Arcade Flyers Explores Capcom's Secret Files
Thanks to James for passing on the following handy tip: "I just stumbled across something neat that seems to have flown under quite a few radars in October - Arcadeflyers.com has scanned a bunch of really interesting Capcom design booklets, the "Secret Files" series."
He continues: "The covers are all neat pastiches of other kinds of products - Power Stone chocolate, a Skullomania action figure and a Lego Strider II playset! The X-Men Vs Streetfighter one even mentions the Archie vs The Punisher crossover on one of its text pages."
Looks like the first set of Secret Files brochures (which are really mini-promotional magazines for each arcade game - were they given away in Japanese arcades or with Arcadia or similar?) were put up on Arcadeflyers back in 2003 or so, but the new ones only just arrived a couple of months back. Wonder if there are any newer unscanned ones since Strider II, which was back in 1999?
Comments
Fantastic find.
My personal favorite would be the Street Fighter III - New Generation flyer. It apes the organized chaos of Japanese game magazines with its front and back cover, provides a fascinating look at early character designs (including what look to be prototype Dudley and Necro sketches, as well as one that would become Tiffany from Rival Schools) and features a great art piece that includes nearly every main and memorable background character from Final Fight and Street Fighters I-III and the alpha series.
I love the original Birdie mocking the updated Birdie's mohawk, Mike and Balrog (and DeeJay) getting drunk, Gen, Lee, Fei Long, et al doing Tai Chi... there's just too much to look at.
Posted by: Michael | January 22, 2007 11:13 AM