X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Arcade)

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X-Men vs. Street Fighter is the game that put the "vs." in the Marvel vs. Capcom series and the Versus series in general, opening the floodgates for many crossover fighters to come.

Debug Menu#

Like with some other CPS2 games, there is a debug mode accessible via special DIP switches on the development board. To access them in MAME, you must first enter the following cheat for the DIP switches (be sure to reset after activating):

  <cheat desc="Enable DEBUG DIP Functions">
    <script state="on">
      <action>temp0=maincpu.mw@00C0</action>
      <action>temp1=maincpu.oq@0C20</action>
      <action>temp2=maincpu.oq@0C28</action>
      <action>temp3=maincpu.oq@0C30</action>
      <action>maincpu.mw@00C0=FFFF</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C20=4E711B7C00FFD424</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C28=4E711B7C00FFD425</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C30=4E711B7C00FFD426</action>
    </script>
    <script state="off">
      <action>maincpu.mw@00C0=temp0</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C20=temp1</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C28=temp2</action>
      <action>maincpu.oq@0C30=temp3</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

Then, hold P1 button 1 (LP) and enter Service Test mode.

Location Test Ending#

To do: Figure out how to activate, and see if it's present in all arcade revisions.

Japanese	English

By setting the MAME cheat to enable both Debug Menu and the Secret Test Menu, go to Ending Test and select the value to 0013 and any byte, this ending shows up which features a sprite of both Rogue and Gambit jumping together and Rogue randomly changed costume from her winpose while Gambit says, "Don't mess with the Cajun" along with an unused music (named "Break Out" in the OST), this ending was a leftover from the Location Test. In Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, it's possible to get the location test message on the continue screen.

Unused Graphics#

Several unused sprites exist within the tiles for the character select screen.

Possibly served the same function as the Auto mode, or some other form of difficulty selection.

Could the player have been able to choose between single fighter and tag-team?

Likely went along with the Auto option which only exists on its own between the speed select in the final version. The term Manual is used in X-Men: Children of the Atom and the Street Fighter Alpha games.

Apocalypse has an unused attack where he turns his hand into a weapon which emits a ball of energy; this has no effect on the opponent. Intentionally, is special attack motion is QCF+SK (Strong Kick).

Regional Differences#

To do: Get screenshots and add translations.

In the Japanese version, every character has unique pre-fight dialogue with Apocalypse. These are not present in any other version.

Revisional Differences#

To do: Changes are based on tournament footage and may not be complete. Document Japan revisions 960909 and 970113.

Five arcade revisions exist, all of which focus on bug fixes and balance patches, and no aesthetic differences have been found between any of them.

Revision 960919/960910 is the initial release and most common arcade version played in Japan.

Revision 961004 is the most commonly played version outside of Japan.

• Removed the the ability for Ryu and Akuma to link forward+medium kick into other attacks for infinite combos.
• Increased startup and recovery frames on some attacks, making it more difficult to perform some infinite combos.
• Ryu's Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku now properly hits fallen opponents.

Revision 961023 is the revision all official ports and rereleases are based on.

• Storm's Lightning Attack can now be performed a second time in the air. However, the opponent is restored to a neutral state after being launched by it.
• Storm's heavy punch sends the opponent at a steeper angle from the air.
• Cyclops' and Juggernaut's heavy punch and kick launch opponents forward at the end of air combos.
• Magneto's punch throw can no longer throw the opponent upward, removing the ability to link with Hyper Gravitation.
• Dhalsim is no longer vulnerable after his air recovery teleport.

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