Capcom's Home Arcade is a plug-and-play stick with 16 pre-installed classics

[Shawn Knight]

Something to look forward to: Capcom is throwing its name into the retro gaming hardware hat with a new plug-and-play fight stick that comes pre-loaded with 16 classic arcade games. This isn’t the perfunctory effort that likely comes to mind when discussing other controllers with pre-loaded games. Capcom is doing it right.

The Capcom Home Arcade features a pair of competition-class Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT sticks with 8-way GT-Y directional gates and OBSF buttons. As you can see, this is a two-player board on a base shaped like Capcom’s logo. It’s powered by USB and connects to your TV via HDMI. There’s even built-in Wi-Fi to support global leaderboards.

The 16 pre-installed games, meanwhile, are from the original Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 arcade ROMs, and include:

• 1944: The Loop Master
• Alien vs Predator
• Armored Warriors
• Capcom Sports Club
• Captain Commando
• Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
• Eco Fighters
• Final Fight
• Ghouls n Ghosts
• Giga Wing
• Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
• Mega Man: The Power Battle
• Progear
• Strider
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

Capcom is a familiar passenger on the nostalgia express, having previously released limited edition cartridge versions of Street Fighter 2, Mega Man X and Mega Man 2.

Pre-orders are now being accepted for the Home Arcade in the UK priced at 229.99 euros (roughly $260) ahead of an October 25 launch. Details for the North American version are coming soon, we’re told.

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[OutlawCecil]

Lol @ the video. It's like the marketing department was like wtf, we can only show this product at so many angles before it gets boring!

Good idea overall though. Looks fun.

 

[TomSEA]

No one cares. Where's the N64 console with loaded games?

 

[Panda218]

Am I the only one who's underwhelmed by the game library?

It looks super clean, but man I hate that they used clear buttons.

 

[Black Paper]

If only it had Sanwa or Seimitsu switches. I'd pay extra.
(EDIT - apparently I can't read and it DOES have Sanwa switches. Neat)

 

[stewi0001]

Am I the only one who's underwhelmed by the game library?

It looks super clean, but man I hate that they used clear buttons.

I agree with you that about the game library. The question will be if they will offer additional titles to download or not.

Take a closer look at the buttons. They are not clear. Pause the video at about 0:11, it will give you a closer look at what they did.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

It's actually amazing that if you DIY, you can go to Microcenter and build your own arcade cabinet with premium parts.

Personally, there are only a few cabinets I want.

#1 G-LOC on the Sega R360 (which I can't fit in).

#2 Gauntlet (4-players).

#3 Time Crisis 1 and 2

 

[Panda218]

Take a closer look at the buttons. They are not clear. Pause the video at about 0:11, it will give you a closer look at what they did.

Good catch! Still not my favorite design though.

 

[Mouldy CPU]

This console is using an illegally licensed emulator, FB Alpha, which only allows non-commercial use and distribution.