Speaking of the status of Street Fighter in the arcade circle, that and the status of Contra in the FC game, are all popular works that sit firmly in the first chair, for a long time, the Street Fighter series is the hottest game in each arcade hall, there is no one, and "Street Fighter 2" is the most popular work.
In "Street Fighter 2", everyone generally believes that the game has 8 basic characters and 4 boss characters, of which in addition to Long and Ken are like replicants with a skin, each character has distinct characteristics for players to identify, as long as it is a Street Fighter old player, I believe that they can now list their names one by one. Also because of the distinctive image of these characters, there are also many nicknames, such as police, green-skinned lions, red people, white people, etc., but the nickname of one of the characters is particularly mysterious, called "Thang Long".
This "Thang Long" refers not to the moves of the Red Man White, but to a mysterious hidden character that only exists in street fighter rumors. This character does not exist in the game's character list, and requires certain trigger conditions to appear as a boss, and there are different theories about the conditions for his appearance in different regions.
Just like the legend that picking up the stones in the fourth level of "Dinosaur Kombat" will increase the difficulty of the game, the trigger conditions for The Thang Long can be described as a variety of opinions, some say that after a harmless level to the BOSS Vega, The Thang Long will throw Vega out of the field and replace the position of the final boss, and some say that it is necessary to abuse vega without injury before it has a chance to appear.
Although there are different theories, it is undeniable that "Thang Long" has become the most desirable character in the dreams of many Street Fighter players. The reason why everyone will say that such a character is as early as the American version of Street Fighter 2, Long will say to the opponent he defeated, "You must defeat Thang Long to have a chance." But in fact, this is just a misunderstanding of the translation, because its real Japanese meaning is "you can only win if you deal with the Shenglong Fist well."
At this point, many players basically believe that Thang Long is a character that only exists in legends, after all, the bugs that appear in the translation cannot be regarded as official easter eggs. But soon after, EGM introduced the trigger conditions and related strategies about Thang Long, and matched the corresponding game screenshots, once again fishing up this legendary BOSS. Even more convincing of the existence of Thang Long is that Capcom affirmed the existence of "Thang Long" in the manual in the later transplant of "Street Fighter 2".
So just under the official incitement, some players jumped out to confirm the authenticity of the role of Thang Long, and some also uploaded relevant videos and screenshots, but what was unexpected was that shortly after that, the official denied the existence of Thang Long, because the article about Thang Long was just a joke for everyone to have fun on April Fool's Day.
Up to this point, the relevant news about Thang Long can basically be identified as false information, and the reason why some people will release Thang Long related game videos, a large part of the reason is also based on the super popularity of the genuine "Street Fighter 2", so that many pirated games appear in the major computer rooms, of which the magic version with the role of "Thang Long" has also become a frequent visitor that many people will experience, and over time, "Thang Long" has really been circulated in the folk.
With the end of the arcade era, many people have stopped paying attention to these interesting stories about arcades, but as long as you understand a little, you can glimpse the unique charm of the entire arcade circle, which is one of the important reasons why excellent arcade works such as Street Fighter can last forever. I wonder if you have heard rumors about Thang Long? And in order to see him, he honed his street fighter skills and became a generation of gods in the arcade hall? Feel free to share your arcade story in the comments section
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