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

This game 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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7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3

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

Common Motions

• 236 - Hadouken
• 214 - Tatsumaki
• 623 - Dragon Punch

• 4, 6 - Sonic Boom
• 2, 8 - Flash Kick

• 6248 - Spinning Piledriver

Button Layout

This game has six attack buttons: Three for punches and kicks, respectively. Lighter attacks are closer to the lever, while heavier ones are further.

Light Punch Medium Punch Heavy Punch Light Kick Medium Kick Heavy Kick  =  LP MP HP LK MK HK Aside from their strength and speed, there is no standard to how each character's attack performs in-game. One character's light attacks may be appreciably weaker than another's.