FBA became a scene favorite when Capcom's CPS-2 system was finally decrypted by hacker Razoola, allowing games to be playable.įor anyone growing up in the '90s, Capcom's CPS-1 and CPS-2 system was home to favorites like the Street Fighter series and the still-popular Marvel vs. Released by a developer going by the name Dave, it initially supported old school Sega System 16 arcade games and a handful of miscellaneous titles. Otherwise, stay tuned for a brief history lesson. If you're already familiar with FBA and want it right now, skip down to the 'Prerequisites' section below to jump right into installing it. It's called Final Burn Alpha (FBA), and long-time emulation fanatics may know this name from many years ago when it was first unleashed in 2000 for Windows computers.
Although nothing beats an actual arcade environment, my favorite emulator from the early 2000s has found a new home on Android, and with it a second life. Arcades have long faded away from popularity, but their legacy is being kept alive thanks to emulators and the avid fans who grew up loading quarters into all of those coin-op games.
