X-Kaliber 2097

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X-Kaliber 2097
X-Kaliber 2097 Coverart.png
North American cover art
Developer(s) Fupac
Winds
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)
Platform(s) Super NES
Release
  • JP: February 11, 1994
  • NA: February 1994
  • EU: December 1994
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

X-Kaliber 2097 [lower-alpha 1] is a 1994 action game published by Activision for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. [1] It was co-developed by the Japanese studios Fupac and Winds.

Contents

The game takes place in the near-anarchic future of the year 2097, in which the world's economy has been devastated, governments have collapsed, and organized crime has gained dramatic influence. In X-Kaliber 2097, the player guides a swordsman named Slash through a side-scrolling environment. Boss encounters take place as one-on-one matches in the style of versus fighting games.

Soundtrack

Gameplay screenshot. SNES X-Kaliber 2097 (Sword Maniac).png
Gameplay screenshot.

X-Kaliber 2097's American soundtrack features tracks by electronic/industrial music group Psykosonik and arranged for Activision by Ali Lexa. Psykosonik's soundtrack became a prominent part of the game's marketing, and was often plugged in marketing blurbs. [2] The soundtrack is also mentioned on the game packaging, and has its own section in the game manual.

The Japanese version features music by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Hayato Matsuo, as well as a completely different storyline and script (with different names for every character) compared to the ones that were given in the English localization of the game.

Reception

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in Japan as Sword Maniac (Japanese: ソード・マニアック, Hepburn: Sōdo Maniakku)
  2. ↑ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review, three critics scored X-Kaliber 2097 6/10, two 7/10. [5]
  3. ↑ Nintendo Power scored X-Kaliber 2097 4/5 for theme/fun, 3.8/5 for graphics/sound, 3.5/5 for play control, and 3.4/5 for challenge. [7]

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