Hello guys.

I'm just new to the this forum. I've just created and opened a dedicated shrine for Capcom arcade games just a few months ago. Feel free and take the time to drop by the site and ask for quick comments and suggestions in the site's shoutbox. Furthermore, any other comments, suggestions, and or other contributions sent to my email shadift [at] yahoo [dot] com are most appreciated. As much as possible, I gave credit to those sites I had used an image from.

Here's the link.
http://www.capcomarcade.classicgaming.gamespy.com

I really do hope you'll enjoy the site for ol' times sakes and nostalgic capcom fandom. Thanks!

I'll be dropping by here time by time to post anything new about the site, so stay tuned.

Once I'd gotten rid of the advertising, it was good.

You might want to fix this little typo:

Great site! I am very impressed by all the hard work that was put into it. It definitely has a lot of useful material for all capcom and arcade fans alike. The controls and combo lists for all the characters was very well put together.

Thanks for sharing!

P.S. Please check your PM.

In a way, I find the ads helpful though. I'm not much of a "current" gamer, so I am informed somehow of new stuff released in the world of gaming/movies when I see those ads once I visit the site. The current ad is more of an advisory, though.



Gee, thanks for that keen observation. I have to admit, I tend to overlook a bunch of typographical errors around the site that I may have overlooked despite on having quite a few updates and overhauls of some shrines for the past month. I'll tend to those once I come across them again (esp in other shrines) in future updates.

Thanks very much for appreciating it.

BTW, I've also sent back a PM.

Hmm ... are you sure you sent back a PM? I have not received anything yet.

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it.

Hi guys!

Quiz and Dragons have finally been opened, as perhaps one of the most (ehem) colorful shrines? I combined both the Jap and US versions.

CHARACTERS is mostly a character (duh) gallery
ENEMIES is a "quiz-zidex" COMPLETE from Bulbasaur to God-knows-who the last Pokemon in the last roster is now, bless him.
ITEMS is also a complete list of possible obtainable items, though I never have seen Japanese version images of some of the items.
BOSSES is a menagerie of subbosses and bosses (the large spaces with dragons) on each path, each stage complete with intro quotes.

I just feel the US version was VERY rushed, since the Japanese version was released 2 years after the US version was released. Since D&D TOD arcade was released at that time, it may be possible it was the inspiration of Q&D Japan's RPG-like quiz battles with special effects, HP and leveling-ups. I do enjoy Q&D US's realistic art (but still slow) but I quite appreciate the Japanese Q&D more (though how I read those kanji are out of the question) with their real-time gameboard like approach with anime style characters.

Oh, yeeeeeah. About the QUESTIONS. To anyone who requests me of listing each possible question in the game, I will NEVER EVER forgive you. Once more, EVER. There's Wikipedia or bring your stack of encyclopedias if ever you want to play any remaining Q&D in your arcade.

I'll have the next shrine/s opened in the form of a simple riddle. Stay tuned!

Hello guys! Gee, I missed doing sidescrolling shrines. It seems that fighting shrines really take me a bit longer. Apologies for the delay of the shrines' update. To compensate, here is the "riddle" for the new shrines.

THREE SHRINES HAVE NOW BEEN CREATED. WHERE ARE THESE WONDERS LOCATED?

The game's title is within those statements. Well, it's already a sort of giveaway for the fans of this lovable compilation.

Till then. Enjoy the new shrines! I dunno if I have completed some of the lists in the shrines like items or enemies, but all seems complete in my runthroughs of the games.

Peace out. Ciao!

Capcom created some of the best coin ops, they frequent my mame alot.

Even for the nes, their music was unmatched.

HF-

I definitely agree.

Minor update guys!

I had the images of AvP credited from another website. So I decided to give it my own shot of captures and tweak the site a little bit so as to make it more presentable other than a black background. I'm quite happy with the result.

I am also busy doing captures of other games so as to prepare in creating the new upcoming shrines, as well as recapping some of the old BEUs and platformers. Stay tuned!

Arriverderci.

Again, ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR has been updated. Hope you like it.

Hello guys!

Slam Masters shrine is reupdated for a new look, as well as pulling off a snapshot of Neck Wrecker and Titan Breaker. Move shots are 100% correct.

Ring of Destruction shrine is now also open. I did not list all possible moves for each wrestler since the emphasis of the game are the special moves. All move shots are also 100% correct.

Both Slam Masters games are in the new CWA Crash Carnival link. Enjoy!

Hello guys, I had just reupdated the Ghouls N Ghosts Shrine. Enjoy.

HOME : Slight update.

CHARACTERS: Recapped sprites and added a few descriptions.

ENEMIES: Added a few more. Tentatively complete.

