Capcom Q Sound Arcade Intros

[@micahdyer3282]

this is oddly very depressing and nostalgic

[@gr8gmr]

"Depressing"?

[@terrywestmoreland2524]

funny, i thought so too.

[@micahdyer3282]

depressing because it reminds me of greater times in my life

[@TailsGaming1999]

same here.

[@edwardgaines6561]

gr8gmr I think the word you're looking for is *WISTFUL.* But yeah, it's like leafing through your old high school yearbooks.😢

[@TheSw96]

The smell of laundry odor when hearing the q sounds whats was AWESOME!!

[@regulagianci2231]

+PachinkoSam Are you from New York City too?

[@Essu_]

+Regula Gianci Nah we had arcade machines in laundromats here in DC and Maryland too.

[@Theshark15z]

+PachinkoSam Or the smell of Chinese food/Pizza/burgers coming from the food court in the Super K-Mart. :)

[@leogamer9793]

How come your Kmart had a arcade in my didn't.

[@Theshark15z]

Los Santos County Police Because it was a Super K-mart, not to be confused with Big K-Mart. Super K-Mart sold Produce, Meats had auto shops and food courts, not a snack bar.

[@KhAnime]

When Capcom was at its prime!

[@jayguero2123]

Look at where we at now. :/

[@user-fy3oy4vo9m]

@@jgfjgfify I'd say this year is the real resurgence. Maybe when RE7 came out

[@cesarjezreelmolina8030]

@@jgfjgfify no, really no...

[@Senorpasta09]

1980's: Capcom Nintendo SEGA Now (Boring kids) Play station & xbox

[@lautarogomez9711]

@@Senorpasta09 YEah....it has changed...but not for the good...and that's what saddens me

[@mrahk408essj]

I remember walking thru the arcades and hearing this randomly going off in different parts of the arcade. Gives me goosebumps hearing this. 90' was a great fucking time for arcades.

[@mrahk408essj]

Btw, props to dude getting every different sounding themes. U rule sir

[@antonnewalker6488]

***** to bad they don't use it anymore in new games :(

[@EDGar-wi6np]

Those were the days. Can never catch that feeling ever again. Today's kids will never know the feelin of walking thru a good arcade with good games you couldn't get on your console (back then at least).

[@edwardgaines6561]

ED Gar Now the kids are playing *CANDY CRUSH.* (Shudder.)

[@edwardgaines6561]

@Petty Ceddy I just went to _Galloping Ghost Arcade_ in Brookfield, Illinois. Over 700+ arcade games. It was like a time machine honestly! 😄

[@NinjaSquirtle22]

The Q-Sound intros, besides the original Capcom intros from like Street Fighter 2 and games in that era, were the greatest sound bites ever. Like, even to this day hearing them just gives me a lingering sense of nostalgia that I might never get anywhere else.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Python It's like going back in time for mere 4 seconds.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@Cedric Williams Lucky bloke! 16-Bit "Barcades" have been popping up though.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@Cedric Williams Do you have room for it in your house? 😅

[@Drflash55Official]

1:00 2:36 2:55 What everyone remembers...

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

Drflash55 1:23 too

[@youraveragejoe2]

Capcom classics collection volume 2 had that one 1:00

[@frylock456]

Street Fighter Alpha 3's always sends tingles down my spine :)

[@a.c.835]

The reason i am here!!!

[@GorillaBiscuits89]

frylock456 I thought I was the only one that got them tingles XD

[@Totsugaru]

frylock456 got it as a ring tone

[@EmpanadaDeCaca]

Alpha 3 is the smoothest and the best one

[@TheDarkYoshi64]

Ahh Capcom's golden era... You knew you were in for a treat everytime you heard this sound blasting throughout the arcade. :)

[@luisrobles422]

For Reals!

[@cup1nk]

you knew you were in a dream when you hear the qsound and the neo geo blast through several arcade machines

[@blind_t2]

That, and it was time to whip a man’s/woman’s a**

[@edwardgaines6561]

TheDARKYOSHI64 It was so sweet to heat this sound, echoed throughout the arcade.

