Delta Cross: Future Arena

Delta Cross: Future Arena (デルタクロス: フューチャーアリーナ), originally styled as ΔX, is a 3D weapon-based fighting game developed and published by Multisoft. It was released in 1997 for the Namco System 12 arcade system and later ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. This game was Multisoft's first 3D fighting game.

Gameplay
In Delta Cross, fights occur in a square ring with holographic walls that players can send the opponent flying onto. Characters can move in 8 directions, sidestep, perform super moves, and have access to a Delta meter where one can perform Delta Strikes, this game’s super attacks. Certain characters can also double jump.

When choosing a character, players have a choice to choose a weapon before battle, ranging from swords, pole-arms, axes, and firearms, to name a few. Equipping a weapon grants the character access to different movesets and Delta Strikes. Each character has at least two weapons to choose from.

Story
Delta Cross’s events are set in the year 2103. It tells the story of fighters from across the galaxy up against Spade Million. Near the end of the 21st century, Spade Million has risen to power and has not just took control of Earth, but made their presence known in other planets, many of which they have discovered for the first time. Since then, they made the planets their test sites, setting up the Delta Cross tournaments to attract the strongest fighters solely for their data to use in their experiments. The whereabouts of the previous winners have been unknown since.

And now, its current CEO, Midnight Shade, has announced the latest Delta Cross tournament, and ten contestants all enter for different reasons. Some are in it for the money, while others are after Midnight Shade for their own purposes. What many of them don’t know is that Midnight has a mysterious motive behind the scenes…

Stages

 * Noise City
 * Jade Jungle
 * Bio Laboratory
 * Cyberspace
 * Air Eagle
 * Crimson Volcano
 * Frost Tundra
 * Marine Fort
 * Cargo Train
 * Space Port
 * Final Arena

Trivia

 * The Sega Saturn port of the game features the trailers for Bomb Strike Saturn and Superstar World, as well as a short demo of Fenfir before the game starts.
 * Through data mining, Delta Cross was revealed to have unused content from the early beta version, including a busty female character titled "Spiral," who was scrapped in the finalized version of the game.