CP System

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The CP System (Capcom Play System) is Capcom's first standardized 16-bit arcade hardware platform, known for powering many of its classic late-1980s and early-1990s arcade games.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
CP System II 3
CP System canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Capcom arcade hardware platform ⓘ
arcade system board ⓘ
abbreviation CPS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CPS-1 ⓘ
architecture Motorola 68000-based system ⓘ
category 1980s video game hardware ⓘ
1990s video game hardware ⓘ
Capcom arcade system boards ⓘ
colorSupport multiple sprite and background layers ⓘ
company Capcom Co., Ltd. ⓘ
linked to: Capcom
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
developer Capcom ⓘ
displayType raster graphics ⓘ
fullName Capcom Play System ⓘ
hardwareGeneration 16-bit arcade hardware ⓘ
manufacturer Capcom ⓘ
market coin-operated arcade market ⓘ
notableEra late 1980s and early 1990s arcade games ⓘ
notableFeature enabled easy conversion between arcade titles via board swaps ⓘ
standardized hardware platform for multiple Capcom arcade games ⓘ
notableGame Cadillacs and Dinosaurs ⓘ
Captain Commando ⓘ
Final Fight ⓘ
Ghouls 'n Ghosts ⓘ
linked to: Ghouls'n Ghosts

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition ⓘ
linked to: Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting ⓘ
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior ⓘ
linked to: Street Fighter II

Strider ⓘ
The Punisher ⓘ
linked to: Punisher
platformType arcade game platform ⓘ
precededBy Capcom pre-CPS discrete arcade boards ⓘ
region worldwide arcade distribution ⓘ
releasePeriod late 1980s ⓘ
soundCPU Zilog Z80 ⓘ
soundHardware OKI MSM6295 ADPCM chip ⓘ
Yamaha YM2151 FM sound chip ⓘ
linked to: Yamaha YM2151
successor CP System II ⓘ
linked to: CP System

CPS-2 ⓘ
usedFor Capcom arcade titles ⓘ
arcade video games ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daimakaimura → arcadeSystem → CP System ⓘ
subject linked to: Daimakaimura (Ghouls'n Ghosts)
Final Fight → arcadeSystem → CP System ⓘ
CP System → successor → CP System II ⓘ
linked to: CP System
Marvel Super Heroes (1995) → arcadeSystem → CP System II ⓘ
linked to: CP System
Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes → usesEngine → CP System II ⓘ
linked to: CP System