CAPCOM is a radio communications term which is used by NASA and is short for "capsule communicator," the radio operator in mission control. This article is about Capcom the video game company.

Capcom (カプコン in Japanese), 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.

Capcom's original mascot, Captain Commando, is a superhero who wears a futuristic armor of unknown origin. He originally appeared in the early Capcom Famicom/NES game Section Z (the arcade version of Section Z has similar gameplay, but it is not clear that the hero is the same person) and in the manuals of Capcom's early Nintendo Entertainment System games to thank players for purchasing them. He later appeared as the title character in an arcade game bearing his name, as well as in Marvel vs. Capcom and its sequel, in which he is often considered to be an excessively powerful character. In Marvel vs. Capcom, he still serves as a mascot, regularly shouting "Capcom!" during fights and relaying Capcom-themed messages after winning. He displays the ability to quickly change from regular clothing into his armor, suggesting a secret identity. Mega Man has superseded Captain Commando as Capcom's official mascot, primarily because of the immense popularity of the Mega Man series. Captain Commando's storyline is not connected to that of Commando and Bionic Commando, despite the similar name.

Recently, Capcom has worked with Nintendo, developing 2-D Legend of Zelda titles (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap).

Contents

1 Notable games 1.1 Arcade games 1.2 Famicom/NES games 1.3 Super Famicom/SNES games 1.4 Sony PlayStation games 1.5 Sega Dreamcast games 1.6 Sony PlayStation 2 games 1.7 Nintendo GameCube games 1.8 Microsoft Xbox games 1.9 Game Boy Advance games 2 See also 1 External links

Notable games

Arcade games

• Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
• Capcom vs SNK (also on Dreamcast; sequels on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube)
• Final Fight (also on Super Famicom/SNES, Sega CD, and Game Boy Advance; sequels on Famicom/NES and SFC/SNES)
• Marvel vs. Capcom and other Marvel vs. series games (also on Dreamcast; sequels on Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Xbox)
• Mega Man: The Power Battle
• Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
• Street Fighter (also on Turbo Duo)
• Street Fighter II (also on SFC/SNES and Game Boy; sequels on Sega Genesis, SNES, TurboGrafx 16, 3DO, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance)
• Street Fighter III (sequels on Arcade, Dreamcast, and PlayStation 2)
• Strider (also on NES, Genesis, and PlayStation; sequel Strider 2 on Arcade and PlayStation)

Famicom/NES games

• 1942
• 1943: The Battle of Midway
• Bionic Commando (also on Game Boy)
• Codename Viper
• Commando
• Darkwing Duck
• Destiny of an Emperor
• Disney Adventure in Magic Kingdom
• DuckTales (also on Game Boy)
• DuckTales 2
• F1 Dream
• G I Joe Atlantis Factor
• Gargoyle's Quest 2
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (also on Arcade; sequels on Arcade, Sega Master System, Genesis, SNES, and Game Boy Advance)
• Gold Metal Challenge
• Gunsmoke
• Legendary Wings
• Little Mermaid
• Little Nemo
• Mega Man (sequels on Arcade, NES, Game Boy, SNES, and PlayStation)
• Mega Man 2
• Mega Man 3
• Mega Man 4
• Mega Man 5
• Mega Man 6
• Mickey Mousecapade
• Mighty Final Fight
• Rescue Rangers
• Rescue Rangers 2
• Rockboard
• Section Z
• Snow Brothers
• Street Fighter 2010
• Talespin
• Trojan
• Willow
• Yo Noid

Super Famicom/SNES games

• Breath of Fire (sequels on the SNES, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2)
• Mega Man 7
• Mega Man X
• Mega Man X2
• Mega Man X3
• Demon's Crest
• Super Buster Brothers (also known as Super Pang in Japan)
• UN Squadron (also known as Area 88 in Japan)
• Street Fighter II
• Street Fighter II Turbo
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Super Street Fighter II

Sony PlayStation games

• Resident Evil (also on Sega Saturn; sequels on Game Boy, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and GameCube)
• Rival Schools (also on Arcade; sequel, Project Justice, available on Arcade and Dreamcast)
• Street Fighter Alpha (also on Arcade, Sega Saturn, and Game Boy; sequels on Arcade, SNES, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance)
• Mega Man Legends (also on Nintendo 64 as Mega Man 64)
• Mega Man Legends 2
• Misadventures of Tron Bonne
• Mega Man X4
• Mega Man X5
• Mega Man X6
• Star Gladiator (sequel, Plasma Sword, available on Dreamcast)
• Dino Crisis (also on Dreamcast; sequels available on PlayStation and Xbox)
• 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 games

• Auto Modellista (also available on GameCube and Xbox)
• Bombastic
• Chaos Legion
• Devil May Cry (sequel on PlayStation 2 with another upcoming)
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
• Maximo vs. Army of Zin
• Mega Man X7
• Mega Man X8 JPN: Mar 10, 2005 USA: Released EUR: Feb 11, 2005
• Mega Man X Command Mission (also on Nintendo GameCube
• Mega Man Anniversary Collection (also on Nintendo GameCube)
• Onimusha: Warlords (also on Xbox as Genma Onimusha; sequels on PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance)
• Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (the final in the series)
• Way of the Samurai 2

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Nintendo GameCube games

• Gotcha Force
• Mega Man Anniversary Collection
• Mega Man Network Transmission
• Mega Man X Command Mission
• P.N. 03
• Resident Evil 4
• Viewtiful Joe
• Viewtiful Joe 2

Microsoft Xbox games

• Steel Battalion (originally named Tekki when released in Japan)
• Steel Battalion: Line of Contact

Game Boy Advance games

• Mega Man Battle Network
• Mega Man Battle Network 2
• Mega Man Battle Network 3
• Mega Man Battle Network 4
• Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
• Mega Man Zero
• Mega Man Zero 2
• Mega Man Zero 3

See also

• List of Japanese companies
• Survival horror game

External links

• Official Capcom web site (http://www.capcom.com/)
• MobyGame's entry on Capcom (http://www.mobygames.com/company/sheet/companyId,642/)

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