is a 1996 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It is the first installment in the Soulcalibur series. Introduced at the JAMMA trade show in November 1995, the full arcade game was released in February 1996 on System 11 hardware, the same board used by Tekken and Tekken 2. Later in December an upgraded and expanded version of the game was ported to the PlayStation; this version was renamed to Soul Blade outside Japan and released in 1997.
is a 1996 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcades It is the first installment in the Soulcalibur series Introduced at the JAMMA trade show in November 1995 the full arcade game was released in February 1996 on System 11 hardware the same board used by Tekken and Tekken 2 Later in December an upgraded and expanded version of the game was ported to the PlayStation; this version was renamed to Soul Blade outside Japan and released in 1997