[@GamerGee]

The x men intro for the 6 player. That loud sound. Was the sound

[@knuclear200x]

these tones all have that "spooky yet soothing" feel to them

[@kiko485]

IKR? Especially the jingles for all of the Darkstalkers games!

[@TailsGaming1999]

yeah.

[@Dr_Salt]

They sound mysterious and intriguing.

[@CreateToInitiate]

And it's WONDERFUL!

[@titaniumex2556]

Shadows of Mysteria is the most soothing Rival Schools is my jam And THEN TOU GET TO TOWER OF DOOM

[@SplashBandicoot12]

0:25 That bass was jumping!🔥

[@GamerGee]

Capcom sports club had bass tracks.

[@brokenrag9746]

1- Marvel Vs Capcom 2- Vampire Savior 3- SF Alpha

[@SpongeMagic]

My favorite? Marvel vs Capcom.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Sponge Magic If they ever make Marvel Vs. Capcom the movie, they *BETTER* play this jingle!😡

[@IamMcLosingit]

O I like that to

[@therush757]

SFA3 for me

[@datboidre2212]

@@edwardgaines6561 I pay to see that

[@Jehezukiel]

I'll explain this as best as I can, because I'm sort of understand these "spooky" thingy... The composition of these jingles are considered to be "spooky" in common use of BGMs. The combination of jazz chord progressions and the unresolved chords with a different bassline/arps (EX: Asus6 bass E or Asus6/E) are known to give a spooky atmosphere.. Dissonance as one of the limitation of the sound chips just adds to the overall atmosphere. For example popping noises when the instrument reached a loop point and decays, the reverb, or even the hardware generated chorus effect. ESPECIALLY THE ONES FROM VAMPIRE SAVIOR! ONE OF THE BEST INSTRUMENT DESIGN, BUT THAT QSOUND JINGLE IS LEGIT SCARY TO BE HEARD IN THE DARK! :'((((((( But I have to admit... in 1980~1990, for being able to produce a sound quite like this is totally an achievement for its time! My life as a music producer won't be the same if it's not because of retro game's sound design. (Let me know, if I've used a wrong use of grammar)

[@Sentanaa]

Jehezukiel one like does not do this Justice

[@sokitaoshiwade7255]

Not sure what that part is called but I like the echo effect towards the end.That really helps make it more spooky.

[@Kufusan]

Totally understand you bro. These kind of tracks stuck in our mind for improving our future.

[@Kufusan]

Jehezukiel Dj Smokey - Lets go Champ using this sample for entire drop and sounds really fit with 808 drums

[@charleslee8313]

This music takes me back. I wish we had a new Capcom fighting game that started off with this intro.

[@ColbertAwesome]

capcom rules with this sound

[@SpongeMagic]

It's too bad because QSound is outdated technology when compared to things like Dolby Digital.

[@charleslee8313]

destroyerofcomedy sad, but true. But I would like to hear it start up a Capcom game, one last time, for old times' sake.

[@PhirePhlame]

Charles Lee Does Capcom or Qsound own the jingle? If it's Capcom, they could theoretically use in on the Dolby screen!

[@SpongeMagic]

True, true.

[@ualarga]

these always gave me chills as a kid but in a good way... now they just make me feel nostalgic... i miss those days....

[@edwardgaines6561]

NeoJax We all do. Truly. 😕

[@IamMcLosingit]

@@edwardgaines6561 but let's be glad that were alive

[@lalo2509]

The perfect Rival for the Neo Geo theme

[@mikaknight1855]

1:00 It's awesome to hear this sound when the logo Q sound is displayed especially Street Fighter.

[@BfblegacyA]

VIRTUAL AUDIO

[@thepatriotsfan7127]

This brings me back so much memories of the 2 local arcades, which sadly, both of them closed down, the first one in 2006 and the second one in 2020 due to COVID-19. I would hear this noise in different parts of the arcade. I miss the good ol days man

[@Atlink]

So basically - it's a midi file for Qsound that was played back using that particular game's soundfont... That explains why some of these sound so terrible and others sound decent.

