Street Fighter EX 2 Plus (Arcade)

Street Fighter EX 2 Plus
Developer: Arika Publisher: Capcom Platform: Arcade (Sony ZN-2) Released in JP: July 1999 Released in US: 1999 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has regional differences.

To do: Is Hayate still in the game's code?

An update to EX2, which brings back M. Bison (the dictator), Pullum, and Darun, as well as debuts of Volcano Rosso and Area. However, Hayate is left out, controversially and mysteriously. Hayate does make a comeback in the PlayStation version as a secret unlockable character.

Development Text

Text of the program to build the ROMs can be found as well as a file listing being used.

At 0xEE68C is text for the output of the ROM builder.

WRITE OK....INITIALIZE ERROR....ERASE ERROR.IPL WRITE ERROR.MAIN WRITE ERROR....DATA WRITE ERROR....DIR WRITE ERROR.MAKE MAIN ROM FILE..sim:ROMFILE/EX2P4MB.SUM.sim:ROMFILE/EX2P4MW.SUM.%04X END MAKE DEBUG ROM FILE sim:ROMFILE/DEBUG%02X.ROM   sim:ROMFILE/DEBUG%02X.SUM   MAKE MAIN ROM FILE 64   sim:ROMFILE/EX2P64B.SUM sim:ROMFILE/EX2P64W.SUM sim:ROMFILE/EX2P64%02X.ROM  COMPLETE    DIR ENTRY WRITE %s   %x MAIN WRITE  MAIN LOAD  %x   IPL WRITE   IPL LOAD  %x    ERASE  %d   ****  FLASH ROM WRITER V0.001  **** ROM ADDRESS  %x  

In Rom 5 at 0x3F8000 is the file list to build the ROMs. Not the first time this listing is in here just in the right order instead of reversed.

