Capcom re-releases Street Fighter II on $100 cartridge that might set your SNES on fire
Capcom and Iam8bit have teamed up to re-release Street Fighter II on an actual SNES cartridge to mark the series’ 30th anniversary. The cartridges cost $100 and are limited to a run of 5,500; 1,000 of those are “Glow-in-the-dark Blanka green” and the rest are “Opaque Ryu Headband Red,” though which color you receive is ultimately random.
At $20 more than a SNES Classic, which includes Street Fighter II Turbo and 20 other games, the 30th-anniversary cartridges are clearly collectors’ items more than practical products. And nothing underlines that more than the somewhat alarming caveat included on Iam8bit’s product page:
WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console…
