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CAPCOM^¹

noun CAPCOMs · capcom · Capcom

Syllabic abbreviation of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control. Normally, the Capcom was a fellow astronaut. At Mission Control in Mission Elapsed Time 6:37, the man sitting at the fourth Houston seat in the second row of consoles at Mission Control was Capcom Michael Collins, who had been scrubbed from this very mission due to the occurrence of a bone spur on h
figuratively A company or work whose quality, style, aesthetic, gameplay, etc. are similar to those associated with the Japanese video game company CAPCOM (usually positive connotations). Neowiz Dreams of Becoming the 'Capcom of Korea'
figuratively A company with dubious business strategies and sales practices similar to those associated with the Japanese video game company CAPCOM (e.g. repeatedly recycling old material, marketing old content as new, releasing incomplete "early-access" games, requiring further payments to unlock already paid-for content, sacrificing quality for quantity). When I’d heard that Valve had updated their venerable shooter, titled Counter-Strike Global Offensive, I hardly batted an eyelash. I figured that since Valve had become more or less like the Capcom of the United States, with its Counter Strike brand sort of representing the Street Fighter of FPS’s.

Capcom^²

noun Capcoms

Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM

capcom^³

noun capcoms

Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM

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Closest in meaning: sega, codies, game console, controller, games console, arcade game, game controller, console, gameport, gaming console, chipmaker, chipzilla, gameware, modchip, xbox, comp stomp

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@misc{capcom_2026,
  title = {capcom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capcom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}