MAIN.BIN                  TIM/RANK.TIM               OVL/PL00_1.OVL            OVL/PL01_1.OVL            OVL/PL02_1.OVL           
OVL/PL03_1.OVL            OVL/PL04_1.OVL             OVL/PL05_1.OVL            OVL/PL06_1.OVL            OVL/PL07_1.OVL            
OVL/PL08_1.OVL            OVL/PL09_1.OVL             OVL/PL0A_1.OVL            OVL/PL0B_1.OVL            OVL/PL0C_1.OVL            
OVL/PL0D_1.OVL            OVL/PL0E_1.OVL             OVL/PL0F_1.OVL            OVL/PL10_1.OVL            OVL/PL11_1.OVL            
OVL/PL12_1.OVL            OVL/PL13_1.OVL             OVL/PL14_1.OVL            OVL/PL15_1.OVL            OVL/PL16_1.OVL            
OVL/PL17_1.OVL            OVL/PL18_1.OVL             OVL/PL19_1.OVL            OVL/PL1A_1.OVL            OVL/PL1B_1.OVL            
OVL/PL1C_1.OVL            OVL/PL1D_1.OVL             OVL2/PL00_2.OVL           OVL2/PL01_2.OVL           OVL2/PL02_2.OVL          
OVL2/PL03_2.OVL           OVL2/PL04_2.OVL            OVL2/PL05_2.OVL           OVL2/PL06_2.OVL           OVL2/PL07_2.OVL           
OVL2/PL08_2.OVL           OVL2/PL09_2.OVL            OVL2/PL0A_2.OVL           OVL2/PL0B_2.OVL           OVL2/PL0C_2.OVL           
OVL2/PL0D_2.OVL           OVL2/PL0E_2.OVL            OVL2/PL0F_2.OVL           OVL2/PL10_2.OVL           OVL2/PL11_2.OVL           
OVL2/PL12_2.OVL           OVL2/PL13_2.OVL            OVL2/PL14_2.OVL           OVL2/PL15_2.OVL           OVL2/PL16_2.OVL           
OVL2/PL17_2.OVL           OVL2/PL18_2.OVL            OVL2/PL19_2.OVL           OVL2/PL1A_2.OVL           OVL2/PL1B_2.OVL           
OVL2/PL1C_2.OVL           OVL2/PL1D_2.OVL            BGT2/ST00.TIM             BGT2/ST01.TIM             BGT2/ST02.TIM             
BGT2/ST03.TIM             BGT2/ST04.TIM              BGT2/ST05.TIM             BGT2/ST06.TIM             BGT2/ST07.TIM             
BGT2/ST08.TIM             BGT2/ST09.TIM              BGT2/ST0A.TIM             BGT2/ST0B.TIM             BGT2/ST0C.TIM             
BGT2/ST0D.TIM             BGT2/ST0E.TIM              BGT2/ST0F.TIM             BGT2/ST10.TIM             BGT2/ST11.TIM             
BGT2/ST12.TIM             BGT2/END05.TIM             BGT2/ST14.TIM             BGT2/ST15.TIM             BGT2/ST16.TIM             
STG2/S00D.PAC             STG2/S01D.PAC              STG2/S02D.PAC             STG2/S03D.PAC             STG2/S04D.PAC             
STG2/S05D.PAC             STG2/S06D.PAC              STG2/S07D.PAC             STG2/S08D.PAC             STG2/S09D.PAC             
STG2/S0AD.PAC             STG2/S0BD.PAC              STG2/S0CD.PAC             STG2/S0DD.PAC             STG2/S0ED.PAC             
STG2/S0FD.PAC             STG2/S10D.PAC              STG2/S11D.PAC             STG2/S12D.PAC             STG2/ENDD.PAC             
STG2/S14D.PAC             STG2/S15D.PAC              STG2/S16D.PAC             STG2/ST00.ANI             STG2/ST01.ANI             
STG2/ST02.ANI             STG2/ST03.ANI              STG2/ST04.ANI             STG2/ST05.ANI             STG2/ST06.ANI             
STG2/ST07.ANI             STG2/ST08.ANI              STG2/ST09.ANI             STG2/ST0A.ANI             STG2/ST0B.ANI             
STG2/ST0C.ANI             STG2/ST0D.ANI              STG2/ST0E.ANI             STG2/ST0F.ANI             STG2/ST10.ANI             
STG2/ST11.ANI             STG2/ST12.ANI              STG2/END.ANI              STG2/ST14.ANI             STG2/ST15.ANI             
STG2/ST16.ANI             TMD/NEZUMI.LMD             SPC/SPCT.PAC              SPC/SPCM.PAC              TEX/EFFT.PAC              
TEX/EFFT2.PAC             TIM/AKB2.TIM               TIM/AKB3.TIM              BONUS/BUTTON.TIM          BONUS/BNMOJI00.TIM        
BONUS/BNMOJI01.TIM        BONUS/BNMOJI03.TIM         BONUS/BNMOJI02.TIM        BONUS/BNMOJI04.TIM        BONUS/BNMOJI05.TIM        
BONUS/BN_EX1.TIM          BONUS/BN_EX2.TIM           BONUS/BN_BAD1.TIM         BONUS/BN_BAD2.TIM         BONUS/BONUS2.PAC          
PL/BAS.PAC                PL/P00X.PAC                PL/P01X.PAC               PL/P02X.PAC               PL/P02KX.PAC              
PL/P03X.PAC               PL/P04X.PAC                PL/P05X.PAC               PL/P06X.PAC               PL/P07X.PAC               
PL/P08X.PAC               PL/P09X.PAC                PL/P0AX.PAC               PL/P0BX.PAC               PL/P0CX.PAC               
PL/P0DX.PAC               PL/P0EX.PAC                PL/P0FX.PAC               PL/P10X.PAC               PL/P11X.PAC               
PL/P12X.PAC               PL/P13X.PAC                PL/P14X.PAC               PL/P15X.PAC               PL/P16X.PAC               
PL/P17X.PAC               PL/P18X.PAC                PL/P19X.PAC               PL/P1AX.PAC               PL/P1BX.PAC               
PL/P1CX.PAC               PL/P1DX.PAC                TIM/ARIKA_01.TIM          TIM/CAPLOGO.TIM           TIM/Q.TIM                 
TIM/FBI.TIM               TIM/RATE.TIM               TIM/TM.TIM                TIM/MARU_R.TIM            TIM/MTITLE.TIM            
TIM/MTITLETM.TIM          TIM/FONTX.TIM              TIM/MOJI12X.TIM           TIM/MOJI20X.TIM           TIM/MATH1.TIM             
TIM/MOJI_00.TIM           TIM/MOJI_01.TIM            TIM/MOJI_02.TIM           TIM/MOJI_03.TIM           TMD/FDEMO.PAC             
TIM/NAME.TIM              TIM/VS_ICON.TIM            TIM/SELMOJI7.TIM          TIM/GAGE.TIM              TIM/VS_01.TIM             
TIM/VS_02.TIM             TIM/SEL_03.TIM             TIM/SEL_02.TIM            TIM/SEL_01.TIM            TIM/SEL_05.TIM            
