Preservation research. A 1998 arcade fighter rebuilt rather than emulated, move by move, then held against the original until it matched.
AI did the rebuilding, from three sources, none of them enough alone.
About 70% of the intended game, in features and in feel. Feel is the closer of the two. Far from finished, and shown that way on purpose.
Two fighters, with movesets, cancels, reactions and supers. Missing: most of the roster, much of the systems layer, and the polish of a finished game.
In order of authority.
Isolating a sound needs two replays that differ by one thing. No such pair exists for a punch landing: closing the distance also changes the animation. Four distances, the air and the edge of range all failed. The sound was left out, not faked.
Samples sounded distorted. The obvious cause, too many at once, measured clean at −4.8 dBFS. The real one: a sample ended at full amplitude. A hard cut is a step, and a step is a click.
The winner stood still but held velocity nothing could clear: only hit motion had drag. The beaten fighter's body blocked the drift, so nothing looked wrong. Two faults lined up; only one showed.
What the rebuild was made with. Separate pages, read-only.