Street Fighter 3 is a fantastic game. Utterly incredible for a rainy afternoon - and since summer 2007, it's been possible to play on the PC. If you want to try it out, all you need to do is follow these simple instructions.
I tried a load of different emulators, including the latest MAME, and I had trouble getting the game to work with any of them. (If any of you have any tips, please post them in the comments!). Anyway, this is the one that I've tried and tested, and it works perfectly:
http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php
The specific file download you want is the one under the 'CPS3 Emulator' heading; at the time of posting, the specific name and version was:
CPS3 Emulator 1.0a Capcom Play System 3 Emulator
Unzip that to your chosen directory.
In the same directory into which you've unzipped the emulator, you need to create two folders. The first should be entitled 'CHD' and the second 'Roms'. Now you need to create a folder inside 'Roms', entitled 'sfiii3'.
This is one area where I can't help you too much; but there are two files you need.
1. 33s000.chd
This needs to go in the CHD/ folder.
2. sf33usa.bin
This needs to go in Roms/sfiii3/
This is an area of some difficulty, I'd prefer not to link you to the exact places I found these files, as technically you need to actually own the game to use them. Here is a big hint though:
Do a google search for those file names, there should be Filefront (or other hosting sites) which have them, at the very top of your search page. 33s000.chd is about 64mb, and sf33usa.bin is about 512 kb, but you do need both before the game will run.
This should be the easiest part. Simply load up emulator.exe, select Emulator > Load Rom, and then choose "Street Fighter III Third Strike: Fight for the Future (CHD).
The emulator works perfectly for me, along with my logitech keyboard and gamepad, so I hope you have as much luck! As I said previously, if anyone has alternate guides for different emulators, please post them here; but avoid directly linking to roms if you can, please.
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Thanks! I got this working with no hassle at all.
doesn't work, said missing files
Stan - did it say which missing files? I have a load of other ones I was playing around with trying to get this to work, maybe I can help you out.
hey Daniel sorry about that i got it working i just misspelled the folder sfiii3 with two i's instead of 3 thanx for everything
do u know if any of the other roms work?
I have to say I've only tried SF3. I run SF2, too, but that's through MAME (which is also relatively easy to do)
i found all the information and started playing third strike with others online the same day i started looking for it in the net.
drag 2 files into the main sf3.zip file, put the sf3n.zip in the roms folder, use mame32v0.117 and that's it ladies.
i dont use nebula.
if you know how to read this, and cant get to play 3rd strike online, save up those quarters and take a computers/internet course or something. common sense usually works pretty good.
http://www.romnation.net/forums/thread.php?threadid=9604
no need to thank me, i do this as a public service.
and this is where im stumped. i can get 2nd impact and 3rd strike to work. new generation doesnt work. all the rom files of new generation i find all over the net are the same. so none of them work. not that i really want to play it. im a sf fan, i just want a full collection of the sf games. i like the feeling of being able to load it when i want.
hi can't get this to work says
unable to find appropiate zbuffer format and
unable to initialize video subsystem
can you help
hi
i got it to work on my laptop but need help to play with logitech gamepad, how to use this option please
i sorted it all out thank you very much for all your efforts much appriciated
how to load more games
hey can someone help me i'v done all the steps on this site but my one still doesn't work, when i try to load the rom it says
FAILED 8876086A. D3DFMT 22 Depth 71
Unable to initialize video subsystem
Gus, looks like a direct3d problem, but that's all I can tell - perhaps try upgrading your video drivers/directx.
Alternatively, you'll probably get a good response on the Nebula forums: http://nebula.emulatronia.com/
If all else fails, perhaps you could try running it under MAME, using the guide in Senslfield's comment. (Sorry I can't be of much more help)
gus i had the same problem when i tried it on my desktop but it worked fine when i used it on my laptop. it seems that your system is noe capable of running the programme, like daniel siad it will be your video drivers try on a more up to date system
daniel iwas wondering if you could help explain how to use the mame system, i downloaded the emulator and the street figter fighter rom and put the rom in the roms folder but can't seem to get the game to load, when i audit the game it says it is missing so please help.
I have to admit I've yet to get it working with MAME, but I haven't tried the guide linked to by Senslfield - I'll give it a shot in the next day or so and report back.
I got this rom working fine, however, there is a lag in gameplay and the sound tends to skip
tyler maybe your system is too slow as it works fine on me laptop
Daniel i wasn't talking about third strike but games in general, as i have the mame emulator and some roms but can't get the thing to work at all, i put all the roms in the roms folder but when i do the audit it still doesn't work - it says files missing, any help will be appreciated.
anyway thanks a lot for all your efforts very kind of you indeed once again many thanks.
Ah, well I don't know if it varies from game to game, but the only one I've tried so far is Street Fighter II: Championship Edition. I think I just put the downloaded zip file into /Roms and it worked perfectly. (the rom I downloaded was a zip with a ton of .bin files inside).
I've yet to try SFIII, probably have to wait till after christmas, been a bit hectic in the last few days. ;)
Hi Daniel, i just wondering, what is ur PC specs?
i am using Ge force 7300
Vista with Direct X 10 i think… if not its 9
core 2 duo 2.4
am i able to play sf 3 with these specs?
thank you
I'm currently using:
Geforce 8600GT
Intel T7250 Core2 Duo
3GB RAM
All running under vista, on my laptop.
The lowest specced system I've tried it on is:
Geforce 6800GT
Athlon 64 3400+
1GB RAM
It seems to work perfectly on both - so I'm guessing it should run fine on your machine. I don't know how many resources the emulation takes, but all things said it's a fairly old game now, so I doubt it's too demanding.
Hello Daniel,
thanks for sharing this and it works, and I just wanted to know, does this method also work for street fighter iii and SFiii 2nd impact and do you know what is their each chd and bin file name?
Hello,
I wish I could help, but I'm sorry I have no idea which files you need for those games. If it helps, here is the list of games which seem to be supported by Nebula:
-Daniel
Thank you for answering, Daniel *^-^*
I wanted to play Street Fighter III and Street Fighter III 2nd impact on the CPS3 emulator, but don't know the chd and bin name for the CPS3 emu version.
You must create the proper files inside the the emulator dir one names chd thats where the 33s000.chd file goes then roms/sfiii3 thats where sf33usa.bin goes search google for the files there the first link it took me 50 tries before i relized i forgot the 3 at the end of the sfiii3 file. runs full speed on my pen d 920 gforce 6800 2 gig ram
message keeps coming that sf33usa.bin is missing what's wrong
yujuuuu… thanx.
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Best tutorial ever made. Very easy to follow, even a monkey could do it. Thx a lot man !!! I can finally enjoy this game.
hey daniel,
I downloaded the cps3 1.0a file from the link u provided but it seems to be corrupt. I'm quite a newbie when it comes to emulators n this kinda stuff but realy really wish that i could play sfIII on my pc as we don't get these games here in mumbai. Is there someway u can help ???
Hi jel,
What do you mean when you say it seems to be corrupt? What kind of error message do you get?
-Daniel.
Hey wassup Daniel…Great to hear from you..The emulator seems to be working fine now but the main problem is finding ' sf33usa.bin '
I've done an extensive search over 2 days in torrent sites n google and have reached the point of giving up. If u do have a solution lemme know. Anyways thanks a lot for everything.
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Whenever I try and load it, it says:
unable to find appropiate zbuffer format and
unable to initialize video subsystem
Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Thanx, Dan! You've no idea how I've been longing to play SF3 installment! You've made my day! Just one more thing… Will I be able to play New Generation and 2nd Impact as well using the same .chd and .bin.?