As far as fighting games went, I was purely a Street Fighter fan for my entire youth. The only fighting game at my local arcade spot as a kid was a Street Fighter II cab. I played some MK at a friend's house on the SNES, and even borrowed it for a while, but never got into the art style. Reading this thread makes me think I really missed out by not playing part II. I mean it was obviously ahead of its time, seeing as it had a collector's edition comic book and compact disc, exactly the the type of thing every big game has now.