In Street Fighter Alpha, when executed by performing File:RQCB.png File:Button-xyz.png or File:Button-abc.png while blocking an attack, the character will perform a quick counterattack, usually one of their special moves, at the expense of 1 level of super meter. In the original Street Fighter Alpha, pressing File:Button-xyz.png or File:Button-abc.png was character dependent. Beginning with Street Fighter Alpha 2, each character has two different Alpha counters; one performed with File:RQCB.png File:Button-xyz.png and the other performed by inputting File:RQCB.png File:Button-abc.png.