POWER STONE: The Complete History | Dreamcast history essay
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Here is a deep dive look into the history, the making and the legacy behind Capcom's forgotten fighter series POWER STONE
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In the final days of the SEGA Saturn, SEGA was getting ready to release their final ever console... THE DREAMCAST! and we all know how that ended up.
However, it's easy to forget just how great the DREAMCAST's launch was. A truly monumental moment in gaming history helped in part by the legendary short-lived game series POWER STONE!
In this video, I take you back to that time to try and work out why CAPCOM seems to have completely forgotten about this beloved franchise.
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I have some great memories playing Power Stone 1 & 2 with my HS friends back in the late 90's and early 00's. I was the only one in our circle who had a Dreamcast, so that's what everyone wanted to do when we hung at my place. We absolutely loved it.
The Power Stone 2 disc has been in my Dreamcast for over a decade. If I play my Dreamcast with friends, it's Powerstone and only Powerstone.
_"This game lives in my Dreamcast. And not because I lost the box!"_
First game i bought for my dreamcast back in 99. The game was and still is awesome. Ohh i miss dreamcast days. Underrated system.
I pre-ordered a Dreamcast and had a blast! No one can take that away from us
Such an incredible system
Same - I was 13, preordered a Dreamcast, saved any money I got for about half a year, got my dad to take me to the local game shop for the midnight launch... and they hadn't had their shipment of Sonic Adventure yet - the one launch game I was really looking forward to!
Could have been a disaster, but I picked up this "Power Stone" thing that I'd never heard of and ended up playing it absolutely to death. Love the game to this day!
Anyone actually under rating it? It died early, but it was mostly bad business decisions post Mega Drive that hurt it the most, and it was too little too late.
Bought mine day 1 from Woolworths. It included a blow up armchair and an Enrique Iglesias single. I kid you not.
Got to say, I'm very happy to see you talk about this series! Definitely one of the most underrated Capcom franchises of all, and one that desperately needs a sequel (or at least, a HD remake on modern consoles) and some representation in the _Capcom VS._ line. I used to main Ayame (best girl!), myself!
I'm so happy to talk about it too. One of my absolute favs for sure
Here's hoping that we get a Capcom 3D Fighting collection that includes Power Stone 1 and 2! That would be very nice...
Fingers crossed!
I'm such a Power Stone freak that i unlocked the First Person mode and knew all the levels better than the back of my hand that it was no problem playing and beating it in that mode countless times. in my top three fighters of all time : )
Are you enough of a Power Stone freak to play the game? Install Fightcade and come play it online.
Hahaha I remember that back in the day
♪Power Stone! (Power Stone!) / Holds the answer / Power Stone will set you free! (Power Stone will set you free) ♪
My local arcade had Power Stone 2 in the 2000s, it was one of my favorite games to play there growing up
I have yet to see a cabinet for either Power Stone game ever since
Same - there was a Powerstone cab in an arcade near my house for about a year and a half. Poof. Never seen one again.
Oh, damn… back at it with tugging on my nostalgic heartstrings.
I have a history with this game. Late teens, one of the few games my parents got for me, and they knew nothing about the franchise. I spent SO many hours mastering this game, and introducing it to the rest of the family.
Ahhhh that's awesome. Thanks for the comment. I remember pumping loads of time into this one with my sisters too
I remember wanting a Dreamcast specifically because of Power Stone. It seemed so cool and such a great compliment to the frantic gameplay of Smash Bros on the N64!
But I never did buy a DC as at that time I had a TON of life firsts that ate up all my spare money until after the console had been discontinued. Little things like getting married, buying my first house, buying my first & only brand new car (after driving various beaters for several years,) and having my first child all happened in between the time the DC was first released and when it was discontinued.
I mean... Those are worthy excuses tbf :)
When I think of Power Stone, I think of #2 because the multiplayer seems essential and what makes it a blast!
Yeah, it's a great party game
I loved these 2 games. Wish they would have been more popular, I'd love to have seen a third entry.
Same here. Crazy that they are not releasing them on newer systems
On the psp they did both
@@skimmaster5000 I'm aware. PSP is not considered a newer system though.
