What is Star Gladiator

What is Star Gladiator? Star Wars Street Fighter? Yes, that is exactly what it is. This game was Capcoms first attempt at making a 3-D fighting game. Was the game a success or an epic flop? Or was it somewhere in between?

[@tatsujohnson2796]

This game had some cool characters. Brings back some childhood memories. The soundtrack was great also.

[@shoyoucan6467]

Really cool characters, and I loved the soundtrack

[@allcapcomeverything3866]

I never quite understood why Plasma Sword and Tech Romancer both ended up being ported to Dreamcast, even though the arcade board they were on was a Sony board that had the specs of the Playstation, but with more RAM. I think if Plasma Sword was ported to PSX it would have fared a little better. The game came out in arcades in spring of 1998, so the DC wasn't quite out yet. It took Capcom over a year to port Plasma Sword. Like...closer to two years. I understand they needed more DC exclusives, but that was just weird

[@shoyoucan6467]

I agree. Also did not help that the Dreamcast was essentially a dead system walking. I like Plasma Sword but for some reason I prefer the first one even though its slower.

[@heardofrvb]

Plasma Sword is the sequel, known in Japan as Star Gladiator 2

[@rastafari2k3]

Lol I played this game before I knew what star wars even was. Tried to remember what the game I played as a kid was actually called. Finally figured it out xd

[@tomsimpson357]

Love it when that happens

[@tomsimpson357]

Did this come out before dark rift on n64? Very similar vibes, might just be the armed melee early 3d fighter feel, this looks faster though.

[@heardofrvb]

Just letting you know Plasma Sword is the sequel on the Dreamcast, known in Japan as Star Gladiator 2

[@shoyoucan6467]

I got you. I feel like I saw that title on the Japanese version of the 1st-star gladiator as well. Either way thanks and noted.

[@Solbankai66]

That would make sense why rival schools came into existence it was because this game was one of the first to come into their mind before rival schools

[@gc3k]

To this day, there isn't a better-quality fighting game series with a space-age theme than Star Gladiator+Plasma Sword. Unless you count arena combat like Virtual-On and Gundam EXVS

[@aquarpioleonine3995]

I LOVED this game when it came out I never lost no matter who I played as. Great one lost to obscurity

[@GarnetDust24]

I really liked June and Elle’s design

[@inkmage4084]

This game (largely the music) was a massive influence on a comic my brother and I were doing, which later became a game way back in high school. Gameplay-wise the first game was more like a little RPG, Chrono Trigger style.. No time travel, just travel to different planets (3). But we went more with the brawler type Guardian Heroes style, currently redoing both may want to go with the Guilty Gear style graphically as it may fit more with the comic.

[@shoyoucan6467]

Wow sounds pretty interesting. What was the game called?

[@inkmage4084]

@@shoyoucan6467 We had called it "Armament of Volition". It was heavily inspired by the stories and characters my brother and I would create as kids and pretend the car was a spaceship, traveling to different worlds going on adventures lol. Both Star Wars and Star Gladiator were huge influences (so was Heavy Metal), in fact one of the characters recruited in prison, goes by the moniker of "Star Gladiator", as the main character's is "Star Viking" lol.

[@shoyoucan6467]

@@inkmage4084 Yo that's sounds really cool and creative

[@inkmage4084]

@@shoyoucan6467 Thanks! And also for doing this video, it was awesome as hell and helped a lot remembering this stuff.

[@shoyoucan6467]

@@inkmage4084 No problem and thank you. That means a lot to me that you enjoyed it.

[@user-su1gi7ee9e]

Capcom didn’t make Street Fighter ex they only published it.

[@MrMastaPlanna]

This series along with Red Earth shoulda been imo a beat em up

[@shoyoucan6467]

Hmmm, interesting. I can see that with Red earth for sure but never thought about it on Star Gladiator.

[@MrMastaPlanna]

@@shoyoucan6467 Well maybe not this series. I liked Plasma Sword when I rented it for Dreamcast compared to the first game and that awful Star Wars fg on the first Playstation

[@shoyoucan6467]

@@MrMastaPlanna Oh god that star wars game was soo bad on PlayStation. Yeah I enjoyed plasma sword as well

[@jimrizzy]

now imagine if they did a star gladiator vs soul calibur game that would have been real cool.... but meh bandai namco and capcom really be sleeping on these games

[@shoyoucan6467]

Wow, I never thought of those two battling it out. Very interesting idea and in a weird way could actually work

[@bebopganymede]

Yeah that fits too well ​@@shoyoucan6467