Street Fighter Alpha 2/Controls

Street Fighter Alpha 2 is traditionally played with a lever and six attack buttons. Being an arcade game, the controls were optimized for its cabinet- But any controller can be adapted to compete.

Movement

Street Fighter Alpha 2 uses eight directions for movement.

In some sections of this guide, numpad notation may be used: It's a simple way to describe directions as if they were numbers on a keyboard. Keep in mind that most if not all notations shown assume you're facing right.

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up-back up up-forward back neutral forward down-back down down-forward

Button Layout

Street Fighter Alpha 2 has six attack buttons: Three for punches, and three for kicks.

Light Punch Medium Punch Heavy Punch LK MK HK