I remember Rouge was considered for both Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Yup! Personally, I'd love to see Rouge and Ayame appear together in one of the future _Capcom VS._ games.
I remember this too. The history of Capcom is littered with teases to this franchise
Capcom needs to revisit this franchise again, this and Darkstalkers and Rival Schools and Breath of Fire, etc.
Yeah, they got a lot in the catalogue
Capcom needs to re-release this for current-gen consoles. I can't even get my psp running again.
It's on Fightcade. You can play online for free.
It would be perfect for newer systems
@@slopesgameroom Ya, a port of that collection but on actual consoles that can do local play would be great.
It's still pretty affordable to get a psp and with current custom firmware it's easier than ever to play the games with no disc lol
@@RemoWilliams1227 I still have my psp, it's getting a working battery that's problematic
Cannon spike would be an interesting dive to do being it's gameplay mechanics are similar to Power Stone.
Underrated classic you should cover more fighters
Power Stone 2 re-released as an online game would whip ass. I'd never be off it.
Sometimes I forget that you are a DJ. And then you remind me with that smooth intro with the old Capcom sound. That was sweet 👌
Hahaha cheers mate, I spent a silly amount of time finding the right track for that and getting the levels just right
I used to play this a lot on the Dreamcast with my brother back in the day. Good memories.
Absolutely love Power Stone. Best 3D fighter for sure. I really want a sequel to this and Bloody Roar more than another MK or SF.
Good info in this video.
I bought a Sega Dreamcast with my1st pay check.
So Dreamcast titles like Power Stone have a special place in my heart.
That's awesome, cheers bud
I hope you do Tech Romancer after this video about The Power Stones
Dreamcast to this day is the only console I ever bought on Launch day 9/9/99. My first games were Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur and House of the Dead 2. I later bought Tony Hawk 1, Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Worms: Armageddon, Chu Chu Rocket, Space Channel 5, Virtua Tennis and Seaman. I also had the "Gleem" Disc that let you play PS1 game Gran Turismo disc with hi-def graphics. That was the sickest collection of games I'd ever bought for one console. I did get a couple duds one was Dreamcasts first RPG "Evolution" which was trash. Also another Survival horror game called Blue Stinger which was garbage. I'm sure I'm missing about 5 or 6 more games I just forgot over the years but Dreamcast lineup was spectacular. PS2 bullshit hype killed Sega and it's tragic for gamers.
It really did have an incredible collection
Sounds like Power Stone 2 was to Power Stone what Guilty Gear Isuka was to Guilty Gear XX. Maybe the developers should've designed the game emphasizing 2-on-2 team battles, supporting both competitive and cooperative play.
10:47 The "Great Chicago Fire" is just another summer to us present day southern Californians. Not sure if California's Fire season (we have three seasons these days, Spring, Fire and Colder Spring. We used to also have Hurricane between Colder Spring and Spring but that seems to no longer be a thing, least not here in LA) was a thing back then though.
Great job on this! I love Power Stone! These games also have a hidden widescreen mode using original Dreamcast hardware which is nice for the 4 player mode if anyone wants to have a party with them in 2024 on your 16:9 screen in full glory!
It's my favorite fighter and I've been looking for a game that catches the magic of the first game. Still got my 2 power stone games, with tech romancer and project justice. Love both games, for different reasons. Hopefully we will be seeing a collection soon!
First time I knew about power stone was an back ad in tips and tricks magazine codebook. Full page ad. Saw the Capcom logo and instantly knew it was going to be a classic.
Very cool!
My fav Dreamcast game
I still say "Oh NO!" without a reason. Nobody gets my reference but I do and that's all that matters
Power Stone 1 is basically SF2 in 3D with it's own 8 world warriors. Since SF4, I really wanted a sequel or a remaster, its one of the best Dreamcast games to me.
Since Capcom has ported near every arcade game or playable, I'm holding out hope for a 3D arcade collection or whatever because this, Rival Schools and Star Gladiator are still missing and never been ported for a long time. If they were generous on porting near every Darkstalkers game why not those?
Couldn't agree more. I always wonder if nostalgia gets in the way of a good game... But that's not the case here. Power Stone is still excellent fun, I couldn't stop playing whilst making this video
One of the weirdest things is Capcom never brought any of the characters into Marvel vs Capcom.
