Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

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Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Capcom (Japan, US), Virgin Interactive (Europe)

Developer: Capcom

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Fighting/Taisen Kakutou (対戦格闘)^[1]^[2], Action^[3]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1999-12-09^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[2]	T-1204M
US	2000-04-12^[4]^[5]^[6]	$39.9939.99^[7]	T-1207N
EU	2000-08-25		T-7003D-50
DE	2000-08-25		T-7003D-50
ES	2000-08-23^[12]		T-7003D-50
FR	2000-08-25		T-7003D-50
UK	2000-08-25^[8]^[9]	£39.9939.99^[10]^[11]	T-7003D-50
AU	2000-10-03^[13]	$79.9579.95^[14]

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Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein, known as Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein (スターグラディエイター2 ナイトメアオブビルシュタイン) in Japan is a 3D fighting game released for the Sega Dreamcast by Capcom. It is a sequel to Star Gladiator, an earlier fighter which bypassed Sega consoles.

Story

Gameplay

Characters

Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.

Playable

	Hayato

	Black Hayato

	June

	Ele

	Saturn

	Prince

	Gamof

	Gantetsu

	Gerelt

	Claire

	Vector

	Omega

	Zelkin

	Eagle

	Gore

	Luca

	Blood

	Shaker

	Bilstein

	Ghost Bilstein

	Rain

	Byakko

Hidden

	Rai-on

	Kaede

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein	Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
English (US)	Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein	Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
Japanese	スターグラディエイター2 ナイトメアオブビルシュタイン	Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein

Production credits

Director: Satsuma Ikeda, Terada Takayoshi
Main programmer: Hiro
Demo Programmer: Hero Hero, S.K♥Sigeru Kato♥
Player Programmer: Hero Hero, HIRO, S.K♥Sigeru Kato♥, ♨Masaki Kataoka♨
Programer: Yoshihiro Shindome, Kohei Akiyama, Chabin Type M, Yuichi "Okaz" Kagawa, Fuku 2
Obj-Effect: Shiba-H
Obj-Motion: Naoki Fukushima, KEN, Tsuru, Masaki Yamanaka, Masayuki Maeda
Obj-Texture: Nakatani, Kuratani Eiji, Michiru
Background Design: Takahashi Yasuto, Kohama, Mishima Takuji
Sound Director: Hiroaki "X68K" Kondo (Cipher)
Sound Effect: Moe.T (T.Kitamura)
Main Music Composer: Anarchy Takapon (Takayuki Iwai)
Sub Music Composer: Cyber-T (Tetsuya Shibata)
Official Art Works: MCF, Inoda.Keigo, Daichan
Title Design: Shoei
Instruction Card: Sakomizu
Voice Actor: Secret♥
Super Special Thanks: ☃Tatsuya (Dai) Nakae☃
Special Thanks: Neo-G(H.Ishizawa), Erik Suzuki, Dan Okada, Chris Tang, Steve Lee, Chiakis
Producer: Noritaka Funamizu, Kouji Nakajima
Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto

Consumer Version Staff

Main Programer: Iwasaki Yuichi
Programer: Onuma Masaomi, Ishii Hiroaki, Nabeta Masayuki
Tools: Sugiura Daiske, Ogawa Yosuke
Obj-Charcter: Uchiumi Naoki, Kaburagi Soichi, Tani Fujitaka, Murakami Ryohei, Watanabe Shinji
Obj-Effect: Kumazawa Takeo
Icondot,Sprite: Nakashima Takashi
Data Convert: Ishiyama Akifumi
Special Thanks: Ikeda Kazuo, And Capcom All Staff
Presented by: Capcom Co., Ltd.

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-39ex: "1999-39 extra (1999-12-24ex)" (1999-12-10)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)^[15]

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #15: "Abril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

64

^[16]

Ação Games (BR)

80

^[17]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

25

^[18]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

70

^[19]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

70

^[20]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[10]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[21]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

50

^[22]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

50

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

50

^[23]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

40

^[24]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[25]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

65

^[26]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

54

^[27]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[28]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

89

^[29]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

64

^[30]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

NTSC-U

88

^[31]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

NTSC-J

88

^[32]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[33]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC-J

60

^[34]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[35]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[36]

GameWEEK (US)

NTSC-U

42

^[37]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

77

^[14]

Incite Video Gaming (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[38]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

40

^[39]

Joypad (IT)

NTSC-J

40

^[40]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

79

^[41]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

52

^[42]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[43]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

40

^[44]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[7]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

35

^[45]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

50

^[46]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

79

^[47]

	60
Based on 36 reviews

Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:StarGladiator2-DC-JP-Manual.pdf Manual

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc File:PlasmaSword-DC-EU-Manual.pdf Manual Inlay

Technical information

Main article: Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein/Technical information.