[@megamanfan3]

2:25 Mega Man: The Power Battle

[@Ekraelum]

I love how Anarchy Takapon/Takayuki Iwai arranged Vampire Savior's. And Alpha 3's is very smooth.

[@killbill187ful1]

I remembered when I lived in New York there used to be this candy store downstairs in front of my apartment that had the X-Men vs street fighter cabinet and one of the cruis'n games. Me and the kids in the block used to spend hours just dumping quarters into that game. Hearing these jingles just takes me back so nostalgic.

[@smoothrasin]

Believe it or not this is my ringtone. lol

[@edwardgaines6561]

Sir Pumpernickel Lucky.

[@ShuraSpark]

I want this as a ringtone

[@UltimateTS64]

@@ShuraSpark download Zedge, it's an app that lets you get ringtones and notification sounds from pretty much anything you can think of

[@cesarjezreelmolina8030]

Sane

[@protio1]

Mine too

[@RodH-pj1py]

This with the lady saying "capcom presents" in marvel vs Capcom is pure nostalgia overdrive for me.

[@samuraicowboyx]

The fact that this exists is so cool for so many reasons

[@tchitcho]

2:36 SFA my favorite

[@EDGar-wi6np]

This and the Neo Geo logo theme were the kings of the dimly lit arcade sound In the 90’s, hearing these going off somewhere in the arcade as soon as you walked through the doors!

[@megaman616]

capcom will always be on my heart as my childhood's favorite game developer

[@DraculaXHunter101]

Whenever you heard this sound, that's how you know you're about to play a really great game from Capcom. It's such a shame the company doesn't make games like this anymore. Street Fighter Alpha, Alien vs Predator, Marvel Super Heroes, Pocket Fighter, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Children of the Atom, Cyberbots, Darkstalkers, Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, Rival Schools, Street Fighter EX and so much more man. They don't make these like they used to anymore.

[@andy7666]

+DraculaXHunter101 Yeah, its a sound that always takes me back to the arcades.. Likewise stuff like Dhaslim's elephants roaring, the Neo Geo intro, Mad Dog MCree, that Sega Time Traveller "Hologram" game and a Daytona machine or four blaring away! "Daytooonaaa!!"!

[@brandonreina5461]

Yep Capcom switched to Dolby Digital which appeared in DuckTales: Remastered (PS3 game)

[@preamstrikbiz0]

This brought tears to my eyes of nostalgia. Good job comrade

[@radtiz8860]

Back before internet took over arcades 80s and 90s in my opinion golden era of gaming....

[@DeliaESymbols]

A E S T H E T I C

[@LakeNipissing]

This reminds me so much of Circuit Circus in the Phase III food court at West Edmonton Mall in the 1990s.

[@JupiterNoose]

The Mega Man ones take me back to my PS2, the Power Battle/Fighters, and that amazing lounge soundtrack. Ahhh . . .

[@taylord5381]

This jingle sounds like something from a detective show just before they go to commercial break.

[@ProtoFalcon07]

I LOVE Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dreams' That nice, rough, low-tone bass in the back! I also like SFA2's

[@faby6515]

you know its gonna be a good arcade game when this appear

[@DAVIDSDIEGO]

Brings back great memories! I would have never guessed QSound recorded the virtual barber shop in 1996.

[@thischanneldontpostnomore3380]

This sounds depressive but it’s sometimes cheers me up

[@wassup9378]

19XX, Cyberbots, Marvel vs Capcom and SF Alpha are amazing but Vampire Savior... dear god, just beautiful.

[@Theshark15z]

Dam I miss the arcades!!!!

[@JohnathanSuperMachine92Mcbride]

Theshark15z same here and this isn't fair at all that all the cool games have been removed on the arcade cabinets but however it's not a total loss I'm sure there are somewhere around those cool places under the hood

[@gamegeekz1]

Me too

[@edwardgaines6561]

Theshark15z Retro arcades are coming back. Look up "16-Bit Bar."

[@V1LL4IN]

Just to let those who want this as a ringtone or just to download. These tracks are 6 to 9 seconds long. When I upload them. They will be in single tracks. Not one whole big track.

