Capcom in the 90s was something else

Slipknot666 · Apr 1, 2020

Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter 2 Champion edition
Street Fighter 2 hyper fighting
Street Fighter 2 New Challengers
Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter 3
Street Fighter 3 second impact
Street Fighter 3 3rd strike
X-men Children of the atom
Marvel super heroes
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom
Final fight 2
Final fight 3
Alien vs predator
Resident evil
Resident evil 2
Resident evil 3
Breath of fire
Breath of fire 2
Breath of fire 3
Super ghost and ghouls
Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers 2
Darkstalkers 3
Dinocrisis
Too many mega man games to list

This is insane for a span of 10 years to release so much games with so much quality. Sure, some games are just updates of previous games(SF2 champions edition) but still

Alienhated · Apr 1, 2020

Capcom-Sega-Squaresoft-Konami were at their absolute peak. Sadly, those times will never come back.

entremet · Apr 1, 2020

Yah. Amazing time. The golden age of Japanese developers.

nsilvias · Apr 1, 2020

capcom before the ps3 was my favorite dev. almost every game they made was great.

cowbanana · Apr 1, 2020

Great times indeed. They never a better arcade than Black Tiger from 1987 though <3

eddiemunstr · Apr 1, 2020

It could be said for a bunch of developers of that time. But Capcom was one of my favorites as a kid; 80s-early00s Capcom was amazing to me and even if I knew nothing of a game chances are if it had their logo on the box I was going to love it.

steviestar3 · Apr 1, 2020

Never forget

Kazooie · Apr 1, 2020

You forgot the best ones,

DuckTales (NES)
DuckTales (GB)
DuckTales 2 (NES)
DuckTales 2 (GB)

Holygriever · Apr 1, 2020

What about their Disney games? Alladin? Those Mickey games where you could get different costumes? I loved those.

Gaiseric · Apr 1, 2020

Those times were so good that they've been mostly living off that legacy for the past 20 years.

There was no fear of taking risks.

Brass Body Dave · Apr 1, 2020

They were very good at reusing assets for a lot of those. The mileage out of that Morrigan sprite alone is just unreal.

sbdesignworks · Apr 1, 2020

Agreed! Their output and quality was insane. I still remember seeing X-Men Children Of The Atom for the 1st time in the arcades as a kid, Amazing stuff!
I create pixel art from time to time and still look back at their illustration and design work for inspiration today.
Capcom and Konami will always be my two favourite gaming companies of all time simply for what thy provided during my childhood.

Hayama Akito · Apr 1, 2020

I remember in early nineties I rented everything by Capcom and Konami on NES/SNES/Genesis, EVERYTHING, even if I don't know shit about the games or even if those games were based on a franchise I didn't know or didn't like, because if those games had the Capcom or Konami logo in the cartridge it was a sure bet. They were that good.

hikarutilmitt · Apr 1, 2020

Alienhated said:
Capcom-Sega-Squaresoft-Konami were at their absolute peak. Sadly, those times will never come back.

Was going to post this myself. A number of devs were just putting out crazy amounts of quality at the time.

Brass Body Dave said:
They were very good at reusing assets for a lot of those. The mileage out of that Morrigan sprite alone is just unreal.

Memes aside, this was also part of it. A lot of the games just mentioned here were CPS2 games and had the same teams work on them, no less. SF2 is an odd one, too, because it was CPS1 then CPS2 but when it switched to CPS2 for Super and Super Turbo you could tell which assets were from which hardware.

Capcom in general though, had multiple teams working on multiple games all the time. They were huge and were able to pump out quality because the process was easier and less time consuming than it is now, but also most Japanese devs have a tendency, then and now, to work more efficiently than most Western devs.

Tizoc · Apr 1, 2020

Brass Body Dave said:
They were very good at reusing assets for a lot of those. The mileage out of that Morrigan sprite alone is just unreal.

Outside of darksiders and the marvel games
Morrigan was only in 2 fighting games that used her ds sprite: capcom vs. Snk 1 and 2
...so thst sprite was used in at least 4 games outside darkstalkers.

Gotta remind me of any other fighters that utilized thay sprite of hers @_@

Cugel · Apr 1, 2020

Thats true of most "classic" japanese devs at the time

DynamicSushy · Apr 1, 2020

Looking at old Capcom artwork makes me sad. Back then they treated all their franchises as one big family with all their crossover artwork, like how Nintendo has been doing for years.

Nowadays it's more like "big Capcom family but it's really just SF, MH, and RE." And even then it still feels shallow when they crossover.

MeltedDreams · Apr 1, 2020

They had Cadillacs and Dinosaurs too. One of the first arcade games i played. Good times.

BassForever · Apr 1, 2020

Alienhated said:
Capcom-Sega-Squaresoft-Konami were at their absolute peak. Sadly, those times will never come back.

A lot of games made back then were a lot shorter and were able to get away with a lot of asset reuse. They could start developing games like that again but they'd be killed by reviewers and fans.

Yukari · Apr 1, 2020

Time Development and budget didn't use much back then, I guess?

fiendcode · Apr 1, 2020

I also want 90s Square, Konami, Sega, Taito and Enix back. And also for Compile, Quintet, Hudson, GameArts, Treasure, Wolfteam and Climax to come back to life.

Deleted member 13560 · Apr 1, 2020

steviestar3 said:
Never forget

To this day that is my favorite company logo intro ever for anything. Nothing even comes close to topping it.

AfropunkNyc · Apr 1, 2020

When people say Capcom is back on their game today i tend to disagree with them. I look at Capcom from the 90s and 2000s and its hard for me to give Capcom any credit for the stuff they do now, especially with the amount of franchises Capcom pushed out then.

