Street Fighter Alpha 1 [Arcade] - play as Akuma

This is a playthrough using Akuma in the Arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 1. Read on below for more information...

Akuma is a hidden boss in the game. He is a hidden playable character.

===== HOW TO SELECT AKUMA =====

---- For Player 1:

1) On the character select screen, highlight the Random [?] box.
2) Hold the Start button, and press Down, Down, Down, Left, Left, Left and then press LP + HP or LK + HK.

---- For Player 2:

1) On the character select screen, highlight the Random [?] box.
2) Hold the Start button, and press Down, Down, Down, Right, Right, Right, and then press LP + HP or LK + HK.

(LP + HP gives you the default colour palette, and LK + HK gives you the alternate colour palette)

===== ABOUT AKUMA =====

Probably the most famous fighting game secret/hidden boss character, and the staple Street Fighter antagonist of Ryu. He is essentially a head-swap character in the 2D games, but there is no doubt that he has developed his own unique persona and style as the SF series progressed - the way he performed his moves became more and more different from Ryu/Ken.

===== GAMEPLAY =====

Alpha 1 Akuma is certainly a very strong character to use... if I were to describe this version of him, then I would say that he is basically like an "in-between" of SFA2's regular Akuma and Shin Akuma. Basically stronger than regular Akuma, but not quite on Shin Akuma's level.

===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====

---- Obviously, he can only be fought against as a hidden boss in the game.

---- His personal boss in the game is M.Bison.

---- SFA1 is the only game where Akuma has some unique voices and grunts. They were changed for SFA2 and beyond.

---- His brother Gouken, and his master Goutetsu, appear in his ending.

---- When performing his Teleport, the trailing shadows behind him are blue.

---- Akuma is known as Gouki in Japan.

---- The game is known as Street Fighter Zero in Japan.

---- In the Saturn version of the game, when you win a round with a throw, the win icon shows a baseball. This is different to the PS1 and Arcade versions where it showed a rope instead.

---- In the Saturn version of the game, when fighting on Charlie's background, when you win a round there is no crowd noise (when they throw the money). On the PS1 and Arcade versions, the crowd makes a noise.

===== ABOUT SFA1 =====

This is the game that kicked off the brilliant Alpha series of Street Fighter. Despite Alpha 1 being a bit "broken" competitively-wise, it is still a fun game to go back to every now and then. It is also the only Alpha game with chain combos as one of it's core mechanics.