Video game adaptations to a live-action dramatic performance don’t have the best track records. The best ones tend to be smaller scale adaptations by independent groups rather than big budget Hollywood productions. For example, the Mortal Kombat: Legacy series was a well-received adaptation of the game while the movies were slightly not at all well-received.

Now, Street Fighter might be getting a web series treatment similar to Mortal Kombat: Legacy called Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist. All it needs is $960,000 from Kickstarter funders to make it happen.

The Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist series is being produced by Joey Ansah and Owen Trevor who also did the well-liked Street Fighter: Legacy fan film. Now, with Capcom’s approval, they’re trying to make a professionally produced series.

According to the Kickstarter page, the series will be the original Street Fighter story rather than about the story line of Street Fighter II. They’ve also completed work on the scripts, done some location scouting and hired much of the principal cast and crew. Basically, they’re just short on cash in order to shoot.

However, it’s not looking good for Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist so far. Kicktraq projects the campaign to raise about 13% of the goal. If the guys behind SFAF want some free advice, add a reward at £20 or £25 giving the backer a 1080p DRM-free downloadable copy of each episode upon their web release. That was the most popular reward in Video Game High School’s Kickstarter. I think it would work here.

Check out Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist on Kickstarter.