[@V1LL4IN]

At the moment I am working on another set of Q sound intros. Once that set is complete I plan on uploading all of them to megaupload to share.

[@DRACOFURY]

My Childhood is coming back to me now⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@sebastianfernandez6146]

I wish arcades made a comeback. So many great games!

[@Stingman012]

Sebastian Fernandez me either

[@Stimpy44]

Why am i addicted to these lol

[@spookycalzoner]

Same here

[@Officesirenwife]

Literally

[@gr8gmr]

I sometimes wonder how this would sound in recent Capcom games.

[@mazariego16]

gr8gmr if that were too happen they would add it as bonus dlc content

[@grandoblivion5268]

Techno asf

[@1stvinyl]

gr8gmr it be cool turns this into a Easter egg street fighter 30th anniversary collection

[@Sentanaa]

tashawn mcrae they did for alpha 3

[@tomsantos9448]

Capcom updated the classic "Capcom sound" as a piano for Devil May Cry's start screen. So I could totally imagine a new version of the Q Sound

[@Dee2SmooveVevo]

The armored warriors or “ powerd gears “ q sound fits the marvel vs street fighter, marvel vs capcom , street fighter vs X-men series more then the others , it always had that dark hero battle vibe to me , makes u imagine wolverine standing in the rain while it’s thundering at night ready to face Ryu

[@ShuraSpark]

i may not have been around to experience any of these games in arcades but these jingles feel a bit nostalgic

[@ReimuHakureiShrine]

Does anyone feel like this could possibly be ASMR material?

[@lil_bear]

This is the soundtrack to my hopes and dreams being crushed in my mid 20s

[@AlastorNightheart]

I’m not sure why the jingle always made me feel so nostalgic and sad whenever I heard this as a kid back when I would play all of their arcade games

[@edwardgaines6561]

The same reason old folks love Steely Dan. Takes them back to their heyday.

[@BackXDash]

Made these my ringtone. Sadly nobody calls me lol.

[@shinrasboy]

My favorite was always the Darkstalkers ones - with all the spooky-sfx.

[@ultraplayer7436]

I completed the whole series

[@shiggityshake]

These Jingles bring back great memories, I'm totally making this my text message tone. Thanks alot. Glad I'm not the only one who gets so nostalgic for the CPS-2.

[@Beagle7788]

I just LOVE to hear these little jingles in capcom arcade games!! ^_^ It's just so amazing that it always keeps you coming back for more!! ;)

[@HarmonicVector]

All we need is a Street Fighter 6 Arcade cabinet with this jingle to showcase their pedigree in terms of developing spatial audio to both immerse the sighted and to assist the blinded.

[@laurentlhoest8324]

My Nostalgia comes back, such a great pleasure to hear all those sounds, and rethink of the hours spent playing those awesome games, thanks a lot

[@lyricrogersofficial]

I love those intros!

[@kicky-flippy]

This video takes me back. I loved this era of video game sound. I think the link with all the jingles went down. I used them as my text tone like in 2010.

[@chamchamtrigger]

The original Q Sound jingle is forever in my head. Thanks for this collection.

[@marc7hedev]

Wow, qué magia estos sonidos, que sonaban a cada minuto en las salas de arcade, demostrando que el jefe de jefes para crear videojuegos en aquellos tiempos era Capcom.

[@Stingman012]

Feeling nostalgic!

[@edwardgaines6561]

Such a warm, fuzzy feeling 'eh?

[@Stingman012]

Edward Gaines yeah it reminds me my old house with old pc in 2000

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

After hearing that Capcom is working on an arcade game based on Attack On Titan, I wish this jingle would come back.

[@V1LL4IN]

Yes! I knew I wasn't the only one that liked this.

[@chrislows6012]

The Marvel Vs. Capcom one sounds the best but I also love how that Capcom Sports Club one sounds completely flat besides the really cool sounding deep sub bass notes you can only feel if your listening on more powerful speakers.