I wonder if you'll talk about the past acquisitions from Infogrames/Atari, including the Intellivision brand (they didn’t scoop up the Amico though)
It would be cool if you did a video on Techromancer another underated Capcom title on the Dreamcast.
In the video you say power stone got 3 buttons, jump, punch and kick. I'm pretty sure it has 4 buttons, jump, punch, kick and grab.
6:02 Well that was pretty much par the course for Sega. The Triforce even has modified Gamecube hardware and ultimately they just started sticking entire computers with the operating systems locked down by 2-factor USB keys (in such a manner that only one game could run on a normal boot up and nothing else, not sure how exactly it works) into arcade cabinets.
Absolutely fantastic arena fighter game series!
Man I miss these games❤ kids these days dont know how good the 80s & 90s games were. They probably didnt have advanced graphics like games nowadays but they made us appreciate the simple & clean games...I wish games wouldve stayed like this
Surface of SR388 makes the ending epic AF.
Finally! Been waiting for this one 🤘😆
Same here mate, was super fun exploring this bad boy
Capcom forgot a lot of things too busy remaking and re-imagining their Resident Evil.
7:30-7:40 [bonks Arthur with a soda can, causing Arthur's armor to fall off]
I really hope for another Power Stone game (especially a possible remake), but we'll never know for sure. This series and Smash Bros are my favorite platform fighters in the late-90s.
Rouge was scrapped as playable character in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom & Marvel vs. Capcom 3 respectively. Three characters had cameos in different games like Falcon & Rouge in desert and London stages of CvS2, Rouge & Ayame in Felicia's ending of CFE/J and Rouge alone in Felicia's ending of MvC3. And Ed. Falcon had two guest costumes in Dead Rising 3 or 4 and SFV respectively.
Then again, Power Stone still needs to return after many years ago especially some of my characters/mains like Ed. Falcon, Rouge, Accel and (my girl) Ayame that I wanted to see again.
Great video btw.
Still got my physical Dreamcast copy of the first game, wish I would have held onto my PSP collection though and/or gotten a copy of Power Stone 2 for Dreamcast before the price shot way up.
I bought it on the PS store for a few bucks when the store was closing I believe it let me download to the PS3 and vita…
I use to rent Power Stone 1 & 2 alot on Dreamcast. Unfortunately I never bought it.
2:35 Wait, WHAT?!
10:48 An... Alternate version of the 19th century.
I play BOTH games! Each stand out in their own way.
I agree mate
Power Stone is one of the most fun fighting games ever made. We need a Power Stone Collection Remastered, not remake
It really is so much fun
Great fond memories, didn't buy it at launch (I had only money enough for Soul Calibur and Sonic), but played it on the DC demo disc...then got power stone 1 and 2. 🙌
great video i was gona play this yesterday now u did a video on it lol awesome man
Ahhhh that's awesome thanks mate
I wish they'd port the PowerStone collection to modern consoles. I spent so much time playing the first one with my roommates in college on my Dreamcast but to this date, the most recent release was the PSP collection :(
Reasons why we haven't had another Power Stone:
Monster Hunter
Resident Evil
Devil May Cry
Street Fighter
Even getting a new Mega Man game out of Capcom is difficult.
Is this the series that had an antagonist called Valgas? For a long time I thought they were mispronouncing (or Japanese alternative-pronouncing)the name of Vargas from Final Fantasy VI, y'know the one you take out with a fighting game input combo?
Anyway, whoooa it must have been quite the scavenger hunt for you! And I'm shocked that even still information was pretty scarce! I'd have searched whatever I could have from my old gaming magazines in LA Spanish, except, well... I'm pretty sure I didn't even know the Dreamcast existed, and I've already given away all my non-Club Nintendo ones, sorry. Still, I think you gave an amazingly detailed rundown of its rise and fall, thanks for another grand video, DJ Slopes!
