Twinkle Star Sprites is a competitive scrolling shooter developed by ADK and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade (MVS) and home (AES) systems. It combines a vertical shoot ’em up with versus-puzzle mechanics: two players battle on split screens, and destroying enemy waves in chains sends attacks to the opponent. It was ADK’s final Neo Geo game.
How To Play Twinkle Star Sprites
Control
Action
Joystick (8-way)
Move your character
A Button
Shoot (hold to charge a power shot / attack-stopper)
B Button
Bomb
Select
Insert coin / add credit
Start
Start game and confirm menu selections
About Twinkle Star Sprites
Release date
Arcade (JP): November 25, 1996 · Arcade (NA): December 1996 · Neo Geo AES (JP): January 31, 1997 · Neo Geo CD (JP): February 21, 1997
Developer
ADK
Publisher
SNK (Neo Geo CD, Saturn: ADK)
Platform
Neo Geo (Arcade MVS, AES), Neo Geo CD; later Sega Saturn, Dreamcast
Genre
Competitive scrolling shooter / versus puzzle
Series
Twinkle Star Sprites
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer (2-player versus)
Also known as
ティンクルスタースプライツ (Tinkuru Sutā Supuraitsu) · ACA NEOGEO Twinkle Star Sprites
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