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CAPCOM (term)

CAPCOM is a radio communications term used by NASA which is short for "capsule communicator," the radio operator in mission control.


Capcom (company)

Capcom, which stands for Japan Capsule Computers, is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher founded in 1979.

Over the years Capcom has created some of the biggest and longest running franchises. From the hugely influential platformer Mega Man (Rockman in Japan) series through the standard-bearing Street Fighter beat 'em ups to the new survival horror classic Resident Evil.

Notable Games

Arcade Games

Capcom vs SNK (also on Dreamcast; sequels on Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube)
Final Fight (also on SNES, Sega CD, and Gameboy Advance; sequels on NES and SNES)
Marvel vs Capcom and other Marvel VS. Series games (also on Dreamcast; sequels on Arcade, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, and Xbox)
Street Fighter (also on Turbo Duo)
Street Fighter II (also on SNES and Gameboy; sequels on Sega Genesis, SNES, TurboGrafx 16, 3DO, Dreamcast, and Gameboy Advance)
Street Fighter III (sequels on Arcade, Dreamcast and PlayStation 2)
Strider (also on NES, Genesis, and Playstation; sequel on Arcade and Playstation)

NES Games

1943
Bionic Commando (also on Gameboy)
Codename Viper
Commando
Darkwing Duck
Destiny of the Emporer
Disney Adventure in Magic Kingdom
Duck Tales (also on Gameboy)
Duck Tales 2
F1 Dream
G I Joe Atlantis Factor
Gargoyle's Quest 2
Ghost & Goblins (also on Arcade; sequels on Arcade, Sega Master System, Genesis, SNES, and Gameboy Advance)
Gold Metal Challenge
Gunsmoke
Legendary Wings
Little Mermaid
Little Nemo
Mega Man (sequels on Arcade, NES, Gameboy, SNES, and Playstation)
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mickey Mousecapade
Mighty Final Fight
Rescue Rangers
Rescue Rangers 2
Section Z
Snow Brothers
Street Fighter 2010
Talespin
Trojan
Willow
Yo Noid

SNES Games

Mega Man X (sequels on SNES, Gameboy, Playstation, and Playstation 2)
Demon's Crest
Super Buster Brothers (Also known as Super Pang in Japan)
UN Squadron (Also known as Area 88 in Japan)

Sony Playstation Games

Rival Schools (also on Arcade; sequel, Project Justice, available on Arcade and Dreamcast)
Street Fighter Alpha (also on Arcade, Sega Saturn, and Gameboy; sequels on Arcade, SNES, Playstation, Dreamcast, and Gameboy Advance)
Mega Man Legends (also on Nintendo 64)
Star Gladiator (sequel, Plasma Sword, available on Dreamcast)
Dino Crisis (sequels available on PlayStation)
Capcom vs. SNK Pro
Trick'n Snowboarder

Sega Dreamcast Games

  • Power Stone (also in Arcades; sequel on Arcade and Dreamcast)
Tech Romancer (also in Arcades)

Sony Playstation 2

  • Auto Modellista (also available on Gamecube and X-Box)
Bombastic
Chaos Legion
Devil May Cry (sequel on Playstation 2 with another upcoming)
(sequel on Playstation 2)
Onimusha Warlords (sequels on Playstation 2 and Gameboy Advance)
Onimusha 2
Onimusha 3 (The final in the series)
Way of the Samurai 2

Nintendo Gamecube

  • Gotcha Force
P.N. 03
Viewtiful Joe

Microsoft Xbox

Gameboy Advance Games

See also

External links

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