ITEMS: Added descriptions of normal and magical properties with weapon icons and other special item descriptions.

BOSSES: Well, each stage's points of interest aka the start points and checkpoints are all that matters, so as to give some background about the locations on where Arthur will respawn upon death. Recapped boss sprites also.

More updates coming up. Roger and out.

Hi!

The Captain Commando shrine has been updated, from character bios, a few more enemy captures, more food and bonus point items, and a redesigned Boss page like I did with Alien vs Predator.

I hope you like it. Stay tuned. XD A big update coming very soon!

Hello guys. A few new updates to the shrine, since I have around a week off after we shortly went to Canada. To summarize...

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New intro page. I hope the new image has loaded already. Capcom is nearing 3 decades, and I also pay silent homage to the 30+ years of the Super Sentai series (note the colors of the Zhongs and Andores: red, green, blue, yellow, pink; then red, black, blue, yellow, and pink. See? )

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Revised site pages, especially the history pages. Individual pages for each genre. I'm sure the lists are not complete esp. the shooting (got most CPS1 games first), platformers, and puzzles. I dunno about the fighting shrines. Yeah, I'l feature those listed games on the site in due time.

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Anyway, I also have opened the Super Puzzle Fighter shrine. Pardon the intro image I edited from the victory screens. I remembered the artwork in the EGM issue I had from awhile back that featured that formation and I guess it would be nice trying to make an edit.

Black Tiger preview is also opened.

Thats all for now. Next in line are some fighting shrines that a few people requested, along with the usual reformatting of BEUs and platformer shrines. Maybe a few more surprise shrines. XD

Hiya.

Granting one request among other requested fighting shrines, the newly opened shrine involves schools, hotheaded Japanese and American warfreaks, a fan-favorite batter, a stereotype cheerleader, bigfisted teacher, a hot middle-aged nurse, a massive principal with talons, and a sword-wielding megalomaniac seeking countrywide domination of Japan.

There you have it. Now, I'm off to bed. Enjoy the shrine. XD

Ha, Rival Schools. Good stuff.

That my dear is pretty freakin awesome

Hullo.

New shrine has been opened. 3 clues...

1. Involves a soldier-turned-psycho killer with wide blue eyes, a fighting aristocrat, a boxing bouncer, an Indian wrestler, an Arabian princess, a female martial artist in search of her brother, an American seeking a rematch on another American, a skeleton-costumed vigilante, and an ominous demon projecting blades all over his body.

2. Doesn't it feel great to send your opponent spinning and flying several meters away while meteors fall on the background?

3. Still haven't guessed? Eh, it's in the Street Fighter page.

That's it. Hope you'll like it. Some minor updates up next.

As for the promised slight updates, I added the team plots for Rival Schools.

Also added a preview shrine. This shrine is located directly above Rival Schools in the navigator. XD

Till next shrine opening!

Gee, I was a tad overwhelmed by the fans of this shooting game requesting for this shrine. Thanks to you, I've been quite addicted to it once again for a while whilst doing the shrine. Anyway, let the unknown soldier lead you to that shrine.

Characters: nah, not too much. Sprites here and there.

Enemies: I hope this is mostly complete. I did not include projectiles shot by enemies unless they spawn into newer enemies. duh. XD

Items: Complete list of shop-related weapons and added descriptions of my own. I dunno as of the life-restoring and point items if complete, though the currency denominations are complete, IMO.

Stages & Bosses: This game is famed for its multiscreen scrolling GARGANTUAN bosses. A short semi-detailed strategy guide for each stage, snapshots as well as complete shop lists and boss sprites. As an Easter Egg: Hover your mouse over images on this page and click on anything clickable. You may never know what I hid in this page. Since it's a looooong page, links are available at the top of the screen for easy jumping.

I do hope you enjoy the new shrine. Till then. XD

Hi guys! I had updated the Armored Warriors shrine, as well as updates to the boss pages of AvP, Captain Commando, Forgotten Worlds, and Quiz & Dragons.

A fighting shrine up next. Stay tuned.

Of course you explained EX. On further investigation... I had forgot where that pic of Gief came from... Ex I see.

Ohhh I miss the days when this game was hot. Garuda... the cheap ass... To everyones dismay... I would use him... I also remember my 3 string level 1 super with Dhalsim... Super yoga fire into the yoga combo thing... canceled into his air yoga drill... ahhhh good times.

Ohhhh those games got it sooo done.

Anyway... good job on the site. Capcom always did have great games. Perhaps you may consider ... Hmmm or perhaps not.... A list of sprites.... I have alot ripped from a few of the fighters if you are interested. Help you on your way.

I would really appreciate the help, Belthazar. Thanks a lot in advance.

