Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Note: this game's video emulation is listed as incorrect in MAME. Enemies have halves of their bodies teleporting around. It's still "playable" but having never played this on a real cabinet, I can't say for sure if the video emulation is also fucking up the gameplay in some way. I decided it still needed to be looked at because it's such a weird-ass game.
BBH Rating: 3 / 5
Chat Rating: 3 / 5
Full VOD - youtu.be/iObK_LFKEnk
Note: this game's video emulation is listed as incorrect in MAME. Enemies have halves of their bodies teleporting around. It's still "playable" but having never played this on a real cabinet, I can't say for sure if the video emulation is also fucking up the gameplay in some way. I decided it still needed to be looked at because it's such a weird-ass game.
BBH Rating: 3 / 5
Chat Rating: 3 / 5
Full VOD - youtu.be/iObK_LFKEnk
![Arcade RetroAchievements - SFIII 4rd Strike romhack, session 1 [02-15-2026 stream]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lb22RevyI70/mqdefault.jpg "Arcade RetroAchievements - SFIII 4rd Strike romhack, session 1 [02-15-2026 stream]
This romhack changes a lot of things around balance-wise, attempting to add new moves, making Gill playable and adding an extra version of Sean. Was it a hit with the 3rd Strike scene? As far as I can tell, not really. Theres a lot of weird changes and the jurys out on what the balance is like now. Was kinda fun to fuck around with at least. Unfortunately the set requires getting an S-rank win with every character and that feels like a lot of luck in hoping the CPU will let you meet all the weird arbitrary requirements for it.
This set is continued in the following VODs if you want to see the rest of this. Im probably leaving them as unlisted.
Document detailing all the 4rd Strike changes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGXvHFP1UeWxFW348FUQgtrjp-FSBXj_oap_V0BZBvQ/edit?tab=t.0")
