Metacritic Games

Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Playstation)

The Arcade mode is a direct translation of the arcade version with added special effects during hit sequences. This mode offers truly flawless arcade gameplay. Versus Mode allows you to select all playable characters. New to the Alpha series is the World Tour Mode, a special game mode designed for the PlayStation that allows you to select a main character to fight opponents throughout the world.Street Fighter Alpha 3 dares you to master a multitude of new moves, specials, and super combos. [Capcom]

Capcom Entertainment
Fighting, Action
Players: 2
T (Teen)
Developer: Capcom Entertainment
Released May 6, 1999

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

93 / 100

Critic Reviews

100	Official U.S. Playstation Magazine One of the best 2D fighters ever made. [Nov 2001, p.52]
100	GamePro Alpha 3 truly excels with its plethora of extra play-modes.
100	Hot Games While it is sometimes glaringly obvious that this is scaled down, Alpha's famous speed and depth comes across perfectly. All the combos, special moves and ISM's are in place, as are the characters.
95	Cheat Code Central Platinum Fans will appreciate that Capcom loaded this game with bonuses for the most diligent players. You'll find more modes to play and more characters to choose from such as Evil Ryu, Guile and more, so how's that for replay value? Not only did Capcom go overboard on extras but just wait until you see the art that appears before each fight in this game. It's classic.
95	Gaming Maxx With plenty of extra modes, flashy graphics, and excellent voiceovers, this could be the next step towards perfecting the 2D side of the Playstation fighters.
93	IGN I played this so much about a month ago I got blisters. This game is blissful in every way... A quintessential, must-have fighting game.
93	TotalGames.net Fighting games don't come much more accomplished than this though, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 is one of the most addictive and playable we've ever come across.
90	GMR Magazine Arguably the best version of Street Fighter to grace the system. [Feb 2003, p.97]
90	All Game Guide A wonderful piece of fighting goodness that may very well be the best 2D fighting game created to date. The sheer amount of depth found within is staggering.
90	Games Domain Street Fighter Alpha 3 won't steal the profile from the more flashy entries in the fighting genre, but those who know, will find the best fighting experience next to a "Virtua Fighter 3" arcade machine.
89	Absolute Playstation The wonderful hand-drawn graphics move and animate the best that I have ever seen in a 2D fighter and the action is non-stop.
80	GameSpot The game's graphical prowess and arcade-perfect gameplay combined with its cache of bonus modes makes Street Fighter Alpha 3 the latest standard for 2D excellence on the PlayStation.