Production Timeline

Approximate timeline synthesized from game release dates, owner reports, and thread discussion. Many dates are inferred, not factory-documented.

Year	Event	Status	Source
1991	SF2CE era; First Edition / Gen 1 Big Blue in use	likely	game history + p1 #1
1992	Captain Commando predates CE by ~6 months; early CC cabs possibly repurposed for CE (4-slot doors)	speculation	p48 #955
1992	Super Street Fighter II release; tall detached V10 in flyers	flyer-supported	p1 #1
1993	Q-Sound introduction with CPS2 titles (X-Men COTA etc.)	likely	p1 #1
1993–94	CPS2 fighters on attached large marquee (V05) and wide (V06)	likely	p1 #1
1994–96	Detached marquee variants (V07–V10) for later CPS2 titles	likely	p1 #1
1996–98	Short detached cabinets for MSHvSF, MvC, SFA3 (no new big marquees)	reported	p2 #23
~1998+	Big Blue manufacturing likely wound down before late CPS2 kits	speculation	p2 #23
2003	Hyper SFII Anniversary — no factory big marquee	reported	p2 #23
2013	KidVidiot OP taxonomy	documented	p1 #1
2018–19	acblunden2 Gen 1/Gen 2 naming; serial survey	documented	p23 #448, p45

Revision milestones

Milestone	Description	Source
Pre-QSound → QSound	Speaker panel / amp shelf / wiring changes	p1 #1, p17 #321
Attached → detached marquee	Big-box top for transport	p23 #448
Gen 1 → Gen 2 shell	Melamine, glass bezel, untinted monitor glass	p18 #357
Standard → wide CP	3P/4P titles (AvP, D&D, Slam Masters)	p1 #1
Short → tall detached header	SSF2 flyer cabinets vs later wide games	p1 #1
Snub-top introduction	Standard-size marquee on Gen 2 body	p23 #448
Gen 2 NQS	Gen 2 shell without Q-Sound amp	p45 #892

Disputed timeline claims

Claim	Counter-evidence	Source
SSF2/ST only in tall detached (V10)	sosage: also shipped in first Q-Sound attached cabs	p2 #23
Gen 2 launched with CPS2	sosage assumption; not factory documented	p34 #672
All Gen 1 made by 3-Koam	Dynamo tags on Gen 1 also reported	p23 #448 vs p45 #885