast (May 31, 2000) [Model T-1203N]
Sega Dreamcast (September 29, 2000) [Model T-7005D-50]
Sony PlayStation (October 27, 2000, Value edition)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (November 29, 2002) [Model AGB-AZUP-EUR]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (December 1, 2002) [Model AGB-AZUE-USA]
Sony PSP [AU] (2006, "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX")
Sony PSP (February 7, 2006; "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX [Model ULUS-10062]")
Sony PSP (March 10, 2006; "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX [Model ULES-00235]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2006, "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology")
Sony PlayStation 2 (June 13, 2006, "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology [Model SLUS-21317]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (July 7, 2006, "Street Fighter Alpha Anthology [Model SLES-54085]")
Sony PSP [PSN] (October 15, 2009, "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX")
Sony PSP [PSN] (November 12, 2009, "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX")
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (October 18, 2011 - PSOne Classics)
Sony PSP [PSN] (October 18, 2011 - PSOne Classics)
Sony PSP (July 9, 2010; "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX [PSP Essentials]")

NOTES:

The Sony PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast ports are called "Street Fighter Alpha 3", but they are actually console releases of what would later appear in arcades exclusively in Japan under the title "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper".

The Game Boy Advance ports add Eagle, Maki, and Yun to the PlayStation/Dreamcast roster, and allows to play with all the bosses.

The Sony PSP ports, called "Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX", add Ingrid to the Game Boy Advance roster, as well as new game modes such as Variable Battle Mode.

For further details, please see the "Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper" entry.

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