Shadaloo, South-East Asia, 1995. As civil war enters its seventh month, warlord General M Bison virtually brings about global warfare when he takes 63 Allied Nations' relief workers hostage and threatens to execute them unless a ransom of $20 billion dollars is paid. It is the mission of Colonel William F. Guile to rescue the hostages, but he has to locate them first! As part of an audacious plan to track down the General and his futuristic fortress, Guile and British Intelligence Officer Cammy recruit to their forces two renegade heroes. However, their entire plan is nearly quashed when GNT news correspondent Chun-Li-Zang intervenes - and she wants much more than just a story. Action reaches fever pitch as Guile, Bison and their forces clash in a fierce battle and the fate of the free world hangs in the balance...