I'm quite more of a Doctrine Dark user. I'm a bit disappointed since he lost that katar uppercut special move since EX2, but I found the replacing Kill Wire much more awesome when combined by the Explosive once the enemy is pulled to the ground. BOOM. I love it. Those Super Canceling is quite a nice addition to the SF mechanics. I just hate the extreme damage capability of bosses like Akuma, Bison and Garuda.

Rock on.

Yo to the people.

I have uploaded a few tweaks for the Street Fighter 2 shrine. See for youself of the newbies there.

As a major spoiler heads-up, I'll be focusing on maybe 2 or 3 CPS-3 games for a while, so you guys will have an idea of what games to look forward to. XD Stay tuned.

Right-o. Sorry for the slight delay, I've been a tad busy preparing snapshots for the next shrines. XD

As of the first of the promised new shrine: it has an American wrestler seeking to avenge "Jean Reno", an irate shoto apprentice, an African princess, a one-armed hermit, a cybernetic freak, a British boxer, a high school ninja, and the kung-fu twins.

Knowing the other two spoils the clues, so there you go (I hope you now know where to go). Enjoy the shrine and stay tuned for the others.

Hello guys!

Thanks a bunch for another 1000+ visits to the site.

Street Fighter III 2nd Impact Giant Attack has been made available in the shrine. Though Second Impact is more like an update/sequel to New Generation, it has a features and other moves caused my delay to make a quick update. I hope you'll enjoy it. The Rivals and Final Bosses have been mostly checked, so I deem the majority of it (80-90%, if not all) correct. Corrections are quite welcome.

By the way, as a heads-up, I'll be busy for few correction updates to New Generation as well as 3rd Strike as the next shrine to open so as to complete the SFIII trilogy. Afterwards, I'll be on these fighting shrines in no particular order: Red Earth, SFEX2, SFEX2 Plus, and Gem Fighter. To complete the CPS3 titles, I'll have the 2 Jojo's games in the nigh future; we already have a third of the 6 CPS3 titles down.

Random BEU updates will be uploaded time by time.

Have a nice day. XD

Hi guys,

I had just updated the shrines Battle Circuit and both SFIII New Generation and Giant Attack.

Up next: 3rd Strike, to complete the SFIII trilogy.

I also forgot to mention that I'll also add SVC: SNK vs Capcom Chaos into the list of the planned fighting shrines in the future.

Later.

Thanks for your hard work. I always like detailed sites with screenshots as sprite rips of various stuff, not to mention movelists and boss galleries. Really nice work you've done.

Hello guys! As promised, STREET FIGHTER III Third Strike is now opened.

As for a few trivias...

Alex VS. Hugo intro at 1:40

References for Hugo's drunken pose and Octoberfest background

If Chun-Li's SFIII 3rd Strike win quote "I am a fighter, not a news reporter!" refers to the SF live-action movie; her win quote "I haven't thrown any of my bracelets..." refers to the SF The Movie arcade game where throwing her bracelets is one of her new moves. There, SF the Movie legacy. Sweet.

Up next, a BEU update + a random fighting shrine to open.

Anyway, a Happy Halloween to you all! Later.

Hi! I've just updated Cadillacs & Dinosaurs and added a few more routine stuff I do with other BEUs.

Movies shown in TV seem to urge me to update their respective shrines like D&D (I love the second one), Punisher, Willow, etc. Argh.

I'll have SVC Chaos first in line, then another BEU update, then I'll have Red Earth up. Stay tuned.

The site has some really good info about the games. I was a bit skeptical because of the layout but good info and images.

Thanks for the comments.

I had to first consider maneuverability within the site and feature as many games possible. Since the site is still in its beginning phase, I don't have the time yet to go grand about the entire layouting of the site unlike the other awesome shrines with full sprite animations since they are dedicated to a single (if not a few shrines). So please bear with the simplistic layout of the site for a while.

It also helps since whenever I want to update a game shrine, I could just click on a character's movelist as an instant FAQ like an arcade cabinet instruction sticker.

Hello guys!

SNK vs CAPCOM CHAOS shrine has been opened in the site. The shrine is combined into a main page along with the first CvS shrine. BTW, the link for CvS2 is not yet working, as it is yet unexistent.

About the individual character pages, I had based off the attack names and lists from the SvC arcade sticker as well as SvC's official move names for the attacks. I know, some move translations are cool and have a nice ring (Enigmatic Endgame, Hurricane Halberd Press), but many also suffer "lameness" and pretty poor translation (Uppercut, Teleport...). Though many players seem to hate it along with the KoF2003 engine (which I also like), it's one of my favorite SNK/Capcom fighting games.

As of now, I'll be reupdating the CvS shrine, then another BEU update. Afterwards, Warzard/Red Earth kicks off. Enjoy the shrine, and till then.

