Power Stone

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Power Stone
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom, Eidos (EU)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Action

















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






















Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-1201M
Sega Dreamcast
US
T-1201N
Sega Dreamcast
EU
T-36801D-50
Sega Dreamcast
ES/UK/IT
T-36801D-61
Sega Dreamcast
DE/FR/UK
T-36801D-64
Sega Dreamcast
AU
$99.9599.95[6]

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 [7]
100 №12, p78/79[8]
93 №93, p90/91
100 [9]
90 [10]
80 [11]
80 №1999-08, p18[12]
86 №, p34[13]
92 [14]
90 [15]
85 №533, p35
91
89 №1999-05, p44/45[16]
88 №1999-11, p102[17]
100
85 №5/99, p43[18]
83 [19]
80 [5]
100 №4/99, p32/33[20]
85 №10/99 Supplement, p5[21]
Sega Dreamcast
90
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
70
[22]
Ação Games (BR)
93
[23]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[24]
Arcade (UK) PAL
100
[8]
BGamer (PT)
93
[25]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
93
[26]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[27]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC-J
80
[28]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[29]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[30]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) PAL
75
[31]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[32]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
92
[33]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
86
[13]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
95
[34]
Dreamzone (FR) PAL
90
[35]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
90
[36]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
75
[37]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
80
[38]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
85
[39]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
91
[40]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[41]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
78
[42]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
83
[43]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
91
[44]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
89
[16]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[45]
Man!ak (PL)
80
[46]
Man!ak (PL)
82
[47]
Mega Console (IT) NTSC-J
90
[48]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[49]
Neo Plus (PL)
70
[50]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[51]
neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J
85
[18]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[52]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
80
[53]
Player One (FR)
83
[54]
Playmag (FR) PAL
70
[55]
PSX Extreme (PL)
73
[56]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
80
[5]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-J
87
[57]
Strana Igr (RU)
85
[58]
Strana Igr (RU)
78
[59]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
90
[60]
Video Games (DE) PAL
95
[61]
Sega Dreamcast
86
Based on
45 reviews

Power Stone

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
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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, JP
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Cover

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. File:DCM_JP_20000526_2000-18.pdf, page 151
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 7
  3. File:CVG UK 215.pdf, page 67
  4. Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 42
  6. File:Hyper AU 071.pdf, page 34
  7. Arcade, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-08), page 116/117 (118)
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:Arcade UK 12.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 12.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  9. Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 66/67 (66)
  10. DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 11-15 (11)
  11. Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 72/73 (72)
  12. File:DCM_JP_19990305_1999-08.pdf, page 18
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  14. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 74-76 (72)
  15. Edge, "April 1999" (UK; 1999-03-23), page 70/71 (70)
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1999-05.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1999-05.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
  17. File:MAN!AC DE 1999-11.pdf, page 86
  18. 18.0 18.1 File:NextLevel DE 1999-05.pdf, page 43 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextLevel DE 1999-05.pdf_p43" defined multiple times with different content
  19. Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 78-80 (78)
  20. File:VideoGames DE 1999-04.pdf, page 32
  21. File:VideoGames DE 1999-10 -Suppliment.pdf, page 5
  22. 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
  23. Ação Games, "Abril 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 21
  24. Arcade, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-08), page 118
  25. BGamer, "Dezembro 1999" (PT; 1999-1x-xx), page 110
  26. Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  27. Computer & Video Games, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-15), page 66
  28. Dreamcast Monthly, "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 72
  29. DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 10
  30. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  31. Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-11-11), page 32
  32. Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-08 (1999-03-05)" (JP; 1999-02-19), page 18
  33. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 74
  34. Dreamzone, "Avril-Juin 1999" (FR; 1999-04-15), page 75
  35. Dreamzone, "Decembre 1999" (FR; 1999-11-16), page 93
  36. Edge, "April 1999" (UK; 1999-03-23), page 70
  37. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 214
  38. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 157
  39. Famitsu, "1999-03-05" (JP; 1999-02-19), page 35
  40. GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 9: September 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 19
  41. GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 136
  42. Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 68
  43. Gamers' Republic, "May 1999" (US; 1999-04-15), page 82
  44. Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 31
  45. MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 102
  46. Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 54
  47. Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 74
  48. Mega Console, "Aprile 1999" (IT; 1999-0x-xx), page 60
  49. Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 84
  50. Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
  51. Next Generation, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-17), page 84
  52. neXt Level, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-10-08), page 38
  53. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 74
  54. Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 78
  55. Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 98
  56. PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
  57. Sega Magazin, "Mai 1999" (DE; 1999-04-01), page 16
  58. Strana Igr, "Aprel 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 47
  59. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 20
  60. Total Control, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-16), page 118
  61. 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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Prototypes: 1999-07-15