My quest to re-create Street Fighter’s long-lost pneumatic controls

During my search, it became evident how uncommon the SF1 deluxe cabinet really was (pneumatic version or otherwise). There was also a paucity of knowledge about the machine-and especially about its pneumatic controls. Pictures and parts were scarce, and a video of a working pneumatic machine didn't even exist on the Internet. It seemed that there was still so much unknown about the original arcade game that launched my favorite game series. In a way, the challenge of gathering this information was motivating-why not try to make a working pneumatic machine and share what I have discovered? In any case, my kids would love it.

And so began this undertaking.

I had no idea that the original Street Fighter had these pneumatic controls, but it does seem to be a brilliant idea - until you start thinking about it a bit more and realise the amount of beating these buttons would take.