Even if you did not grow up during the Nintendo SNES and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive era, you have likely heard about classic games like Street Fighter that revolutionized video games at the time.
Some game series get new releases regularly still, others have remained classics. Many of them are playable as virtual games on consoles and even on Steam, or, if you prefer to sail the seven seas, via emulation.
Capcom, one of the great game developers of the time, created a new arcade website to celebrate its 40th birthday. There you can play a few classic Capcom games for free, directly in the browser.
Games are available in Japanese or English, and some even support multiplayer. Here is an overview of the games that you can play there currently:
- Street Fighter II The world Warrior (Japanese and English)
- Street Fighter 2010 (Japanese and English)
- Magic Sword (Japanese and English)
- Rockman 2 (Japanese and English,)
- Captain Commando (Japanese and English)
- Ghosts’n Goblins (Japanese and English)
Each game comes with a short description, its manual, and even a photo of the original module for the game console it was released on. The games support joypads that you connect to your PC or device, which is useful, as keyboard controls are rather fiddly.
More games, but only with a trick
The selection of games includes a few classics, but it is rather weak, considering that Capcom has created many more games.
If you open a snapshot of the Capcom Town website on the Internet Archive, you are greeted with more games. Highlights include Final Fight 1 and 2, Breath of Fire I and II, Super Ghouls’N Ghosts, or Mega Man X.
Many of the games are all-time classics, some of them hard to find, if you want to buy them for the original consoles or virtual systems.
Now you: what is your take on this? Do you play classic or modern games from time to time? Feel free to leave a comment down below.
I remember selling my SNES to help fund my first gaming PC. I never went back(wards) to a console.
Anyone who reads your column on a regular basis knows we are PC gamers with a duo of powerful pc’s built for modern gaming and a ‘last gen’ PC running Win 7 for older games and hardware.
Classics, yes, but not online. We have many old games on CD. The original Black and White runs fine on Windows 10. Starcraft and Balls of Steel run fine on Win 11.
It’s my kid that plays these titles. I love letting them experience the old games that I once played.
People pay crazy money for many SNES games, especially if they are in box and with manual. I remember that I sold some game boxes some years ago. Just some big boxes without any game or manual. Some eBay buyers paid more than a hundred Euro for each back then.