Street Fighter 1 (Arcade) Thailand Stage 1: Ryu vs. Adon

After beating the first 4 countries you could choose at the beginning of the game, you automatically go to Thailand last. Despite his Street Fighter Alpha appearances, Adon has also debuted in this game first, despite how he doesn’t look like he does later. He is a Muay Thai warrior from Thailand who, during this time, looks up to the champion of this game’s tournament, Sagat. His animal motif is the jaguar. He’s a bit tougher here, but I take him down, too. His “defeated“ sprite doesn’t look as damaged as everyone else before him, even though the whole “blind eye“ case I keep seeing still applies here. Kenji Inafune’s very first job at Capcom was to draw Adon’s portrait faces, here.