Which Capcom arcade hardware did Super Street Fighter II first use?

Super Street Fighter II first used Capcom’s CP System II arcade hardware.

Released in 1993, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers was the first game to run on Capcom’s CP System II, commonly abbreviated CPS-2. The newer board provided more memory and stronger audiovisual capabilities than the original CP System, helping Capcom deliver refreshed graphics, music, sound effects, and character portraits.

The hardware upgrade accompanied a substantial software revision. Super Street Fighter II introduced four new fighters—Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei Long, and T. Hawk—alongside rebalanced versions of the returning roster. It also added a new scoring system that tracked features such as first attacks, reversals, recoveries, and combos.

A frequent mistake is answering CP System, because earlier Street Fighter II releases used Capcom’s original CPS-1 hardware. Sega NAOMI and Taito Type X2 belong to later or competing arcade-hardware generations. Super Street Fighter II’s arcade debut is specifically associated with CP System II, before the later Super Street Fighter II Turbo also used that platform.