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That clip up top is the real Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage — the actual 1999 Sega Dreamcast game from Eidos Interactive. Grab the free RetroPlayers.Club Player and it runs full-speed on your PC, no cartridge required.
The music is composed by Susumu Hirasawa, who also composed the anime series' music. Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, released in Japan as Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Flowers of Oblivion , is a 1999 hack and slash video game for the Dreamcast.
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Select | V | Select |
🎮 Dreamcast controls
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Up | W | D-Pad up |
| Down | S | D-Pad down |
| Left | A | D-Pad left |
| Right | D | D-Pad right |
| A | J | Right face |
| B | K | Bottom face |
| X | U | Top face |
| Y | I | Left face |
| Left Trigger | Q | Left trigger |
| Right Trigger | E | Right trigger |
| Start | F | Start |
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How to Play Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
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The Story Behind Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
Losing their traveling companions while Guts confronts the Mandragorans' matriarch Erica, who maintained her free will to protect the Mandragora that grew from the remains of a boy named Niko, he and Rita find Balzac's men slaughtering the Mandragorans. Balzac brings Guts to his laboratory while explaining that he is searching for a supposed cure. Guts learns from Balzac that the disease comes from an unusual plant, the Mandragora that grew into a tree located in a nearby village on the borders of his domain.
He had preserved her life with a drug extract made from the Mandragora's Heart, making her ageless, but at a steep price – the drug also ravaged her mind, rendering her unable to remember her own husband. Erica, upon seeing the utopia she created destroyed, chooses to destroy herself and the Mandragora Heart rather than hand the latter over with only the pendant she made from Niko's charm remaining as Rita picked it up. It used these to determine the different non-linear paths the player would take, depending on whether they succeed or fail in pressing the displayed button quickly enough during a QTE, allowing different ways to complete the game.
What You'll Play
This causes all Mandragorans to act up and run amok in the town as Guts and Rita return. Fighting his way through the Mandragorans and Balzac's forces to reach the castle, Guts and Rita see the mysterious girl and take her with them. Guts quickly dispatches him, however, and saves Casca from the fully grown Mandragora.
Erica, upon seeing the utopia she created destroyed, chooses to destroy herself and the Mandragora Heart rather than hand the latter over with only the pendant she made from Niko's charm remaining as Rita picked it up. The ruler of the castle, Baron Balzac, learns of Guts killing a Mandragoran and brings him to the dungeon where people infected with the disease are kept. Released around the same time as Shenmue, Sword of the Berserk is notable for its early use of quick time events (QTE).
Why It Still Hits
Losing their traveling companions while Guts confronts the Mandragorans' matriarch Erica, who maintained her free will to protect the Mandragora that grew from the remains of a boy named Niko, he and Rita find Balzac's men slaughtering the Mandragorans. Guts was about to fight Balzac's men when Nosferatu Zodd arrives, the Apostle having freed Casca from her dungeon cell earlier, and they have a brief rematch that once more ends in a draw. He had preserved her life with a drug extract made from the Mandragora's Heart, making her ageless, but at a steep price – the drug also ravaged her mind, rendering her unable to remember her own husband.
Upon arriving, they learn of a disease that transforms its victims into "Mandragorans", making them go berserk and kill people, even their loved ones, without thinking. Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, released in Japan as , is a 1999 hack and slash video game for the Dreamcast. Some time after Guts's group leave, the Skull Knight appears in Balzac's castle and swallows Balzac's Behelit.
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage — Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I buy the original Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage?
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Yes — Sega Dreamcast games run in the RetroPlayers.Club Player desktop app, a quick free download. The video on this page is real Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage gameplay so you know exactly what you are getting before you install.
Can I remap the controls in Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage?
Absolutely. Inside the app, Controller Mapping lets you change every Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage binding to whatever keyboard keys or pad buttons you prefer.
Can I play Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage with a friend?
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage supports local versus and drop-in 2-player in the RetroPlayers.Club Player, and Premium members can play online too.