Jimnymebob · Apr 1, 2020

As someone who isn't a huge Capcom fan (certainly not a die-hard one) ,their 2000s lineup was way more impressive for me.
REmake
RE4
RE5
DMC
DMC3
DMC4
Onimusha 1-4
Maximo 1 and 2
MvC2
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2
Okami
SFIV
God Hand
TvC
CvS2
MH Tri
Lost Planet
Dead Rising
Killer 7
Haunting Ground
Mega Man 9
etc.

sir_crocodile · Apr 1, 2020

nintendo was the only big company that survived the 00s while staying more or less the same. :(

I miss 90s konami/sega/capcom/squaresoft

Teh_Lurv · Apr 1, 2020

steviestar3 said:
Never forget

I prefer their 16-bit era intro:

When you heard that jingle, you knew you were about to play a high-quality game.

The Spoony Hou · Apr 1, 2020

AfropunkNyc said:
When people say Capcom is back on their game today i tend to disagree with them. I look at Capcom from the 90s and 2000s and its hard for me to give Capcom any credit for the stuff they do now, especially with the amount of franchises Capcom pushed out then.

Exactly. Capcom of today is a shadow of their former self. It's a shame people think they're "back" just because they make games with good graphics (and zero style).

Dark Arisen · Apr 1, 2020

When i was i kid in the late snes/early ps1 era i only needed to see their logo to know that the game was good

Isayas · Apr 1, 2020

Capcom were just gameplay gods to me from the mid80s to late 2000s. They are still nice but man NOT THAT NICE!!!!

808s & Villainy · Apr 1, 2020

Jimnymebob said:
As someone who isn't a huge Capcom fan (certainly not a die-hard one) ,their 2000s lineup was way more impressive for me.
REmake
RE4
RE5
DMC
DMC3
DMC4
Onimusha 1-4
Maximo 1 and 2
MvC2
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2
Okami
SFIV
God Hand
TvC
CvS2
MH Tri
Lost Planet
Dead Rising
Killer 7
Haunting Ground
Mega Man 9
etc.

This. They were beasts through the early 2000s. It's why I've never gotten the "Capcom is back!" just because they can make RE remakes, MHW and DMC5. I get the realities of HD gaming taking massively more resources and time, but they've essentially lost a lot of their mid tier/AA series as a result

Keym · Apr 1, 2020

You didn't mention a single Mega Man game

I'm reporting this thread

Slipknot666 · Apr 1, 2020

Keym said:
You didn't mention a single Mega Man game

I'm reporting this thread

read again

Cactuar · Apr 1, 2020

Sorry to break it to you, but they're something else in the 2020s too.

CAPCOM IS BACK!

Tizoc · Apr 1, 2020

Their re-use of assets, namely character sprites is something I've come to terms with esp. as everything else (backgrounds, sfx and UI) is distinctively different in a variety of their games.

ghibli99 · Apr 1, 2020

Yeah, that was most companies in the '90s, especially those producing content across both arcades and consoles. Just an amazing time!

Deleted member 36578 · Apr 1, 2020

Capcom is one of my favorite developers/ publishers for a reason. My love for them all started back then.

XaviConcept · Apr 1, 2020

Yep, then as is the Japanese custom the vast majority of that talent stopped making games to become management. Its kind of a shame

Deleted member 36578 · Apr 1, 2020

Alienhated said:
Capcom-Sega-Squaresoft-Konami were at their absolute peak. Sadly, those times will never come back.

These four were a force to be reckoned with. My absolute favorite game companies from that era.

VariantX · Apr 1, 2020

The output of Japanese companies in the 90's was nuts. Swathes of relatively high quality console games to outright classics and arcade games right along with them.

LRB1983 · Apr 1, 2020

PS2 era was even better with a lot of underrated sagas like Shadow of Rome, Haunting Ground, Onimusha, Clock Tower 3, Final Fight, Beat Down, Maximo games, or the ones from CloverStudio Viewtiful Joe, Okami, God Hand, or acclaimed games like Capcom Vs. SNK2, Devil May Cry or odd games (not bad) Gregory Horror Show, Under The Skin and some others.
I still miss mid-tier games from 00s era by a lot of japanese devs, they're were awesome. It was like an amazing creativity explosion.

mindsale · Apr 1, 2020

Capcom's been killing it lately, too. Lot of respect for them.

tusk · Apr 1, 2020

90s/early 00s Capcom had the best character designs in the business, this isn't even close in my eyes :)

dancingphlower · Apr 1, 2020

Jimnymebob said:
As someone who isn't a huge Capcom fan (certainly not a die-hard one) ,their 2000s lineup was way more impressive for me.
REmake
RE4
RE5
DMC
DMC3
DMC4
Onimusha 1-4
Maximo 1 and 2
MvC2
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2
Okami
SFIV
God Hand
TvC
CvS2
MH Tri
Lost Planet
Dead Rising
Killer 7
Haunting Ground
Mega Man 9
etc.

I'm seeing way more variety here than in the OP, and honestly I like these games more. Capcom during PS2 era was peak Capcom for me.

FinKL · Apr 1, 2020

Capcom was definitely my fave Japanese dev, all the through the PS1 era

JCal · Apr 1, 2020

Slipknot666 said:
Too many mega man games to list

I ask that you kindly list Mega Man X, you heathen!

While I think I prefer their PS2 (2000s) output overall, 90s Capcom was something else because of their strong arcade presence. Those were some good times.

Keym · Apr 1, 2020

Slipknot666 said:
read again

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Capcom in the 90s was something else

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