There was this humorous time in the mid-1990s when every PC owner truly believed that their home computer could do everything a console could do (for what it's worth, we're going through the opposite of that right now). Ideal world of the 1990s: You were wrong! The PCs are amazing machines capable of doing just about everything you could want ... but they are not a proper substitute for a good old fashioned console. Especially if the console experience you're trying to emulate starts with the words "Street Fighter" and ends with the number "2". In the past we've made fun of PC companies who try to hawk high-end fighting games to their unsuspecting computer-loving audience. Well we're at it again, but this time it's Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Capcom's final version of the popular Street Fighter II series (unless you count the upcoming Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix).

There are a lot of reasons why it's a bad idea to port Super Street Fighter II Turbo to the PC, and it seems like every single bad idea is illustrated in this terrible commercial. Have you ever noticed that it's difficult to fit a bunch of people around a computer monitor? Heck, it's hard to fit two people around a computer monitor. Just look at what's going on here, there are seven people fighting to view the screen ... and at most only two are actually capable of seeing what's going on. It's also hard to see because they're playing on a 14 inch computer screen! And I love how everybody is around but nobody seems to want to play two players ... perhaps that's because you would have to buy two extra controls just to play this game the way it was meant to be played. So let me get the straight, it's on a dinky little screen, it's not economic and it's hard to get everybody around to see what's going on, why would anybody want to play this?

I find it ludicrous that so many people (six by my count) would be this excited to stand around and watch one guy play when there are two other fighting games (Mortal Komedy II and Dumb II) right next door. I don't care how much better Street Fighter II is, I would much rather play a two player game of Mortal Kombat ... er, Mortal Komedy II than watch some dummy use a six-button PC control play by himself. Speaking of ludicrous, the text states that you can now play the game in "your favorite comfy chair." Or you could just play it on a console (any console) and have everybody sit on a comfy couch and play multiplayer on a nice large screen. I don't care if you have a small TV, chances are it's going to be bigger than this computer monitor ... and a heck of a lot easier for people to crowd around.

FROM: Masters of Bad Advertising