Looking at the comments, I’m seeing a lot of people proclaiming how the second game is better than the first as if it’s some kind of hot take. It isn’t. Most people feel this way and although I don’t agree with this assessment, it’s completely understandable. PS2 Added a lot of cool features such as the set piece filled stages, hundreds of new weapons and items, new characters, and most importantly, four player mayhem! Make no mistake Power Stone 2 is one of the greatest games of its kind. All that said, I still prefer the first game over the second for one simple reason: it just plays better. I feel that the moment to moment gameplay in the first game is faster, more complex, and more satisfying than the second game. In the second game, everyone runs much slower and the moveset of every character has been stripped down to the bare essentials. In PS1 characters could combine their punches and kicks into a variety of combos, as well as perform unique throw animations both on the ground and in the air. Each character also had access to an overpowered dive kick maneuver. In PS2 all of these techniques were removed except for the throws, which can now only be performed with a partner helping you. The more homogeneous characters and stripped down movesets made PS2 feel more like a party game than a fighting game. I can understand why they may have felt they needed to slow the game down to make way for the bigger stages and 4 player action. But I don’t get why they removed the character specific moves. If PS2 played just like PS1, but with all the new items, characters, stages, plus the 4 players, (and maybe a nerfed dive kick)I think it would’ve been the perfect game. As it is, PS1 edges it out by virtue of the gameplay alone. But that’s just my personal preference. I totally get why people love the second game more, but I will always be a champion for the first. To this day, no other game makes me feel like it does.
The Armored Warriors series would be an interesting one to cover.
I got it as a pack in
Absolutely mind-blowing.
Great pack I
Great video brother.
People loved this game at parties I brought my DC to. My college roomie and I played several PS scenario battles. Love this little series.
Porting the Power Stone collection to the PSP instead of the GameCube and PS2 was so foolish
A GameCube release seems soooooo obvious
Powerstone is pretty much the only fighter i ever enjoyed playing.. Shame there wasnt more of them
Powerstone 2 was the most played game in our office at one point.. 4 player funness!
Yeah, besides earlier mortal Kombat games and the 1st soul calibur. this is the fighter I put the most amount of effort into
@@slopesgameroom that weird as I kinda enjoyed the first SC too.. maybe we are both fans of fighting games which aren’t for hard core fighting types? Perhaps not though, as I’ve tried to like smash bros, and hate that too.
Some of these IPs might come back. I've heard that Itsuno himself would like to make a third and final installment of Rival Schools, to give the series a proper ending. Who knows? He's now busy with updates and patches on Dragon's Dogma 2.
F-yeah, i loved rival schools!
Rival Schools with all the school sim elements that it contained in the Japanese home releases could be popular worldwide now. Persona has worldwide appeal now
@@robbyrobot3303 If a new Rival Schools game was to be made, that'd probably be the way to do it. Persona, but fighting. Plus the school/life sim mode.
8:44 ...Wait WHAT?! Japan always gets the cool stuff. Shame it was underulitized though. From what I read it was a key feature of the Virtual On arcade game where you could use a Dreamcast disk to customize a robot, not Dynamite Baseball though?
The game that made me buy a dreamcast. Still play it with friends. It really needs a switch release. I’d pay $200 to own a physical switch copy.
Power Stone 2 is my favourite sequel to this gem! 💎
I seem to remember you mentionning it on patreon.
I got a Dreamcast for Christmas in 2002 when the used PlayStation 2 I got originally refused to work. I had a friend who knew how to play burnt/bootleg games for the Dreamcast. I played powerstone and marvel v. Capcom 2 for the first time. I only feel slightly guilty.
Its still a Travesty that Ed Falcon wasn't included in MvC Infinite. Ed Falcon using a Power Stone (one of the Infinity stones) just writes itself. Siiiiigghhhhh smh
I love power stone 1 and 2 need a 3 when the dreamcast came out I bought it on the day of and all the games too still owned them but I play them all on my computer now using a ps4 controller
The entire reason I wanted to get into game development was to make a spiritual successor to this game.
Bro, how can you make a game set in our time sound so old?!
It's older than SpongeBob SquarePants :D
16:18 Ah yes, who could forget the Ancient Egyptian Egg Walker (Tails' final boss in Sonic Adventure, not the smaller one in SA2) in the game where you collect chaos emeralds?
I jest but come on!
I wasn’t (and still not) interested in fighter games, but Powerstone 1 & 2 were my go to game for Dreamcast. Especially Powerstone 2 which really ramped things up.
