Street Fighter Alpha 2 (known as Street Fighter Zero 2 in Japan) is a videogame developed by Capcom and released for the Super Nintendo in 1996. Debuting alongside both the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn home console ports, it couldn't measure up to either in terms of graphical accuracy. 



However, this wasn't a case of a rushed, shoddy port on inferior hardware - the SNES version is packed with as much content as could be compressed into the cartridge using the special S-DD1 chip. This chip was used in only two games (Star Ocean and Street Fighter Alpha 2) and allowed the game access to the highly compressed graphical data as needed. The only indication of this process in the game is at the start of fights where there's a few seconds delay as everything is loaded. Apart from that, the gameplay is the same and features all the characters and backgrounds - albeit with less animation.

This month's latest acquisition is none other than a RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer (nicknamed the CoCo) along with several games for the system. This particular model is the Color Computer I with 16k of RAM - other versions came with 4k or as much as 32k. TRS-80s, along with other cost-conscious computers, were a common fixture in schools, businesses, and homes in the early 1980s.

At NVM, we don't just collect rarities - we've also assembled a collection of the more common (now not so common) computers, software, and consoles from today and yesterday. We're always accepting donations, so next time you come across that dusty box (or immaculately kept one) we'd love to hear from you! The easiest way to contact us is by email if you'd like to set up a drop-off ([email protected]). Smaller donations are also welcome anytime during our normal business hours. As always, thanks for your support in preserving videogame history!

Time Pilot has a new high score!



Mike Dietrich became NVM's top Time Pilot with a new high score of 1,034,800! 

Congratulations!!

Take a glance into NVM's prototype case containing a beta version of the first John Madden Football game for Sega Genesis! This release is dated August 14, 1990, just a few months before the release of the game in December of 1990. The first installment established both Madden and Electronic Arts as popular sports brands going forward on Sega's console. Thirty years later the Madden series is still one of the top football brands on the market.

Monetary donations are always appreciated as there are significant costs involved in managing, maintaining, building and displaying a collection as large as the NVM archive.

Even if you can't help monetarily, we are always looking for games and consoles to add to our library. Due to the highly interactive nature of the museum, systems go down all the time and are in need of replacement or repair parts. If you have any unused consoles, computers or games around the house, please drop them off at the museum or email us at [email protected] and we'll give them a good home!