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Capcom Entertainment Announces Availability of a Powerhouse Line-Up of Sony PlayStation Products.


SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1996--Capcom Entertainment today announced the pending release of its impressive line-up of products for the Sony PlayStation Sony Playstation - Playstation .

Capcom's first product to debut for the PlayStation will be the much anticipated release of Street Fighter Alpha The Street Fighter Alpha series, originally Street Fighter Zero (ストリートファイターZERO  in February. In March the company's blockbuster line-up includes Resident Evil, DarkStalkers and Fox Hunt with Buster Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) 
. Collection scheduled to release in April. Capcom plans to sell these Sony PlayStation titles at a suggested retail price of $59.95.

Street Fighter Alpha is based on the smash arcade hit that shot immediately to the top of the charts. In a direct translation of the arcade game, Capcom brings together a cast of characters from the collective Street Fighter Universe who have never before appeared together in a single game. This latest Street Fighter game resurrects classic, all time favorite characters from the original Street Fighter arcade game, brings back formidable foes from Capcom's blockbuster game line, Final Fight, and introduces three brand new characters who step up to the challenge. Dazzling animations, new super combo moves and fantastic gameplay combine to make this the most potent Street Fighter of all time.

Resident Evil is easily the most anticipated game for the Sony PlayStation. This horrific action game contains elements of role-playing and puzzle solving in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?"
midmost
 of the strange and macabre. You explore a foreboding mansion where neck-biting zombies Zombies

Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead.

Notes:
It's advisable to avoid investing in zombies at all costs their life expectancies are highly unpredictable.
, giant spiders, horrid frog-like men and a horde of other mutated creatures dare you to challenge them. Taking full advantage of the 32-bit technology, Resident Evil features a 3D environment, rendered with gorgeous texture maps and unbelievable shadow and light sourcing. Your polygon character is seen through shifting noir-style, third-person perspective camera views that move as you move through the mansion, greenhouse, cemetery and grounds. A host of tricks and traps will keep you alternately on the edge of your seat in suspense or reeling in surprise from the gore.

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors attacks the Sony PlayStation with killer characters who possess an arsenal of other-worldly moves. Still a chart topper Topper

house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718]

See : Ghost


Topper

Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse.
 from its 1994 coin-operated introduction, Darkstalkers presents a terrifying ter·ri·fy  
tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies
1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten.

2. To menace or threaten; intimidate.
 line-up of notorious monsters in head-to-head fighting challenges. A one- or two-player title, Darkstalkers features ten of the greatest animated monster warriors from around the world who've gathered together to compete in the fight of their life. This compelling cast of monster warriors includes "Demitris" the Vampire, "Talbain" an English Werewolf werewolf: see lycanthropy.
werewolf

In European folklore, a man who changes into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses, returning to human form by day.
, Frankenstein, the Zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. , the Mummy, a Samurai, a Brazilian Merman mer·man  
n.
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish.



[mer(maid) + man.]

Noun 1.
, "Big Foot" the Sasquach, and two female warriors, the Cat Woman, and the Succubus succubus: see incubus.

succubus

demon in the form of a woman. [Western Folklore: Briggs, 232]

See : Demon
.

Fox Hunt is the interactive comedy spy thriller that looks like a feature film and puts you right in the middle of all the action. In Fox Hunt, the player enters the world of Jack Fremont, a regular guy turned spy who's thrust into an extraordinary situation. Jack's mission: find the launch codes of the nuclear warheads aimed at L.A., avoid being killed for the former CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency.


(1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy).
 operative, discover the Fox's true identity, snatch a briefcase full of cash and diamonds, and maybe, if there's time, get the girl. When an attempt at blackmail by a former KGB KGB: see secret police.
KGB
 Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti

(“Committee for State Security”) Soviet agency responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security.
 colonel nicknamed "The Fox" goes awry, Jack is the free world's only hope to stop a missile aimed at Los Angeles. Recruited by the CIA because of his incredible knowledge of seventies TV, Jack crosses the paths of the Russian mob, a psychotic former CIA agent, and an army of villians out to stop him. With 10 possible outcomes and a plot worthy of a motion picture, Fox Hunt is the most incredible movie you'll ever play.

Buster Bros. Collection brings three complete Buster Bros. games to the PlayStation -- Super Buster Brothers and Buster Buddies. Based on the U.S. and (previously unreleased) Japanese arcade versions, this game is the definition of addictive. Deceptively simple to play, Buster Bros. challenges you to shoot a bunch of balloons with your rope gun as they bounce around the screen. Everytime you shoot a balloon it splits into two smaller, faster balloons, which split again, and again, and again. All of the sudden your screen is full of killer balloons, power-ups (time-stopping watches, dynamite, machine guns), and the player is hooked. With a two-player modes (bust with a buddy), also available, the choices of Panic, Tour or Story Mode with changeable difficulty settings this game guarantees endless challenges for the novice to the hardest core gamer.

Capcom Entertainment, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capcom Co., Ltd. is a leading force in the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry. The company develops, markets and distributes computer entertainment for personal computers and home video games for the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn, and Sony PlayStation. Capcom Entertainment, Inc. is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Note to Editors: Capcom is a registered trademark of Capcom Co., Ltd. DarkStalkers, Final Fight and Street Fighter are registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. All other names are trademarks of their respective holders.

CONTACT: Capcom Entertainment, Inc.

Melinda Mongelluzzo or Chris Kramer, 408/774-0500
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