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Capcom Arcade Stadium Brings Retro Hits to Switch in February 2021

Capcom Arcade Stadium, a collection of 32 classic games from the company’s history, is coming to Nintendo Switch in February 2021. It’s packaged as a free download, with games sold as downloadable content packs. 1943 -The Battle of Midway- will be included for free.

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This collection packs in some extra features for these games. These include rewind, difficulty, game speed and visual filters. There are global leaderboards for individual games, as well as special weekly challenges. You can even make it look like you’re playing the game in the original arcade cabinet, if you want.

You can buy all the Capcom Arcade Stadium games in one big pack and get Ghosts ‘n Goblins as a bonus. Alternatively, titles will be sold in three packs. “Dawn of the Arcade” includes ten games that made their debut from 1984 to 1988. “Arcade Revolution” includes ten games released from 1989 to 1992. The final pack, “Arcade Evolution,” covers 1992 to 2001.

The announcement was made during The Game Awards‘ 2020 presentation, alongside a new Ghosts ‘n Goblins game. You can check out Capcom’s feature trailer for the game below.

 
Here is the list of games revealed for inclusion in Capcom Arcade Stadium:

  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 19XX
  • Battle Circuit
  • Bionic Commando
  • Captain Commando
  • Carrier Air Wing
  • Commando
  • Cyberbots
  • Dynasty Wars
  • Final Fight
  • Forgotten Worlds
  • Ghosts ‘n Goblins
  • Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
  • Giga Wing
  • Legendary Wings
  • Mega Twins
  • Pirate Ship Higemaru
  • Powered Gear
  • Progear
  • Section Z
  • Senjo no Okami II
  • Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
  • Street Fighter II’ -Hyper Fighting-
  • Strider
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo
  • Tatakai no Banka
  • Varth -Operation Thunderstorm-
  • Vulgus
  • Warriors of Fate

Capcom Arcade Stadium will release on the Nintendo Switch eShop in February 2021.


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Graham Russell, editor-at-large, has been writing about games for various sites and publications since 2007. He’s a fan of streamlined strategy games, local multiplayer and upbeat aesthetics. He joined Siliconera in February 2020, and served as its Managing Editor until July 2022. When he’s not writing about games, he’s a graphic designer, web developer, card/board game designer and editor.