With the help of Paris-based porting company DotEmu, Capcom and Gametap have converted Street Fighter II: Champion Edition to Flash so gamers can now play the 1992 arcade title in their browsers. The companies have released the game for free to promote the PC launch of Street Fighter IV.

Players can pick from twelve characters (the original eight fighters and the four bosses) and pull off all their special moves, except with a keyboard instead of an arcade stick or game pad. Unfortunately, I experienced noticeable lag when I tried out the game, but GameTap notes that the release is still in Beta, so hopefully it will fix that issue soon. Still, I was able to throw out fireballs and dragon punches using my keyboard's arrows without a problem.