External links

Capcom USA webpage: Dreamcast
Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ File:PlasmaSword DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990705/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 22:51)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ http://www.capcom.com/xpml/game.xpml?gameid=500011 (Wayback Machine: 2000-09-30 15:00)
↑ http://www.sega.com:80/pc/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=188&CATID=71 (Wayback Machine: 2003-09-23 06:53)
↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 08:01)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May/June 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 86
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2994 (Wayback Machine: 2002-11-14 13:54)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/300724/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-23 23:00)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 112
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 72
↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14961&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 04:10)
↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Hyper, "November 2000" (AU; 2000-09-27), page 79
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 99
↑ 576 Konzol, "December 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Ação Games, "Fevereiro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 85
↑ Consoles +, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 118
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "March 2000" (UK; 2000-02-17), page 92
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 78
↑ Digitiser (UK) (2000-09-05)
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 71
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-39 (1999-12-17,24)" (JP; 1999-12-03), page 20
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 5" (UK; 2000-01-27), page 78
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 64
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamzone, "Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-16), page 120
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 2000" (US; 2000-02-08), page 144
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 157
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 228
↑ Famitsu, "1999-12-17" (JP; 1999-12-03), page 30
↑ Fun Generation, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-19), page 96
↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 3: March 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 13
↑ GamePro, "March 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 104
↑ GameWEEK, "January 31, 2000" (US; 2000-01-31), page 16
↑ Incite Video Gaming, "March 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 109
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 159
↑ Joypad, "Febbraio 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 105
↑ MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 46
↑ Mega Fun, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 78
↑ Next Generation, "March 2000" (US; 2000-02-xx), page 89
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74
↑ Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 139
↑ Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Marzo 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Video Games, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 108

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[:File:CVG_UK_226.pdf_p112-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 112

[:File:DCUK_UK_13.pdf.E2.80.8E_p72-11] 11.0 ^11.1 DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 72

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[:File:Hyper_AU_085.pdf_p79-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Hyper, "November 2000" (AU; 2000-09-27), page 79

[:File:EGM_US_130.pdf_p99-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 99

[16] 576 Konzol, "December 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_148.pdf_p34-17] Ação Games, "Fevereiro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:Arcade_UK_23.pdf_p85-18] Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 85

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_097.pdf_p106-19] Consoles +, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_104.pdf_p118-20] Consoles +, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 118

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_06.pdf_p92-21] Dreamcast Monthly, "March 2000" (UK; 2000-02-17), page 92

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_12.pdf_p78-22] Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 78

[digitiser2000-09-05-23] Digitiser (UK) (2000-09-05)

[:File:DLMO_FR_06.pdf_p71-24] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 71

[:File:DCM_JP_19991217_1999-39.pdf_p20-25] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-39 (1999-12-17,24)" (JP; 1999-12-03), page 20

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_05.pdf_p78-26] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 5" (UK; 2000-01-27), page 78

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p64-27] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 64

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-28] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamzone_8_2000_Scan.pdf_p120-29] Dreamzone, "Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-16), page 120

[:File:EGM_US_128.pdf_p144-30] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 2000" (US; 2000-02-08), page 144

[31] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 157

[32] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 228

[33] Famitsu, "1999-12-17" (JP; 1999-12-03), page 30

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_49.pdf_p96-34] Fun Generation, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-19), page 96

[:File:GameFan_US_0803.pdf_p13-35] GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 3: March 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:GamePro_US_138.pdf_p104-36] GamePro, "March 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:GameWEEK_US_2000-01-31.pdf_p16-37] GameWEEK, "January 31, 2000" (US; 2000-01-31), page 16

[:File:InciteVideoGaming_US_4.pdf_p109-38] Incite Video Gaming, "March 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 109

[:File:Joypad_FR_100.pdf_p159-39] Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 159

[:File:Joypad_IT_02.pdf_p105-40] Joypad, "Febbraio 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 105

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-02.pdf_p46-41] MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 46

[:File:MegaFun_DE_2000-02.pdf_p78-42] Mega Fun, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 78

[:File:NextGeneration_US_63.pdf_p89-43] Next Generation, "March 2000" (US; 2000-02-xx), page 89

[:File:ODM_UK_11.pdf_p74-44] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74

[:File:Playmag_FR_50.pdf_p139-45] Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 139

[:File:ROD_ES_03.pdf_p56-46] Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Marzo 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-08.pdf_p108-47] Video Games, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 108

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Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Characters

Playable

Hidden

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References