Got this in the Valentine's Day Sale and it's actually pretty damn good. I've played a lot of CVS 2 so it's not entirely different in the feeling and it has more interesting modes than most fighting games (including SFIV). However I can't seem to get custom combos to work, according to the wiki it's just 2 punches + 1 kick or 2 kicks + 1 punch (like a Red Focus) which isn't working for me; is there something I'm missing or is there something wrong with the PSN version of the game?

I believe you need to use a specific Ism. Variable Ism I think.

@dinosaurs: Ah, thank you.

Is this just the gimpy ps1 release of Alpha 3 or is it an arcade port?

@71ranchero: it's the ps1 alpha 3, not the psp alpha 3 max.