Capcom

Capcom Co., Ltd. (株式会社カプコン) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Ghosts'n Goblins, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Dead Rising. Capcom also developed and published Bionic Commando, Ace Attorney, Lost Planet and Dark Void, though they are less known. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.

History

The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I.R.M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines. The two companies underwent a name change to Sambi Co., Ltd. in September 1981, while Capcom Co., Ltd. itself was first established on June 11, 1983, for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department.

In January 1989, the old affiliate company Capcom Co., Ltd. merged with Sambi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japanese branch. The name Capcom is an abbreviation of "Capsule Computer", a term coined by the company to describe the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread at that time. The word capsule alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun", as well as to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations.

List of Capcom PSX/PS2 Games

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Title	Console	Release date
Arthur to Astaroth no Nazomakaimura: Incredible Toons	PlayStation	August 30, 1996
Ashita no Joe 2: The Anime Super Remix	PlayStation 2	2002
Auto Modellista	PlayStation 2	August 22, 2002
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance	PlayStation 2	August 23, 2005
Bombastic	PlayStation 2	August 27, 2003
Bounty Hunter Sara: Holy Mountain no Teiou	PlayStation	2001
Breath of Fire III	PlayStation	September 11, 1997
Breath of Fire IV	PlayStation	April 27, 2000
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter	PlayStation 2	November 14, 2002
Buster Bros. Collection	PlayStation	May 26, 1997
Capcom Classics Collection	PlayStation 2	September 27, 2005
Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2	PlayStation 2	November 14, 2006
Capcom Fighting Evolution	PlayStation 2	November 14, 2006
Capcom Generation 1	PlayStation	1998
Capcom Generation 2	PlayStation	1998
Capcom Generation 3	PlayStation	1998
Capcom Generation 4	PlayStation	1998
Capcom Generation 5	PlayStation	1998

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This article has been partly taken from Wikipedia