both suits into their regular separate states. Ports Side Arms was released for the PC Engine on July 14, 1989 in Japan by NEC Avenue. According to Takashi Tateishi, the composer for the PC Engine version, the port was actually developed by Capcom themselves, but published by NEC Avenue to avoid offending Nintendo. This version differs from the arcade game in that it allowed player to change weapons through a sub-menu while pausing the game. However, the PC Engine version lacks the 2-player feature from the arcade game. This port was published in North America during the same year by Radiance Software. There was also an improved port to the PC Engine CD-ROM, under the name {{nihongo|Hyper Dyne Side Arms Special|サイドアーム・スペシャル}}. This version features a new "Before Christ" mode with various changes to gameplay. Home computer versions of Side Arms were also released in Europe for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Commodore 64, and Atari ST, which were published by Go! and developed by Probe Software. The original coin-op version of Side Arms is included in Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed for PlayStation Portable and Capcom Classics Collection: Vol. 2 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed Hyper Dyne Side Arms on their February 1, 1987 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. Computer and Video Games magazine reviewed the PC Engine version in 1989, giving it a 90% score. Appearances in other games A "chibi" version of the player's Mobilsuit, called "Mobichan", appears in the game as a power-up item that gives the player an extra life. Mobichan has appeared in many console games released by Capcom during the early 1990s as a mode select cursor such as in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of the original Street Fighter II. The arcade game Warriors of Fate features a hidden ending sequence for completing the game on one credit which shows Mobichan and its Player 2 counterpart fighting each other dressed as Ryu and Ken and using their special techniques against each other. Mobichan appeared as a bonus item in Super Buster Bros., U.N. Squadron and Black Tiger. Mobichan is the save icon for the Street Fighter Collection (Super Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold) for the PlayStation. In Namco x Capcom, the two nameless soldiers from Forgotten Worlds are accompanied by the Mobilsuits from Side Arms,