Okay, I've loved the Samurai Shodown series since I first saw SS1 in the arcades in the early nineties. For years I've played it on the consoles and emulated it. I have all of the SS games in my MAME cab and I play them regularly. Finally, I actually bought a Neo recently with SS 1 & 2.

But here's the thing, in all my years playing SS1 and much moreso SS2, I still rarely make it past the second computer opponent and have to dump in quarters to make any progress in the game.

I really don't have the patience for FAQ's and memorizing detailed movelists, but the early Samurai Shodown games don't have a lot of special moves anyway do they?. I'm just wondering if anyone can advise me in a general way of a strategy to play the game, especially SS2? How far can you make it on one credit at the default difficulty? I'd love to get good at SS2, as it's definitely one of my all-time favorite games!