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^[1]	¥?	841-0001C

JP	1999-02-25	¥5,800	T-1201M
US	1999-09-09^[2]	$?	T-1201N
UK	1999-10-14^[4]	£39.99^[3]	T-36801D-50
FR	1999-10-14^[4]	?F	T-36801D-50
DE	1999-10-14^[4]	DM ?	T-36801D-50
ES	1999-10-14^[4]	8.490^[5]Ptas	T-36801D-50
UK/ES/IT	1999-10-14^[4]	39.99^[3] ?	T-36801D-61
UK/FR/DE	1999-10-14^[4]	39.99^[3] ?	T-36801D-64
AU	1999	$99.95^[6]	?

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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^[7]
Arcade (UK)	100	№12, p78/79^[8]
Consoles + (FR)	93	№93, p90/91
Computer & Video Games (UK)	100	№215, p66/67^[9]
DC-UK (UK)	90	№2, p11-15^[10]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK)	80	№1, p72/73^[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP)	80	№1999-08, p18Media:DCM_JP_19990305_1999-08.pdf^[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (readers) (JP)	86	№, p34^[13]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)	92	№1, p74-76^[11]
Edge (UK)	90	№70, p70/71^[14]
Weekly Famitsu (JP)	85	№533, p35
GamesMaster (UK)	91
MAN!AC (DE)	89	№1999-05, p44/45^[15]
MAN!AC (DE)	88	№1999-11, p102^[16]
Next Generation (US)	100
neXt Level (DE)	85	№5/99, p43^[17]
Player One (FR)	83	№101, p78-80^[18]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)	80	№1, p42^[5]
Video Games (DE)	100	№4/99, p32/33^[19]
Video Games (DE)	85	№10/99 Supplement, p5^[20]

	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

References

[:File:DCM_JP_20000526_2000-18.pdf_p151-1] File:DCM_JP_20000526_2000-18.pdf, page 151

[Press_release:_1999-09-02:_Sega_Dreamcast_Launch_Titles_and_Peripherals-2] Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals

[:File:CVG_UK_215.pdf_p67-3] File:CVG UK 215.pdf, page 67

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_03.pdf_p7-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 03.pdf, page 7

[:File:ROD_ES_01.pdf_p42-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:ROD ES 01.pdf, page 42

[:File:Hyper_AU_071.pdf_p34-6] File:Hyper AU 071.pdf, page 34

[:File:Arcade_UK_06.pdf_p118-7] File:Arcade UK 06.pdf, page 118

[:File:Arcade_UK_12.pdf_p78-8] File:Arcade UK 12.pdf, page 78

[:File:CVG_UK_215.pdf_p66-9] File:CVG UK 215.pdf, page 66

[:File:DCUK_02.pdf_p11-10] File:DCUK 02.pdf, page 11

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_01.pdf_p72-11] 11.0 ^11.1 File:DreamcastMonthly UK 01.pdf, page 72

[:File:DCM_JP_19990305_1999-08.pdf_p18-12] File:DCM_JP_19990305_1999-08.pdf, page 18

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-13] File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 34

[:File:Edge_UK_070.pdf_p70-14] File:Edge UK 070.pdf, page 70

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1999-05.pdf_p44-15] File:MAN!AC DE 1999-05.pdf, page 44

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1999-11.pdf_p86-16] File:MAN!AC DE 1999-11.pdf, page 86

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1999-05.pdf_p43-17] File:NextLevel DE 1999-05.pdf, page 43

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_101.pdf_p78-18] File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf, page 78

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1999-04.pdf_p32-19] File:VideoGames DE 1999-04.pdf, page 32

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1999-10_-Suppliment.pdf_p5-20] File:VideoGames DE 1999-10 -Suppliment.pdf, page 5

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