Game Summary
Red Wave is an unofficial arcade modification of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition that adds mid-air special moves, limits multiple projectiles, and became popular in regions with limited official updates.
Game Details
The Red Wave version of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition is a bootleg arcade modification known for its distinctive red ROM chips. It allowed all characters to perform special moves in mid-air, something the official game did not include, although most characters could not have multiple projectiles on screen at once, with Sagat as the main exception. This version spread through unofficial channels and became popular in places where official Capcom updates were hard to get or where arcade owners wanted to draw in players with something different. Red Wave changed the way matches played out, introducing new strategies and challenges and became part of the early 1990s arcade bootleg culture, showing how creative modifications could reshape the gameplay experience.