Yo. I had just rehashed and reupdated The Punisher shrine, along with a few animated extras and a few corrections after the official Marvel character canon/trivia.

Another update shortly. Stay tuned.

i must say, you have put in some really great work potter, its awesome to see sites like yours. Makes me feel like im not so old after all is pretty much im retro gamer and love to see the classics on shrine like that.

Please do keep up the good work even though i am milking you for your xp with plasma grenades. lol j/k

but seriously please keep updated!! Im hoping soon you add one for mercs!

HF-

/me likes it too!

Actually, a Mercs shrine has been in my mind for the past few weeks, though I had really been busy completing the Street Fighter shrines / other fighting games. I had some sprites for that already prepared.

Thanks for dropping by and appreciating the site.

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Anyway. Small changes to Cadillacs & Dinosaurs and The Punisher shrines, while Capcom vs SNK shrine has been updated.

Well, I think you have now an idea what shrine is up next which I had mentioned in earlier posts. Later.

I'm not sure if it's because of all the traffic you might be getting but the site is really slow for me now.

Besides that, I have also once received feedback of blurry sprite captures in the sprite. I have tried accessing the shrine in our local library's PC units and I've not experienced slow loading nor blurry captures. I also asked some online friends to check out the site but all seems clear. I'll check the condition with gamespy.

Anyway, thanks for dropping by the shoutbox.

thats awesome, im def gonna check that out! Mercs is one of those games that makes me scroll down the memory lane man.

HF-

As an update, the Red Earth / WarZard shrine has been more than halfway finished. It will be up in a few days. Hope you stay tuned!

thanks for the update shadi, your website looks great and it is getting even better, all these kids these days they have no idea about the classics, its all about graphics nowadays. hahaha

HF-

Uhm... the Chronicles of Ninja: The Lion, The Witch, and The Martial Artist is now playing. Lame as my self-title would be, you know what I'm referring to, I hope.

I think the shrine still lacks other stuff, a few things are:
- I have only listed the complete status boosts of every character from Levels 1 to 10, especially the individual level-up attack or defense pluses or the resistance boosts.
- Don't have sprites of the EXP coins as well as the numerous food items and their "ranking" in terms of healing power
- and other stuff.

Anyway, that would be all for now. A week on the shrine made me a bit loopy. XD

Enjoy the shrine! I'll be back for more BEU updates before opening one or two new shrines before completing the entire SF Anthology collection.

Later!

nice site Shadi_Potter, keep up the good work my friend!

peace,

Hi guys!

I took a bit long for the update since I didn't feel well on the past few days and made a few runs of Neverwinter Nights as well as both Dungeons & Dragons Capcom arcade games.

In lieu of that, both Dungeons & Dragons Tower of Doom and Shadow Over Mystara shrines are given an expansive shrine overhauling and a few more additions and corrections. Since the pages are a bit longer, a page index has been provided. Hope you'll enjoy! XD

A few nitpicks on Shadow Over Mystara: I'm just disappointed that the "burning" and "freezing" effects in ToD are removed, as well as the Troll the only creature that did not return.

I'll be rehashing a few more beat-em-up shrines then another shooting shrine and quiz/puzzle shrine will be up. Till then.

It's been a while since a last visited your page, so I guess there's a ton of new stuff.

I dunno if you could call it a lot of new stuff, since I mostly do updates as of now for the BEUs.

Anyway, since I generally had all their origin games featured in the site, I feel safe to do so, so as others will have an idea where the character came from by clicking on the game's shrine.

I had uploaded a quick and simple shrine for the Japanese quiz game CAPCOM WORLD 2. The player characters's traits and game premise is very much the same as Quiz & Dragons. It basically has 60 characters from most of Capcom's classic games as the basic "enemies" who question you, much like Quiz King of Fighters. Even the boss characters will be quite familiar to Capcom game avid fans. XD

However, though I understand a bit how the gameboard tiles work, I don't know Japanese, so I made a simple draft of the rules in the shrine; as well as the intro and the stage names. So, for anyone who had played the game and would like to lend some aid in the Japanese-English translation, help will be appreciated.

I had also made a very slight update on Quiz & Dragons.

Till next shrine.

Heya.

Both Dynasty Wars and Warriors of Fate shrines have been rehashed. I think it's sorta pointless to cover Dynasty Wars stage by stage since there is no real strategy involved in the game. However, I did include a stage by stage description for Warriors of Fate, as well as a few more additions to the site.

I'll be doing shooting shrines next, maybe 2 before completing the SF EX series (and the entire SF collection as well), alongside the usual BEU rehashing. Only Final Fight, King of Dragons, and Knights of the Round remain before I tackle updating the platformer shrines.

Stay tuned! XD