Capcom

:For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator.

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Capcom (カプコン in Japanese) is a leading Japanese developer and publisher of computer and video games. It was founded in 1979 as Japan Capsule Computers, a company devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines. Their current name is a conjunction of Capsule Computers.

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Over the years, Capcom has created some of the biggest and longest running franchises. The company released their first arcade game in 1983: Vulgus. Their early games were mostly arcade games such as the scrolling shooter 1942.

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In the late 80s, Yoshiki Okamoto joined the company from Konami. In 1987, Capcom released his game Street Fighter. In the same year the company also released the hugely influential platformer Mega Man (Rockman in Japan) for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Final Fight, a beat 'em up, was released in 1989. In 1991 Okamoto's Street Fighter II was released in the arcades. Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a successful survival horror game, was released on the PlayStation in 1996.

NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. It is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research....

Capsule communicator: During much of the U.S. manned space program, NASA felt it was important for all communication with the astronauts in space to pass through a single individual in the Mission Control Center. That role was designated the capsule communicator or capcom and was typically filled by another astronaut, of...

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