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Viewed as a traditional 32 game retro collection, there's value in journeying through PS4 Capcom Arcade Stadium's history from 1984 to 2001. In this sense it's good value for money, or in regards to Capcom's retro currency, Capcom Arcade Stadium on PS4 is worth every Zenny.

Replaying to earn CASPO makes the entire 32 game package feel like one big Capcom celebration party. Repeatedly playing for CASPO encourages you to purposely flit between the games, meaning the 'Play for at least 10 hours' Bronze Trophy will ping in the blink of an eye.

This reminds us of the fun replay value found in the slot machine unlocks in the PSP's Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded. Most fun of all is the addition of a rewarding replayability loop that has the player constantly achieving a higher Class status by earning Capcom Arcade Stadium POints (CASPO). There are also Special Challenge and Bonus Challenge dates that'll have you target extra tasks over the coming months. Surely - and don't call me Shirley - any gamer who invests time to play any of the games a total of 1000 times, or who'll play for at least 100 hours, deserves Gold trinkets. In regards to Trophies, the Capcom Arcade Stadium is frugal, as all 20 of its Trophies are Bronze only achievements. Various games have two or three player options - and the brilliant 1997 beat-'em-up Battle Circuit even has four player local co-op - but Capcom Arcade Stadium has no online multiplayer. This rekindles memories of visiting smoke filled arcades back in the day, with not much spare change in your pocket. Online leaderboards are competitive ways to chase high scores, with Timed Challenge Trophies for those who like to speedrun, and Score Challenge sessions that motivate you to see how far you can progress in a single credit.

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Pack 3 is particularly enticing to shmup fans, as it highlights different developer talent - with Takumi Corporation's gorgeous 1999 Giga Wing, plus Eighting/Raizing's work on 1944: The Loop Master, as well as the very welcome inclusion of CAVE's Progear from 2001.

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However, Pack 3: Arcade Evolution ('92 – '01) has a more obscure list, which is full of beloved cult CPS-2 darlings. There is variety to Capcom Arcade Stadium's selection, but like with the SEGA Mega Drive Classics collection, overlap with past releases occurs in Packs 1 and 2 as pre-requisite inclusions like Final Fight and Street Fighter II have appeared many times before in previous bundles. Finally, the one-on-one fighting games are self-explanatory as the Capcom Arcade Stadium provides three different versions of Street Fighter II, alongside Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness. Shooter games include sub-genres with top-down run-and-gun games like MERCS, as well as scrolling shmups. In this instance, action could be a platforming hack-and-slash title like the stupendous by 1989 standards Strider, or a beat-'em-up such as Final Fight.

Just looking at the games list for Pack 2 alone it's evident how Capcom excelled during a heyday period in the 16-bit era, due to its strong style in CPS-1 arcade games carrying over to console conversions.Ĭapcom also organises the 32 titles into three basic genre classifications - so there are 13 action, 15 shooter, and 4 fighting games. Furthermore, individually Izutani created funky tunes in Captain Commando, and Shimomura's Street Fighter II: The World Warrior music is legendary. Yomage) and Yoko Shimomura (Shimo-P) on the vertical shmup Varth: Operation Thunderstorm. Pack 2 also has fantastic collaborations, like in 1992 between Masaki Izutani (T. The artistry of Capcom's composers is a joy to experience, as Manami Matsumae's music was another aspect we applauded in Battle Axe, and her wonderful audio work is evident here in Dynasty Wars, Final Fight, MERCS, and Carrier Air Wing. This sense of style bursts from the screen in the collection's Pack 2: Arcade Revolution ('89 – '92). For example, Tamayo Kawamoto's fantastic tunes in Forgotten Worlds and Ghouls 'n Ghosts are as memorable today as they were in 1988. We praised Capcom for inspiring retro modern games in Push Square's recent PS4 Battle Axe review, because its talented developers created high quality parity between both graphics and sound composition. The CPS-1 games still look fantastic today - and in a similar way to how The Bitmap Brothers had its own distinguishing metallic visual design - Capcom’s CPS-1 arcade games had a distinctive style.

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