Power Stone

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Power Stone
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom, Eidos (EU)
Developer: Capcom
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1999-02Media:DCM_JP_20000526_2000-18.pdf ¥? 841-0001C JP 1999-02-25 ¥5,800 T-1201M US 1999-09-09 $? T-1201N UK 1999-10-14 £39.99 T-36801D-50 FR 1999-10-14 ?F T-36801D-50 DE 1999-10-14 DM ? T-36801D-50 ES 1999-10-14 8.490Ptas T-36801D-50 UK/ES/IT 1999-10-14 39.99 ? T-36801D-61 UK/FR/DE 1999-10-14 39.99 ? T-36801D-64 AU 1999 $99.95 ?
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Power Stone (パワーストーン) is a 3D fighting game developed by Capcom for Sega NAOMI hardware in 1999. It was also one of the first releases for the Sega Dreamcast, coming to the console later in the year.

Gameplay

The game is a two-player top-down fighting game, where players can use special attacks and utilize objects to beat their opponents. The levels also spawn "Power Stones", which can significantly boost the player's performance if collected.

History

Legacy

Power Stone was followed by a sequel, Power Stone 2, and both games have were re-released as part of the PlayStation Portable compilation Power Stone Collection.

Production credits

• Director: Tatsuya Nakae, Hideaki Itsuno
• Planner: Takeshi Shimono, Tomoaki Tsuji, Koji Shimizu
• Programming: Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Yukikaze Okagawa, Masakazu Matsushita, Hitoshi Yokota, Soji Seta, Motsu, Teruaki Hirokado, Kaw・Tld
• Omake Game: Omake No1, Omake No2
• Modeling Design: Masao Sakurai, Satomi Tsubota, Ban, S・Sakashita, Yuesuke, Takayuki Kosaka, Syuuhei, Yaccoys・Dekao, Huangcheng, Emiko Watanabe
• Motion Design: Hidetoshi Kai, Shinya Kitamura, Tsunenori Shirahama, H.Tsuru, Naoki Fukushima, Masayuki Maeda 03, N.Fujisawa, Kako, Yoshiko Tanida, Yoko Yamane
• Stage Design: Shinya Kuwajima!!, Takashi Fujiwara, Saru, Goro Suzuki 1998, Kouji Yamamoto, Kenji Kushiro, Akio Kamiji
• Effect Design: Daisuke, Yoshio, Koji・Sugimine
• Music Composer: Tetsuya Shibata
• Sound Engineer: Wataru Hachisako, Hiroshi Ohno
• Mixing Engineer: Kazuya Takimoto
• Character Design: Akiman, Hideki
• Original Artwork: Wsu
• Title Logo Design: Shoei
• Instruction Card: Sakomizu, Togatti
• Voice Actor: Sayaka Aida, Takeshi Aono, Yousuke Akimoto, Jurouta Kosugi, Masashi Sugawara, Wataru Takagi, Atsushi Tanaka, Hikari Tachibana, Sakiko Tamagawa, Ryo Horikawa
• Special Thanks: Shin., Tom Shiraiwa, Manatie, H.Watanabe, Steve Lee, Mikky, Erik Suzuki, Dan Okada, Chris Tang, Hiroshi Terada
• Producer: Takeshi Tezuka
• General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
• Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
• And: All Capcom Staff
• Presented by: Capcom

Magazine articles

Main article: Power Stone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Power Stone/Promotional material.

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP
Cart Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Arcade (UK) 100 №6, p116/117 Arcade (UK) 100 №12, p78/79 Consoles + (FR) 93 №93, p90/91 Computer & Video Games (UK) 100 №215, p66/67 DC-UK (UK) 90 №2, p11-15 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) 80 №1, p72/73 Dreamcast Magazine (JP) 80 №1999-08, p18Media:DCM_JP_19990305_1999-08.pdf Dreamcast Magazine (readers) (JP) 86 №, p34 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) 92 №1, p74-76 Edge (UK) 90 №70, p70/71 Weekly Famitsu (JP) 85 №533, p35 GamesMaster (UK) 91 MAN!AC (DE) 89 №1999-05, p44/45 MAN!AC (DE) 88 №1999-11, p102 Next Generation (US) 100 neXt Level (DE) 85 №5/99, p43 Player One (FR) 83 №101, p78-80 Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) 80 №1, p42 Video Games (DE) 100 №4/99, p32/33 Video Games (DE) 85 №10/99 Supplement, p5

	90
Based on 20 reviews

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, UK/FR/DE
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, UK/IT/ES
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:Power Stone DC JP Manual.pdf Manual

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast