Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Dreamcast
Director(s)Yoichiro Ikeda
Takayoshi Terada
Producer(s)Noritaka Funamizu
Koji Nakajima
Artist(s)Bengus
Composer(s)Tetsuya Shibata
Takayuki Iwai
SeriesStar Gladiator
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: March 1998
  • WW: 1998
Dreamcast
  • JP: December 9, 1999
  • NA: April 10, 2000[1]
  • PAL: August 25, 2000
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSony ZN-2

Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein, released in Japan as Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein (Japanese: スターグラディエイター2 ナイトメア オブ ビルシュタイン, Hepburn: Sutāguradieitā Tsū Naitomea obu Birushutain), is a 1998 3D weapon-based fighting video game released by Capcom for the arcades. It is the sequel to Star Gladiator and runs on the ZN-2 hardware, an improved version of the PlayStation-based ZN-1 hardware its predecessor ran on. A Dreamcast port was released in 2000. The arcade version is set to be re-released in 2025 as part of Capcom Fighting Collection 2.[2]

  1. ^ "Plasma Sword Now Available". Capcom. April 10, 2000. Archived from the original on April 19, 2001. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Romano, Sal (August 27, 2024). "Capcom Fighting Collection 2 announced for PS4, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. Retrieved August 27, 2024.