Not wanting to be left out of the retro gaming hype, Capcom has announced that it'll soon bring to the market its own console packed with retro games. Named the 'Capcom Home Arcade' and shaped in the form of the company's logo which is... basically colored alphabets of the company's name, this 22 x 74 x 11 cm nostalgia-oriented, plug-and-play device comes with 16 of "the best Capcom titles from the golden-age of arcade gaming". As its name implies, it will boast arcade-styled features like a pair of "competition class" arcade styled control sticks and face buttons for two players.

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The company also notes that the 16 pre-installed games are from the original Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 arcade ROMs with emulation provided by FB Alpha, which Capcom certifies as "delivering an authentic & accurate arcade experience".
Speaking of games, here's the full list:

• 1944: The Loop Master
• Alien Vs. Predator
• Armored Warriors
• Capcom Sports Club
• Captain Commando
• Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
• Eco Fighters
• Final Fight
• Ghouls ’N Ghosts
• Gigawing
• Mega Man: The Power Battle
• Progear
• Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
• Strider
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

Featuring a USB port for power and HDMI one for display, the Capcom Home Arcade also has onboard WiFi to share your single or co-op multi player scores to the Worldwide High Score Leaderboard to see how you match up against other players across the globe.

Capcom has announced that its Capcom Home Arcade will be available from all major gaming retailers from 25 October 2019 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and Russia. Pre-orders are also live from Amazon UK at £200.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[Spider_Man]

In other words:
Capcom
Retro
Arcade
Pi

 

[pedro702]

In other words:
Capcom
Retro
Arcade
Pi

you forgot the 200 pounds price tag for a system with only 16 games total lol.

 

[depaul]

I think from now on we will see a lot of commercial products using emulators. First PS Classics and now capcom ... Maybe soon N64 mupen64... etc. This is fair and logical no one needs to reinvent the wheel (why recreate the software when we already have a decade-old excellent one.). I think the law should evolve to regulate those partnerships between open source and commercial products so that each part's interests are protected: like for example a 60-40 or 80-20 distribution of revenues between the company and software active members ... etc.

 

[Pluupy]

At first I was confused why they kept showing that logo but wow. They actually made the device itself in the shape of the company logo. What the actual fuck? How lazy can people get?

 

[mattytrog]

200 euro? That's fusee vuln Switch money. I think I'd prefer the Atari vcs. More bang for buck. Probably much more powerful. Prettier too.

 

[DANTENDO]

At first I was confused why they kept showing that logo but wow. They actually made the device itself in the shape of the company logo. What the actual fuck? How lazy can people get?

Nothing lazy about it looks original and why not hav ther name on it end of the day Yr buying a capcom machine

 

[Xzi]

Apparently Capcom is using a non-commercial emulator in this, FB Alpha, and they didn't get the proper licensing to do so. It's causing some drama, of course:

 

[the_randomizer]

If interested, feel free to read about how FBA supposedly has a deal to go commercial with Capcom (actually Koch Media GmbH under license from CAPCOM) and how basically no one believes they can make a deal because they pulled it source from multiple non-commercial projects to make FB Alpha on top of active contributors to FB Alpha. So, yea, I really want to see this burn.

Wow, Capcom are a bunch of cheapskate dicks.

 

[depaul]

https://twitter.com/fbalpha

Barry Harris‏ @fbalpha Apr 16
"FBAlpha has been licensed by Capcom Home Arcade."

Capcom is the mother company of most games we enjoy today... I don't understand why people are being negative toward this project. I don't think Capcom would make such a mistake and damage their reputation.

 

[Xzi]

https://twitter.com/fbalpha

Barry Harris‏ @fbalpha Apr 16
"FBAlpha has been licensed by Capcom Home Arcade."

Capcom is the mother company of most games we enjoy today... I don't understand why people are being negative toward this project. I don't think Capcom would make such a mistake and damage their reputation.

The thing is: any license for FB Alpha is for non-commercial use only, you're meant to be able to do anything with it except profit off of it. It also isn't his alone to license out. Others who helped develop the emulator are not happy about Barry's decision. It's all in the video I posted.