X-Kaliber 2097, released as Sword Maniac (ソード・マニアック Sōdo Maniakku?) in Japan, is a Super NES action video game published by Activision.[1]The game takes place in the near-anarchic future of the year 2097, in which the world's economy has been devastated, governments have collapsed, and organized crime has gained dramatic influence. In X-Kaliber 2097, the player guides a swordsman named Slash through a side-scrolling environment. Boss encounters take place as one-on-one matches in the style of versus fighting games.