For many younger gamers the idea that Capcom was once an elite, top-tier game developer and publisher with a dominating arcade presence might sound odd. With Capcom struggling along with many other Japanese companies to match their former glory in recent years, I often find myself returning to games from their CPS-2 era of arcade releases to remind myself of how damn talented they were at the time.
For those of you who don't know, CP System II (CPS-2) was an arcade board that Capcom used to power many of their golden-era fighting games, side-scrolling beat 'em ups, and top-down shooters. This was a time in their development history when they really started pushing the envelope in terms of pixel art animation, fluidity, and speed. They moved into the word of cartoon-style animation techniques with the release of the first Darkstalkers, and then they would continue to refine the art, animation, and gameplay with each subsequent release on the CPS-2 board.
I'm just really enamored with the work that Capcom did during this time period, and I'd like to know which game you all feel represents their pinnacle on the CPS-2 hardware.
See the link below for a list of all CPS-2 games:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_System_II#List_of_games
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I think I have to give top honors to Vampire Savior (and the Darkstalkers series in general). I think it had some of Capcom's all-time best character designs, and Vampire Savior in particular had honed its super-fast gameplay to near perfection. The Darkstalkers universe is so crammed with interesting details, characters, backgrounds, and animations, and it's a damn shame that we'll likely never get a proper reboot/sequel to the abandoned franchise.
For those of you who don't know, CP System II (CPS-2) was an arcade board that Capcom used to power many of their golden-era fighting games, side-scrolling beat 'em ups, and top-down shooters. This was a time in their development history when they really started pushing the envelope in terms of pixel art animation, fluidity, and speed. They moved into the word of cartoon-style animation techniques with the release of the first Darkstalkers, and then they would continue to refine the art, animation, and gameplay with each subsequent release on the CPS-2 board.
I'm just really enamored with the work that Capcom did during this time period, and I'd like to know which game you all feel represents their pinnacle on the CPS-2 hardware.
See the link below for a list of all CPS-2 games:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_System_II#List_of_games
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I think I have to give top honors to Vampire Savior (and the Darkstalkers series in general). I think it had some of Capcom's all-time best character designs, and Vampire Savior in particular had honed its super-fast gameplay to near perfection. The Darkstalkers universe is so crammed with interesting details, characters, backgrounds, and animations, and it's a damn shame that we'll likely never get a proper reboot/sequel to the abandoned franchise.
Actually I may give SF Zero 2 Alpha a thumbs down, but that's about it off the top of my head.
