Exploring Street Fighter (1987)

Capcom hijacked title from ultra violent 1974 Sonny Chiba flick The Street Fighter.

Delving deeper.

Ken vs Joe Lewis

Retsu vs Krillin - Dragon Ball

Karate Master

Adapted from the manga Karate Baka Ichidai, anime series ran for 47 episodes and was influenced by the life of Mas Oyama, inspiring Takashi Nishiyama's game and several character designs by Keiji Inafune.

Ryu vs Ken Asuka

Mike vs Kid Morgan

Best of all.

Sagat vs King Rogovski

Sagat Petchyindee was a former professional Thai boxer, but there's no evidence confirming that's where name originated from.

Bonus stage

Wow!

Hadouken

Nishiyama credits energy projectile to the Hadouho from Space Battleship Yamato.

But like I've said before, fireball is basically the Kamehameha.

Take it away Goku.

Finally, let's travel to England.

Graffiti on steel shutter pays tribute to former Capcom USA VP of Sales of Marketing Bill Cravens, who passed away in 2007.
Also, Block Heads is surely a nod to rock band The Blockheads.

HKM (Human Killing Machine)

Before Street Fighter II: The World Warrior ignited a global phenomenon, Tiertex created an unofficial sequel to Street Fighter in 1988.

Before applying further meat, here's a little known fact.

Developer took name from a painting company that went bankrupt.

Game dominated Sinclair User #84 (March 1989) and smacks of The Street Fighter.

Did artist have Japanese poster to hand?

(Shrugs shoulders).

For the record, I've chosen Amiga shit stain.

Offensive stereotypes include Dutch prostitute Maria and Arabian terrorist Sagan.

Korean protagonist Kwon takes on Igor.

Oh yeah, one of the WORST fighting games ever made also has Shepski the dog and bull Brutus.

Stages don't scroll and bug in featured version ensures Merkeva is composed of other characters (mainly Miguel).

End boss appears as intended in the Atari ST port, making error even more bizarre.