Soul Blade

1995 video game

Soul Blade released in Japanese arcades as Soul Edge (Sōru Ejji, Sōru Ejji) is a fighting video game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco. It was the first installment in the Soulcalibur series. Originaly release on Arcade in 1995, then later ported in PlayStation in December 20, 1996.

Soul Blade
Soul Edge
Developer(s)Project Soul
Publisher(s)Namco
Director(s)Teruaki Konishi
Producer(s)Masuya Koishi
Designer(s)
  • Hiroaki Yotoriyama
  • Koh Onda
  • Takayasu Yanagihara
Programmer(s)Shinobu Nimura
Artist(s)
Composer(s)See discography
SeriesSoulcalibur
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation
ReleaseArcade
December 1995
May 1996 (Ver. II)
PlayStation
  • JP: December 20, 1996
  • NA: January 14, 1997
  • EU: May 26, 1997
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Up to 2-players simultaneously
Arcade systemNamco System 11