Kind of wish there was a Powerstone 3. I can only imagine how awesome that would look. …..or bad considering the current state of games are 😒
Used to love games like this, Spawn In The Demon's Hand & Virtual-On.
Since we're talking arena fighters, i feel i need to mention Mighty Fight Federation, its a solid indie arena fighter that has been getting updates and characters brought in since release, including guest appearences from Yooka and Laylee as well as Kunio and Riki from River City Ransom. I havent played it in a while but i hope the online community is still alive
I love Power Stone 2. Played it soooo much. Part one was cool too, but I prefer the sequel by far.
I Love Power Stone! My Dreamcast was exhausted with Power Stone and Project Justice but sadly Capcom is on the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil business. Look at Mega Man dead again even if Mega Man 11 became the highest selling Mega Man game ever.
Soul Caliber on SEGA Dreamcast is the best 3D fighter
I pumped soooooo many hours into that
The best KOF came out in 1996.
It's the most influential one.
This couldve been a great rival to super smash brothers. Fighter megamix, capcom vs marvel/marvel super heroes and king of fighters paved the way for super smash brothers, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and powerstone.
Third strike and mark of the wolves were the 2 best imo.
Man these games was fun back then, I wish games stayed how they was & didnt get as advanced like games nowadays...I miss the SIMPLE & CLEAN games❤❤❤❤❤❤
Power Stone was really fun and I wish Capcom would at least re-release both games for modern systems. Maybe release a 3D Fighting Collection.
Thats the dream
It never fails to amaze me that there is a whole region of people who say “FREEDEE” instead of 3D
Not to mention “SAYGER” instead of SEGA
Wonder if they might explore this 3D style in the next version of SSB.
Didn't hear my name on this one, guess it released after I had to reduce my monthly support due to being laid off. Either way, I'm glad for the time I was able to support at more than I can currently, but will continue to share your content to everyone I know that is into this.
The only Power Stone game I got to play was Billy & Mandy on Nintendo Gamecube.
Would love to see another Power stone for modern consoles….and a Maximo collection …but I doubt it will happen, Capcom already has enough successful titles and doesn’t look twice at theses old gems 😔
Still hoping for some kind of PC port.. Not even asking for some kind of online mode, but I'd love to be able to play this on my laptop now.
We need a PS collection for modern platforms with online play
they need to bring back powerstone 1 and 2 and remaster them or at least re-release them
Wasn't this going to include new unseen information? Is that going to be in part 2?
I remember this game
Funny I was looking into getting these games recently as I just got a Dreamcast (probably my favorite console already) question is should I get Power Stone 1 or 2? 🤔 I’m leaning towards the sequel.
Depends on what you think you're going to enjoy more.
The original is a more tightly designed package that has more fleshed out mechanics, whereas the sequel went all in on spectacle and added lots of unlockable items but the actual hand to hand stuff is much less developed (for example, there are no unique throws in PS2 and you can only pick up the opponent and throw them. The special attacks in the powered up form are also more of a mixed bag because a lot of the flair that they had in the original is gone and some of the returning characters' super moves are much less fun to use as a result. The new characters are built for the new style of gameplay and it really shows in how much more creative their powered up move sets and appearances are, relative to the returning cast)
To be clear: PS2 is the game I ended up playing more of because the item unlocks and general craziness were really compelling, but I do kind of wish that it played more like PS1
Emulation exists. You can play them in high quality with any controller / controls you want, online with rollback netcode, for free, on Fightcade.
great video, got some serious bbc news vibe LOL
Best game ever
You could overclock a modded PSP while running this game to get near perfect emulation versus the atrocious framerate the official release of it ran at. I still wait for another one maybe before I friggin die.
O wow, that's cool
Edward falcon will be in marvel vs Capcom 4
We need Capcom Stadium Vol 3 Noami San. Please capcom make Capcom Stadium Vol 3 Noami with Marvel vs Capcom 2, Cannon Spike, Heavy Metal Geomatrix, Project Justice, Spawn, Capcom Vs. SNK : Millennium Fight 2000 and Gigawing 2
16:20 is that supposed to be ironic?!