[@YellowSun765Z]

Rockman Power Battle's version is my favorite :)

[@rinzler4091]

CHEEZN64X as Mr Game & Watch (Mr. ゲーム＆ウォッチ) (◕‿◕) same

[@youisbrian2]

I thought I was the only one who love these jingles.

[@hansweiss469]

You're definitely not alone, man. ;)

[@ShinkuKaioken]

They all sound awesome. My favorite is the one from SFA 3 and MSH.

[@BluesAnimationChannel98]

I just love the sound of the logos, especially the Street fighter one it's my favorite.

[@astrovision1]

i didnt think people thought about or caught on to stuff like this..i thought i was the only one it takes me back to the ps1 days

[@pol581]

19XX the war against destiny one sounds beautiful but it feels as if something is missing. Thats whats great about these.

[@DJNeoncat]

2:36 is why I'm here

[@myketuna]

I use the Street Fighter Alpha 2 Q Sound intro as my text message/twitter notification sound. I actually sampled three of these for a simple beat I made. Thanks for putting up this vid, man. Got so much use out of it. lol

[@remlet3753]

3:09 damn the amount of times I've replayed this game

[@TheVolcaloidLovahs]

I think the darkstalkers ones are the best

[@Loader2K1]

Thanks for making this. I have always loved Capcom's Q-Sound jingles.

[@QueenSoraMayako]

wow this is so awesome i love capcom when it comes to games,intros,characters, and gameplay you know capcom comes in 1st so awesome love all these intros ^_^

[@redplague888]

1:25- I like that one! They used that one in 'Warrior's Dreams' and 'Children of the Atoms'. Thanks for posting this!

[@NeoMegaMan999]

Wow, didnt know there so many ppl that love these intros as much as I did. Thanks for posting this, V1LL

[@V1LL4IN]

Cool. Thumbs up for you. I only put Megaman: The Power Battle, because its the same jingle as part 2. My favorite is Vampire Savior. It has that eerie aaahhh like in the game tracks.

[@triple_lei]

Surprisingly comforting to loop!

[@jubirelle]

2:55 Good times, good times

[@McChillson]

Everytime I heard this as a kid in the 90s, it reminded me of strip mall muzak lol but man that nostalgia chill down the spine.

[@P4C800d]

Loooooooove these jingles! This is a great work, V1ll4in, thank you!

[@chrishipop5]

They need to remake X Men: Children of the Atom. Such a good game

[@Ragitsu]

Christopher Aizen I would KILL for a disc release of Capcom beat-em-ups/fighters that included Cadillacs and Dinosaurs plus Children of the Atom.

[@cos0ne]

+Ragitsu god bless your idea

[@Ragitsu]

Cosmo0ne Are you a fan of the Konami X-Men arcade game?

[@edwardgaines6561]

Ragitsu Konami had the bigger library of game titles (X-Men, Simpsons, TMNT) but I think Capcom had the better music.

[@CyberLabStudio]

@@Ragitsu There's stuff like that available on Steam now. Might also be available on Xbox One S and PS4 but I don't know for sure.

[@bryguy1750]

Kids today won’t know won’t know the joy hearing this at the arcades back then

[@frylock456]

This video is WIN!

[@d.o.e.]

Vampire Savior is my favorite QSound jungle :D

[@BigScrumbo]

These are actually kinda unsettling. Even more so if you only listen though one ear with earbuds or headphones. Legit creepy, but I like them.

[@notkimpine]

that intro theme haunts the fuck out of me...

[@joaquinespinosaolmos7585]

Good memories!!!

[@captaincorleone7088]

Wow, thanks for sharing! :)

[@ulkiora123]

Thank you man i found it for many years!

[@abraham3673]

The Darkstalkers ones have the best ones, fact

[@BeckTropical]

Me too ! I liked the sound of it, but felt damn creepy .

[@dougggtheoof]

BeckTropical Dang, that's a good question.

[@blitzmightyN7]

dude nice video thanks i love that q sound tune and i love capcom...keep making capcom videos 5/5

[@OilersArchivist]

thank you for making this :)

[@johnherwig4162]

Love the Marvel vs Capcom ones :)