# Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

> Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is Capcom's 1999 2D fighting game, known for its parry system; the PS2 version followed in 2004.

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Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Console: PlayStation 2
- Released: 1999
- Developer: Capcom

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike – Fight for the Future is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Capcom, released in arcades on the CPS-3 board in 1999. It was the third and final version of Street Fighter III, adding Chun-Li, Makoto, Q, Twelve and Remy to the roster.

Its parry system, which lets a player deflect an attack by tapping towards it at the right moment, gives it a reputation as one of the most technical fighting games, and it is still played competitively. It came to the Dreamcast in 2000 and to the PlayStation 2 in 2004, on its own in Japan and as part of Street Fighter Anniversary Collection in the West.

Two native PC ports come from a decompilation of the PS2 version: 3SX and its fork 3SXW.

## Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike PC Ports

- [3SX](https://emulationking.com/sony/ps2/games/streetfighteriii3rdstrike/ports/3sx/index.md): 3SX is a native port of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike for Windows, Linux and macOS, built from a decompilation of the PS2 version, with rollback netcode.
- [3SXW](https://emulationking.com/sony/ps2/games/streetfighteriii3rdstrike/ports/3sxw/index.md): 3SXW is a fork of 3SX, the native Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike port, with working memory card saves, a portable folder and a settings app.