 Produced for the Neo Geo AES arcade system, "Pulstar" was known under the codename of "Project Dino" during development, and was designed to be technologically-impressive for the time period.It is the first Neo Geo game to incorporate pre-rendered graphics, which are 3D models converted into 2D images to create the illusion of a 3D environment.The soundtrack was composed by Harumi Fujita and Yasuaki Fujita, both of whom were previously employed at Capcom and worked on their "Ghosts'n Goblins" series.