Capcom Games

The greatest survival horror game ever made — RE2's dual protagonist system, the Raccoon City Police Department, and the relentless Mr. X pursuer combined with two fully interconnected campaigns to create the series peak.

The pinnacle of the NES Mega Man series. Mega Man 2 perfected the formula of absorbing defeated bosses' weapons and applied it to eight masterfully designed stages with an all-time great soundtrack.

The brilliant reinvention of Mega Man for the 16-bit era. Mega Man X introduced wall-sliding, dashing, upgradeable armor, and a darker story while delivering one of the SNES's finest action-platformer experiences.

The crossover fighting game with 56 characters — drawn from across Marvel's comic universe and Capcom's entire fighting game history — three-on-three team mechanics, and the DHC combo system that defined competitive tag fighting games for a generation. Marvel vs. Capcom 2's Dreamcast version remains the definitive home release of one of the most technically demanding and strategically rich fighting games ever produced, a game whose competitive scene remained active for over two decades after its release.

Capcom's most beloved Breath of Fire — Ryu's journey from child to adult splits the game across two time periods, with the Master system for skill inheritance and a fishing minigame that spawned an entire genre.

Capcom's overlooked SNES masterpiece and one of the platform's most sophisticated action games. Demon's Crest gave players control of Firebrand — the gargoyle villain from Ghosts 'n Goblins — across a non-linear world with seven Crests that transform him into different elemental forms. Its dark aesthetic, exploration-based structure, and excellent soundtrack make it one of the SNES's most underrated games.

Mega Man 3 introduced Rush the Robot Dog and the Slide move while delivering a massive adventure with 24 stages. A strong entry that many fans consider the series' most ambitious NES installment.

The worthy successor to Mega Man X that refined every element of the original. Mega Man X2 uses the Super FX chip to add smooth 3D cutscenes, introduces the X-Hunter storyline, and delivers eight memorable Maverick bosses. Collecting Zero's parts for the secret ending is one of the era's best hidden objectives.

Capcom's survival horror masterpiece stranded players in a zombie-filled mansion with scarce resources and demanding puzzles. Resident Evil defined an entire genre with its tense atmosphere, resource management gameplay, and unforgettable monster designs — and those opening zombie groans remain some of gaming's most effective scares.

The definitive home version of the game that defined competitive fighting games. Street Fighter II Turbo brought arcade-quality fighting to the SNES with all four boss characters playable.

The NES game that dared to remove the jump button. Bionic Commando replaced conventional platforming with a grappling hook mechanic that created one of the most unique action experiences of the era.

Inti Creates sharpens the already-demanding Zero series with an EX Skill system that rewards high-rank mission performance with devastating new techniques, making Mega Man Zero 2 both more accessible and more rewarding for skilled players than its predecessor. The Cyber-Elf customization system, elemental chip weapons, and relentlessly challenging stage design push GBA hardware and player reflexes to their limits in the finest entry of the sub-series.

The darkest Mega Man game — Zero wakes from cryo-sleep to find a dystopian future where humans and Reploids are at war, with brutal difficulty, a ranking system, and a narrative that treats its characters with unusual gravitas.

Jill Valentine vs Nemesis — RE3's titular pursuer is an indestructible bioweapon that can appear in any non-safe room at any time, creating the series' most relentless survival horror experience.

The Dreamcast's definitive Resident Evil experience and the first entry to abandon fixed camera angles for fully 3D environments. Code Veronica's Antarctic setting, complex Ashford family narrative, and dual-protagonist structure made it the most ambitious Resident Evil story to that point.

Based on the Area 88 manga and anime, UN Squadron is a masterclass in SNES launch-era shoot-em-up design — pilots choose from three characters with distinct aircraft, purchase weapon upgrades between missions, and tear through enemy-dense side-scrolling stages with exhilarating firepower. Capcom's adaptation benefits from the SNES's Mode 7 capabilities and a pounding soundtrack that establishes the game as one of the finest scrolling shooters of the 16-bit generation.

