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Twinkle Star Sprites

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Twinkle Star Sprites

Nov 25, 1996

Main game

3.52 average rating based on 33 ratings

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Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 competitive scrolling shooter arcade game originally created by ADK. It was ADK's last production for the Neo-Geo platform. The gameplay, which can be characterized as a combination of a fixed shooter and a versus puzzle game, uses combinations of shots, as well as timed power-ups to attempt to damage the opponent. These attacks also serve as counters to the opponent's attack.
Release Dates
Nov 25, 1996 Full Release (North_America)
Neo Geo MVS
Nov 25, 1996 Full Release (Japan)
Neo Geo MVS
Jan 31, 1997 Full Release (Japan)
Neo Geo AES
Feb 21, 1997 Full Release (Japan)
Neo Geo CD
Dec 18, 1997 Full Release (Japan)
Sega Saturn
Mar 23, 2000 Full Release (Japan)
Dreamcast
Aug 09, 2011 Full Release (Japan)
Wii
Jan 08, 2016 Full Release (Worldwide)
Linux, Mac, Web Browser
May 26, 2016 Full Release (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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OzuPlaysGames
OzuPlaysGames gave Sep 15, 2020
OzuPlaysGames gave Sep 15, 2020
Puyo Puyo meets shoot 'em ups (or cute 'em ups if you prefer)
This review is for the Dreamcast version

Twinkle Star Sprites is the Puyo Puyo formula combined with the shoot 'em up genre and it works like a dream. The screen is split just like Puyo Puyo but the gameplay is obviously more akin to TwinBee. As you destroy things on your own screen you send fireballs, monsters, and even bosses over to your opponents screen. This results in some super addicting and competitive arcade matches that can end as quickly as 30 seconds. The visuals are cute and it has a few bangers in the soundtrack as well. If you have a friend to play with (and even if you don't) I highly recommend this title.

burpy
burpy gave Apr 30, 2026
burpy gave Apr 30, 2026
laggy as f****
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

it's unplayable.

Reset_Tears
Reset_Tears updated their status May 14, 2022
Reset_Tears updated their status May 14, 2022

This is an interesting sort of shooter, in that you're playing against someone (either a friend or the computer AI). Projectiles fly into your side of the screen, and you try to shoot them so that they fly into our opponent's side of the screen (and hopefully make the kill). I think the concept is A+ but the execution is a bit lacking. The levels themselves end up not being that interesting, and I quickly grew tired of hearing the charge-up noise for bigger shots (vital when you have lots of bigger projectiles flying toward you). There was also a lot of slow-down in each version I played, which made it all less fun.

It is still pretty fun though, and I imagine would be best-enjoyed playing against a friend who was also into the genre. I'm surprised I haven't really ever noticed a newer iteration of this concept. Seems like something some indie studio really ought to go for, really polish it up and have it all play smoothly, have online tournament modes and whatnot.