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Power Stone
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom
Sega Dreamcast
Eidos Interactive (EU)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Fighting Drama/Taisen Katsugeki (対戦活劇)[1], 3D Fighting Action/3D Taisen Action (3Ｄ対戦アクション)[2], Action[3]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI)
JP		 ¥? 841-0001C






















Sega Dreamcast
JP 		¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e[2] T-1201M
Sega Dreamcast
US 		T-1201N
ESRB: Teen
Sega Dreamcast
DE 		T-36801D-64
USK: 12
Sega Dreamcast
ES 		8,490Ptas8,490[9] T-36801D-61
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
FR 		T-36801D-64
SELL: 12+
Sega Dreamcast
UK 		£39.9939.99[7][8] T-36801D-64
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
ES/UK/IT 		T-36801D-61
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
DE/FR/UK 		T-36801D-64
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
AU 		$99.9599.95[10] FPOW11DCS
OFLC: M15

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
Power Stone NAOMI JP Cart Back.jpgPower Stone NAOMI JP Cart Front.jpg
Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 [11]
100 [12]
93 №93, p90/91
100 [13]
90 [14]
80 [15]
80 [16]
86 [17]
92 [18]
90 [19]
85 №533, p35
91
89 [20]
88 [21]
100
85 [22]
83 [23]
80 [9]
100 [24]
85 №10/99 Supplement, p5[25]
Sega Dreamcast
 90
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
70
[26]
Ação Games (BR)
93
[27]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[28]
Arcade (UK) PAL
100
[29]
BGamer (PT)
93
[30]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
93
[31]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[32]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC-J
80
[33]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[34]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[35]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) PAL
75
[36]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[16]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
92
[37]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
86
[17]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
95
[38]
Dreamzone (FR) PAL
90
[39]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
90
[40]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
75
[41]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
80
[42]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
85
[43]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
91
[44]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[45]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
78
[46]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
83
[47]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
91
[48]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
89
[49]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[50]
Man!ak (PL)
80
[51]
Man!ak (PL)
82
[52]
Mega Console (IT) NTSC-J
90
[53]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[54]
Neo Plus (PL)
70
[55]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[56]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
85
[22]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[57]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
80
[58]
Player One (FR)
83
[59]
Playmag (FR) PAL
70
[60]
PSX Extreme (PL)
73
[61]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
80
[9]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
87
[62]
Strana Igr (RU)
85
[63]
Strana Igr (RU)
78
[64]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
90
[65]
Video Games (DE) PAL
95
[66]
Sega Dreamcast
 86
Based on
45 reviews

Power Stone

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
PowerStone DC JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Powerstone dc jp disc.png
Disc
Dreamcast, US
PowerStone DC US Box Back.jpgPowerStone DC US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PowerStone DC US Disc.jpg
Disc
PowerStoneDCUSInlay.jpg
Inlay
Dreamcast, UK/FR/DE
Powerstone dc enfrde backcover.jpgPowerStone DC EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
PowerStone DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, UK/IT/ES
Powerstone dc enites backcover.jpgPowerStone DC EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
PowerStone DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, AU
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Cover
PowerStone DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1999-07-15 Page

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. ↑ File:Powerstone dc jp backcover.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/981203/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-02 17:58)
  3. ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
  4. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-18 (2000-05-26)" (JP; 2000-05-12), page 151
  5. ↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
  6. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 7
  7. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 67
  8. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 75
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 42
  10. ↑ Hyper, "September 1999" (AU; 1999-xx-xx), page 34
  11. ↑ Arcade, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-08), page 116/117 (118)
  12. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 78/79 (78)
  13. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 66/67 (66)
  14. ↑ DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 11-15 (11)
  15. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 72/73 (72)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-08 (1999-03-05)" (JP; 1999-02-19), page 18
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  18. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 74-76 (72)
  19. ↑ Edge, "April 1999" (UK; 1999-03-23), page 70/71 (70)
  20. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/99" (DE; 1999-04-07), page 44/45 (44)
  21. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 102 (86)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 neXt Level, "Mai 1999" (DE; 1999-04-16), page 43
  23. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 78-80 (78)
  24. ↑ Video Games, "4/99" (DE; 1999-0x-xx), page 32/33 (32)
  25. ↑ File:VideoGames DE 1999-10 -Suppliment.pdf, page 5
  26. ↑ 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
  27. ↑ Ação Games, "Abril 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 21
  28. ↑ Arcade, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-08), page 118
  29. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 78
  30. ↑ BGamer, "Dezembro 1999" (PT; 1999-1x-xx), page 110
  31. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  32. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 66
  33. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 72
  34. ↑ DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 10
  35. ↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  36. ↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-11-11), page 32
  37. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 74
  38. ↑ Dreamzone, "Avril-Juin 1999" (FR; 1999-04-15), page 75
  39. ↑ Dreamzone, "Decembre 1999" (FR; 1999-11-16), page 93
  40. ↑ Edge, "April 1999" (UK; 1999-03-23), page 70
  41. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 214
  42. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 157
  43. ↑ Famitsu, "1999-03-05" (JP; 1999-02-19), page 35
  44. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 9: September 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 19
  45. ↑ GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 136
  46. ↑ Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 68
  47. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "May 1999" (US; 1999-04-15), page 82
  48. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 31
  49. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/99" (DE; 1999-04-07), page 44
  50. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 102
  51. ↑ Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 54
  52. ↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 74
  53. ↑ Mega Console, "Aprile 1999" (IT; 1999-0x-xx), page 60
  54. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 84
  55. ↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
  56. ↑ Next Generation, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-17), page 84
  57. ↑ neXt Level, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-10-08), page 38
  58. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 74
  59. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 78
  60. ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 98
  61. ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
  62. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1999" (DE; 1999-04-01), page 16
  63. ↑ Strana Igr, "Aprel 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 47
  64. ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 20
  65. ↑ Total Control, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-16), page 118
  66. ↑ Video Games, "10/99 It's Dreamcast Time supplement" (DE; 1999-09-22), page 5


Power Stone

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Books: Power Stone Koushiki Guide Book (1999) | Power Stone Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (1999) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Power Stone (1999)

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