Capcom's darker, more ambitious JRPG sequel — Ryu's second adventure features a township-building mechanic, seven party members with unique combination abilities, and a story that goes to genuinely dark places for a 1994 game.

The peak of Capcom's RPG ambitions on the original PlayStation, Breath of Fire IV introduces a dual-protagonist narrative structure that boldly humanizes its antagonist emperor Fou-Lu alongside series hero Ryu in a story with genuine moral weight. Stunning hand-drawn sprite work, a haunting Eastern-inspired soundtrack, and a refined combo battle system that lets players chain elemental attacks across the party make this the definitive entry in the series.

Scrooge McDuck bounces his cane across five exotic stages in one of the finest licensed games ever made. DuckTales proves that licensed titles can be genuine classics.

The SNES finale of the original Mega Man X trilogy, introducing the ability to play as Zero and the Ride Armor system. Mega Man X3 features the most complex upgrade paths in the SNES series, with four hidden Ride Armors and a fully playable Zero making the game's secrets among the richest of the era.

The definitive 16-bit Street Fighter experience. Super Street Fighter II Turbo added Akuma as a secret character, rebalanced the roster, and introduced super combos — changes that shaped competitive Street Fighter for years. The SNES version was the closest home approximation of the arcade experience available in 1994.

Mega Man 4 introduced the Mega Buster charge shot that became the series standard — alongside eight new Robot Masters, the villainous Dr. Cossack, and one of the NES's most polished action-platformer entries.

Capcom's arena fighter built around collecting three Power Stones to trigger dramatic mid-fight character transformations — shifting the entire power dynamic in seconds — across dynamic 3D arenas with destructible environments and item-based combat that were meaningfully ahead of their time. Power Stone's accessible controls masked genuine mechanical depth, and its design philosophy of environmental interaction as a combat resource would take the broader fighting game genre another decade to fully absorb.

Capcom's excellent NES platformer based on the Disney animated series — featuring excellent two-player co-op where players can pick up and throw crates, enemies, and even each other.

The NES Mega Man series' most polished late entry — Mega Man 5 introduces Beat, the bird weapon found by collecting hidden letters, with eight Robot Masters including Gravity Man, Crystal Man, and Charge Man.

Capcom's maiden voyage into console RPG territory introduced the Dragon Clan's Ryu and his companion Nina in a traditional turn-based adventure that holds its own against the era's JRPG giants. Breath of Fire distinguishes itself through its field abilities — each party member has a unique overworld skill — and an appealing visual style that demonstrated Capcom's capacity for long-form storytelling beyond their action-game origins.

Capcom's dinosaur-based survival horror — essentially Resident Evil redesigned for faster, smarter predators — features real-time creature AI that makes the Velociraptors genuinely terrifying rather than scripted obstacles. Regina's infiltration mission in Secret Operation Wipeout demonstrated that the studio's survival horror formula could absorb a radically different threat profile without losing any of its tension, and the game stands as the PS1's finest horror experience outside of Resident Evil 2 and Silent Hill.

Capcom's sequel to DuckTales — Scrooge McDuck's second pogo adventure introduces five new treasure-hunting stages including Niagara Falls, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Aegean Sea.

The original Mega Man introduced the Blue Bomber, the weapon-copying mechanic, and the non-linear boss selection system that defined one of gaming's most beloved action-platformer series.

Capcom's underrated Disney NES platformer — Darkwing Duck uses his gas gun with multiple ammunition types, swings on his cape, and battles five of the series' iconic villains across stages based on the cartoon.

One of the hardest NES games ever made — Arthur must rescue Princess Guinevere through six brutally difficult levels, and then do it all again on a second, harder loop to reach the true ending.

The Blue Bomber's first portable outing takes bosses from Mega Man 1 and 2 and combines them into a challenging handheld adventure. A faithful if punishing translation of the NES series that holds its own as a standalone Mega Man experience.

The portable Mega Man X experience for Game Boy Color, adapting stages from the first two SNES Mega Man X games. Mega Man Xtreme's compact level selection, Zero as an unlockable playable character, and Challenge mode made it the best Mega Man portable experience available before the GBA era.