Games: Capcom's FOSS Anomaly and 'Interrogation' Coming to GNU/Linux
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Capcom Home Arcade is a plug-and-play arcade stick with 16 games
Capcom is getting in on the “classic” game bandwagon, announcing the Capcom Home Arcade, a €229.99 plug-and-play arcade system featuring support for two players and including 16 classic titles. If that price seems high to you, relative to emulator-based offerings from Nintendo, or even the FPGA-based solutions from Analogue, then ... you’d be right. In exchange for roughly $260, you do get genuine Sanwa joystick parts, and emulation courtesy of the well-respected, open source FB Alpha emulator.
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The Emulator In Capcom's Home Arcade Is Stirring Controversy
Its website markets the Capcom Home Arcade as an “authentic gaming” experience, in part because it utilizes the original arcade ROMs for games like Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting and Alien Vs. Predator and runs them with FB Alpha, an arcade emulator known for its snappy response times. As those in the emulation community were quick to point out, however, FB Alpha is open-source, and distributed under a license that strictly forbids people from trying to profit off of it.
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Interrogation reveals 2019 release for Windows, Mac and Linux
Getting a criminal suspect to crack under pressure isn't nearly as easy as TV makes it look. In indie Romanian developer Critique Gaming's upcoming Interrogation, players will find that out firsthand, needing all their conversational wiles if they're to bring down a growing terrorist organization.
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Capcom’s Home Arcade Emulator Creates Backlash
Capcom’s Home Arcade Emulator Creates Backlash Due To Open-Source Software
By GameDaily.biz
Capcom Home Arcade faced with thorny open-source license issues