Psychic Force

Psychic Force (サイキックフォース, Saikikku Fōsu) is a 3D fighting video game for arcades, produced by Taito. It was first available for location testing in October 1995 before the final version was released in April 1996. The game was later ported that year and in 1997 to the PlayStation, with Acclaim releasing it in North America and PAL regions. The game combines the normal features of an arcade fighting game with psychic powers. Psychic Force was released with little fanfare and was not commercially successful in the West, but it did gain a degree of popularity in Japan. Psychic Force would later get an arcade-exclusive update titled Psychic Force EX, which was released a year later in 1996. EX made the final boss playable without using a code, added new color schemes for the costumes, and improved and balanced the gameplay. In 1998, a sequel was released under the title Psychic Force 2012 also for the arcade, and was ported to the Dreamcast console in 1999 and eventually adapted to the PlayStation under the title Psychic Force 2. In 2006, the original Psychic Force was re-released as part of as an anniversary pack for the PlayStation 2 titled Psychic Force Complete, which had included Psychic Force 2012 and a special exclusive remixed version of 2012 titled Psychic Force 2012 EX.