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My first introduction to the world of SNES gaming came through Street Fighter II in the early nineties. Almost twenty years on, Capcom's legendary brawling franchise is still going strong, and just last year was boosted by the arrival of Street Fighter IV on consoles.

12 months have passed and Super Street Fighter IV is now on the release horizon. While we wait for that, however, the original version of the game has been shrunk down and placed in the palm of our hands by virtue of this iPhone edition.

SFIV features eight fighters from the original version, the majority of which should be familiar to peeps who grew up on the franchise. So yes, Ken and Ryu are on-hand with their multi-coloured dressing gowns, Blanka is still electrically charged, Chun Li still has great (and powerful) legs, and Dhalism remains able to give Stretch Armstrong a run for his money. Rounding off the cast are Abel, Guile and Bison.

The game uses a virtual joystick system, with a transparent control stick on the left-hand side and action buttons on the right. The stick allows you to move back and forth and jump, and can be combined with the buttons to perform attack combos and special moves. If you're a bit of a Street Fighter novice, you'll be pleased to know that you can either activate an Easy mode for the special moves that makes them more simplistic to execute, or you can simply view a list of controls for your active character, giving you the button combinations you need to succeed.