TIM/SEL_06.TIM            TIM/SEL_04.TIM             TIM/FACE.PAC              TIM/SELMATH.TIM           TIM/SELMOJI.TIM           
TIM/SELNAME1.TIM          TIM/SELNAME2.TIM           SND3/CREDIT.PAC           SND3/NAME.PAC             SND3/PLAY.PAC             
SND3/SELECT.PAC           SND3/TITLE.PAC             SND3/NUMBER.PAC           SND3/BONUS.PAC            SND3/ARIKA.PAC            
SND3/CAPCOM.PAC           SND3/P00S.PAC              SND3/P01S.PAC             SND3/P02S.PAC             SND3/P03S.PAC             
SND3/P04S.PAC             SND3/P05S.PAC              SND3/P06S.PAC             SND3/P07S.PAC             SND3/P08S.PAC             
SND3/P09S.PAC             SND3/P0AS.PAC              SND3/P0BS.PAC             SND3/P0CS.PAC             SND3/P0DS.PAC             
SND3/P0ES.PAC             SND3/P0FS.PAC              SND3/P10S.PAC             SND3/P11S.PAC             SND3/P15S.PAC             
SND3/P16S.PAC             SND3/P17S.PAC              SND3/P18S.PAC             SND3/P19S.PAC             SND3/P10S.PAC             
SND3/P00W.PAC             SND3/P01W.PAC              SND3/P02W.PAC             SND3/P03W.PAC             SND3/P04W.PAC             
SND3/P05W.PAC             SND3/P06W.PAC              SND3/P07W.PAC             SND3/P08W.PAC             SND3/P09W.PAC             
SND3/P0AW.PAC             SND3/P0BW.PAC              SND3/P0CW.PAC             SND3/P0DW.PAC             SND3/P0EW.PAC             
SND3/P0FW.PAC             SND3/P10W.PAC              SND3/P11W.PAC             SND3/P15W.PAC             SND3/P16W.PAC             
SND3/P17W.PAC             SND3/P18W.PAC              SND3/P19W.PAC             SND3/P05W.PAC             STM/G000.PAC              
STM/G001.PAC              STM/G002.PAC               STM/G003.PAC              STM/G004.PAC              STM/G005.PAC              
STM/G006.PAC              STM/G007.PAC               STM/G008.PAC              STM/OP_R.PAC              STM/OP_L.PAC              
STM/PLM1.PAC              STM/PLM2.PAC               STM/PLM3.PAC              STM/N000.PAC              STM/N001.PAC              
STM/N002.PAC              STM/N003.PAC               STM/N004.PAC              STM/N005.PAC              STM/N006.PAC              
STM/N007.PAC              STM/N008.PAC               STM/N009.PAC              STM/N010.PAC              STM/N011.PAC              
STM/N012.PAC              STM/N013.PAC               STM/N014.PAC              STM/N015.PAC              STM/N016.PAC              
STM/N017.PAC              STM/N018.PAC               STM/N019.PAC              STM/N020.PAC              STM/N021.PAC              
STM/N022.PAC              STM/N023.PAC               STM/N024.PAC              STM/N025.PAC              STM/N026.PAC              
STM/N027.PAC              STM/N028.PAC               STM/N029.PAC              STM/N030.PAC              STM/N031.PAC              
STM/N032.PAC              STM/N033.PAC               STM/N034.PAC              STM/N035.PAC              STM/N036.PAC              
STM/N037.PAC              STM/N038.PAC               STM/N039.PAC              STM/N040.PAC              STM/N041.PAC              
STM/N042.PAC              SND3/TEST.PAC              OVL3/END.OVL              TIM/TEM_C.TIM             TIM/TEM_C2.TIM            
TIM/END_BK.TIM            TIM/END00P.TIM             TIM/END00T.TIM            TIM/END01P.TIM            TIM/END01T.TIM            
TIM/END02P.TIM            TIM/END02T.TIM             TIM/END03P.TIM            TIM/END03T.TIM            TIM/END04P.TIM            
TIM/END04T.TIM            TIM/END05P.TIM             TIM/END05T.TIM            TIM/END06P.TIM            TIM/END06T.TIM            
TIM/END07P.TIM            TIM/END07T.TIM             TIM/END08P.TIM            TIM/END08T.TIM            TIM/END09P.TIM            
TIM/END09T.TIM            TIM/END0AP.TIM             TIM/END0AT.TIM            TIM/END0BP.TIM            TIM/END0BT.TIM            
TIM/END0CP.TIM            TIM/END0CT.TIM             TIM/END0DP.TIM            TIM/END0DT.TIM            TIM/END0EP.TIM            
TIM/END0ET.TIM            TIM/END0FP.TIM             TIM/END0FT.TIM            TIM/END10P.TIM            TIM/END10T.TIM            
TIM/END11P.TIM            TIM/END11T.TIM             TIM/END15P.TIM            TIM/END15T.TIM            TIM/END16P.TIM            
TIM/END16T.TIM            TIM/END17P.TIM             TIM/END17T.TIM            TIM/END18P.TIM            TIM/END18T.TIM            
TIM/END19P.TIM            TIM/END19T.TIM             TIM/END1AT.TIM            TIM/END_E.TIM             TIM/ENDMOJI2.TIM          
TIM/ENDMOJI3.TIM          TIM/ENDMOJI4.TIM           TEX/ROLL.PAC              ALOGO/RENGA.TIM           ALOGO/RENGAW.TIM          
ALOGO/RENGA1.LMD          ALOGO/RENGA2.LMD           ALOGO/RENGA3.LMD          ALOGO/RENG_A.TIM          ALOGO/RENG_B.TIM          
ALOGO/RENG_C.TIM          ALOGO/RENG_D.TIM           ALOGO/RENG_E.TIM          ALOGO/RENG_F.TIM          ADVER/SHU1.TIM            
ADVER/SHU2_1.TIM          ADVER/SHU2_2.TIM           ADVER/SHU4.TIM            ADVER/SHU4A.TIM           ADVER/SHU5.TIM            
ADVER/SHU6.TIM            ADVER/SHU6C.TIM            ADVER/SHU7.TIM            ADVER/SHU7_1.TIM          ADVER/CAPDEMO.TIM         
ADVER/CAPDEMOC.TIM        TMD/VEGADAMA.LMD           TIM/ENDMOJI2.TIM          TIM/ENDMOJI3.TIM          TIM/ENDMOJI4.TIM          
FILEEND

