Back
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage cover art
Cover art © its respective author, publisher, and studio. Not an original work of Daddy Jim Headquarters. Displayed for editorial commentary and review purposes.

Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage

Game

A 1999 Dreamcast hack and slash starring Guts as he cuts through knights and demons with the Dragon Slayer, told through an original story bridging two Berserk manga volumes and built around early quick time event combat that branches the path forward.

Genre: Action, hack and slash
Platform: Dreamcast
Developer: Yuke's
Publisher: ASCII Corporation (Japan), Eidos Interactive (international)
Release Year: 1999
Japan Release Date: 1999-12-16
North America Release Date: 2000-03-15
Text Size

Gameplay

Guts fights through stages of enemies and bosses using his oversized Dragon Slayer sword, a cannon arm and a crossbow. Combat is broken up by quick time events, an early use of the mechanic, where hitting or missing a prompt in time steers the player down different non linear paths and toward different areas of the game.
Recent VideosSee all
Goku Tells Chi-Chi She Looks Old
Goku Tells Chi-Chi She Looks Old
Goku Fights an Arrancar (It's Just Frieza) | Dragon Ball vs Bleach
Goku Fights an Arrancar (It's Just Frieza) | Dragon Ball vs Bleach
Text Size

Story

The story sits between manga volumes 22 and 23, after Guts, Casca and Puck depart for Elfheim but before Farnese, Serpico and Isidro join the group. After saving a traveling performer named Rita from bandits, the party rests in a castle town gripped by a plague that turns its victims into rampaging Mandragorans, pulling Guts into a hunt for its source and the tyrant Baron Balzac behind it.
Waifu ArtworkSee the gallery
AI Art by Daddy Jim Headquarters: Android 21, a character from the Dragon Ball universe, is depicted in a vibrant outer space setting. She is wearing a galaxy-themed bikini, with her pink hair flowing around her. The cosmic background features planet
Android 21
AI-generated art of a woman inspired by Android 18 from Dragon Ball.
Android 18
Text Size

Reception

Yuke's developed the game with a score from Susumu Hirasawa, composer of the 1997 anime. ASCII Corporation published it in Japan in December 1999, with Eidos Interactive handling North America and Europe in 2000. Reviews split sharply: GameRankings tracked a 74 percent average, EGM and IGN both gave it 8 out of 10, while Edge scored it just 3 out of 10, praising its look but faulting heavy exposition.
Share this resource

Related Reading

See all
Naruto vs Luffy: Does the Fight Change if Luffy Tickles Hinata?
Jul 24, 2026

Naruto vs Luffy: Does the Fight Change if Luffy Tickles Hinata?

Naruto vs Luffy with the twist nobody asked for: Luffy tickled Hinata on date night, and she kind of liked it. We break down the whole fight and commit to a winner....

Piccolo Gets the Namek Hoes: Namek Has No Women, and He Pulls Anyway
Jul 23, 2026

Piccolo Gets the Namek Hoes: Namek Has No Women, and He Pulls Anyway

There are no women on Namek. That isn't an oversight, it's the biology. Why we handed Piccolo the one thing his own species rules out, and why it had to be trap soul....

Sources & Information

Looking for more on Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage? The Dragon Ball Wiki on Fandom has a dedicated page with community notes.

View on Fandom

This content is original writing by Daddy Jim Headquarters based on the Dragon Ball anime series, manga, and official materials. Episode and chapter references are cited where applicable.

Character and scene imagery on this site is original artwork by Daddy Jim Headquarters, not screenshots or licensed imagery. Official cover art is used on three types of pages for editorial commentary:

  • Movie pages: theatrical posters and key visuals, credited to Toei Animation and Shueisha.
  • Game pages: official box art, credited to Bandai Namco, Atari, and other publishers.
  • Manga chapter pages: Jump Comics volume covers, credited to Shueisha and Akira Toriyama.

Help Us Keep This Wiki Accurate

Daddy Jim Headquarters maintains this encyclopedia. If you spot an error, a translation issue, or something that doesn't look right, let us know.

Get it on Google Play
TermsAboutPrivacy