{{Short description|1994 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = X-Kaliber 2097 | image = X-Kaliber 2097 Coverart.png | caption = North American cover art | developer = [[Fupac]] <br> [[Winds (company)|Winds]] | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|[[EMI Music Japan|Toshiba EMI]]|NA|[[Activision]]|EU|Activision}} | producer = Takahiko Nagashima<br>Yoshihiko Ohashi<br>Katsuhiko Umeki | director = Naoki Morishima<br>Nobuyuki Hakamada | designer = Eiji Koyama | programmer = Satoshi Fujishima | composer = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Hitoshi Sakimoto]]<br>[[Hayato Matsuo]]|NA|[[Psykosonik]]<br>Ali Lexa}} | released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 11, 1994|NA|February 1994|EU|December 1994}} | genre = [[platform game|Platform]] | modes = [[Single-player]] | platforms=[[Super NES]] }}
'''''X-Kaliber 2097'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Sword Maniac'''''|ソード・マニアック|Sōdo Maniakku|lead=yes}}}} is a 1994 [[action game]] published by [[Activision]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nintendo |work=Official release dates |url=https://www.nintendo.com/doc/snes_games.pdf |access-date=2006-06-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718102649/http://www.nintendo.com/doc/snes_games.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2006 }}</ref> It was co-developed by the Japanese studios [[Fupac]] and [[Winds (company)|Winds]].
==Story== The game takes place in the near-[[Anarchy|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. The player guides a swordsman named Slash through a [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] environment.
==Gameplay== [[Boss (video gaming)|Boss]] encounters take place as one-on-one matches in the style of [[versus fighting game]]s.
==Soundtrack== [[File:SNES X-Kaliber 2097 (Sword Maniac).png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot.]] ''X-Kaliber 2097''{{'}}s American soundtrack features tracks by [[electronic music|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 [[Product placement|plugged]] in marketing blurbs.<ref>{{cite web | title=X-Kaliber 2097 | work=rottentomatoes.com game info | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/super_nintendo/x_kaliber_2097/about.php | access-date=2006-06-16}}</ref> The soundtrack is also mentioned on the [[Video game packaging|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 == {{Video game reviews | Allgame = 3.5/5<ref name="AllgameXK2097">{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=Brett Alan|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12191&tab=review|title=X-Kaliber 2097 - Review|work=[[AllGame]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|date=1998|access-date=2025-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114144341/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12191&tab=review|archive-date=2014-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> | EGM = 7/10, 7/10, 6/10,<br/>6/10, 6/10<ref name="EGMxk2097">{{cite magazine|last1=Semrad|first1=Ed|last2=Carpenter|first2=Danyon|last3=Manuel|first3=Al|last4=Williams|first4=Ken|last5=Weigand|first5=Mike|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_55/page/n37/mode/1up|title=Review Crew - Major Mike's Game Roundup: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=55|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=February 1994|page=36}}</ref> | GP = 77%<ref name="GPxk2097">{{cite magazine|last=Lundrigan|first=Erik|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:GamePlayers_US_0703.pdf&page=46|title=Review: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Game Players]]|volume=7|issue=3|publisher=GP Publications|date=March 1994|page=44}}</ref> | Hyper = 70%<ref name="HyperXK2097">{{cite magazine|last=Humphreys|first=Andrew|url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-006/page/54/mode/2up|title=Review: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|issue=6|publisher=[[nextmedia]]|date=May 1994|pages=54–55}}</ref> | SP = 68%<ref name="SPxk2097">{{cite magazine|last=Mott|first=Tony|title=Import Review: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Super Play]]|issue=20|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=June 1994|pages=40–41}}</ref> | TOT = (UK) 71%<ref name="TOTxk2097">{{cite magazine|last=Bilson|first=Josse|url=https://archive.org/details/total-30/page/n39/mode/2up|title=SNES Reviews: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Total!]]|issue=30|location=United Kingdom|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=June 1994|pages=40–41}}</ref><br/>(DE) 5<ref name="TOTDExk2097">{{cite magazine|last=Koczy|first=Michael|title=SNES Test: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[Total! (German edition)|Total!]]|issue=20|location=Germany|publisher=MVL Verlag|date=January 1995|page=39|language=de}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[Games World]]'' | rev1Score = 41/100<ref name="GWxk2097">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/games-world-02/page/n16/mode/1up|title=4-Play Reviews: X-Kalibur 2097|magazine=[[Games World]]|issue=2|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=August 1994|page=21}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Super Action'' | rev2Score = 82%<ref name="SuperActXK2097">{{cite magazine|last=Sharples|first=Jay|url=https://archive.org/details/super-action-22/page/20/mode/2up|title=Import Review: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=Super Action|issue=22|publisher=[[Europress]]|date=June 1994|pages=20–21}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Super Gamer'' | rev3Score = 74/100<ref name="SuperGamerXK2097">{{cite magazine|last1=Butt|first1=Ryan|last2=Pullin|first2=Keith|url=https://archive.org/details/super-gamer-06/page/n42/mode/1up|title=Super NES Review: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=Super Gamer|issue=6|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=September 1994|page=43}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine|VideoGames]]'' | rev4Score = 5/10<ref name="VGTUGMxk2097">{{cite magazine|last=Burke|first=Kevin|url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_62_March_1994/page/n62/mode/1up|title=Reviews: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine]]|issue=62|publisher=[[Larry Flynt Publications]]|date=March 1994|page=65}}</ref> }} {{Expand section|date=July 2025}} ''X-Kaliber 2097'' received a 19.7/30 score in a readers' poll conducted by ''Super Famicom Magazine''.<ref name="PSMjpv42">{{cite book|chapter=超絶 大技林 '98年春版|language=ja|title={{ill|PlayStation Magazine (Japan)|lt=PlayStation Magazine|ja|PlayStation Magazine}}|volume=42|type=Special|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten Intermedia]]|date=April 15, 1998|page=306}}</ref> The game also garnered average reviews.<ref name="GameProXK2097">{{cite magazine|author=Captain Squideo|url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_056_March_1994/page/n73/mode/1up|title=ProReview: X-Kaliber 2097|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=56|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=March 1994|page=72}}</ref><ref name="NPxk">{{cite magazine|title=Now Playing: X-Kaliber|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|volume=59|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|date=April 1994|pages=103, 107}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{moby game|id=/36452/x-kaliber-2097/}}
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