Regional Differences

In the Japanese version, after beating the last boss, you'll get a screen with a drawing of your character and an ending epilogue on the bottom. Each character has one. However, in the non-Japanese versions, the text was removed and instead you get a generic message that says: "Thank you very much for your playing!! See you at our next game!!".

Translations for those endings can be found here.

Like in the Street Fighter EX/EX Plus, D. Dark's punch throw, where he grabs the opponent and slits their throat, is also censored when the game is set to a region other than mainland Japan. Unlike EX, the game doesn't do as many changes, with D.Dark not getting out a knife and instead using a bomb.

Additionally, as is common practice in the series, Vega (the claw wielder) is known as Balrog and M. Bison (the dictator) is known as Vega in Japan.

Shadowgeist's Alternate Stage

To do: Picture of his usual stage outside (mainland) Japan. Change picture here with one actually from SFEX2 Plus; the time/lifebar is obviously from EX2. Picture comparison of D.Dark throw. Check if Shadowgeist's stage and D.Dark throw is affected by Odawara/Niigata region (it's called Japan #1 and Japan #2 in the game's MAME cheat file, probably on startup too?)

Like in the previous game, Shadowgeist has a stage (called Amusementive Crime 2), featuring a checkerboard pattern and surreal stuff (mainly things that belong in amusement parks) buried in sand. Possibly due to the inclusion of a human-like figure hanging from a roller coaster track, the stage was replaced with another stage outside mainland Japan.