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TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
Developer SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by ADK and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It was ADK's last production for the Neo Geo. Two players are each in separate, side-by-side, vertically scrolling levels. Combinations of shots and timed power-ups damage the other player. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 71 · most liked firstwe’re here to brighten up this #ScanlineSunday with Twinkle Star Sprites for the Neo Geo ✨ This vertical scrolling shooter pits two players head to head in fast paced and colorful competition!! The art style is really charming, and I quickly found myself hooked on gameplay against the computer
unlabelledView post →What is your favorite Neo Geo game? Mine is Twinkle Star Sprites
unlabelledView post →Let it be remembered that some of the last ever footage uploaded by the TRF Nakano Broadway Game Centre was like 12 hours of Twinkle Star Sprites.
unlabelledView post →Puchi Carat, Land Maker, Rampart (trackball), Tetris Plus 2, D&D: Shadow over Mystara, Mr. Driller, Magical Crystals, Rod-Land, Mystic Warriors, 3 Wonders, Prop Cycle, Neo Geo 4-game cabinet (Puzzle Bobble 2, Twinkle Star Sprites, Super Dodge Ball, Money Puzzle Exchanger) bsky.app/profile/froz...
unlabelledView post →@aureliacassiopeia.bsky.social showed me a modern game on her channel, so now it's my turn to show her some old-school pixelated goodness. We'll be LIVE with Twinkle Star Sprites tonight at 7PM CDT! 💫 🌺 Waiting room: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_nz... #StreamNatsu #Vtubers #Arcade #RetroGaming
unlabelledView post →The legendary Versus Shooting-Game Twinkle Star Sprites was ported to Sega Dreamcast exactlly 25 years ago! (3/23/00) The apex of competitive SHMUPping, this game takes many cues from 2P Puzzle-Games, allowing you to unleash wave after wave of Garbage Popcorn Enemies on your opponent!
unlabelledView post →This is the kind of batshit crazy that I love. This makes absolutely no sense in the most beautiful way. And these new $90 game re-releases will work on my OG NeoGeo AES? C'MON MAN. Shock Troopers? Twinkle Star Sprites? MOTW? You're killing me here!
unlabelledView post →NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO I always seen Twinkle Star Sprites but its the first time actually playing it and man this game kinda cool. Feels like a fighting game ish. Check it out: youtu.be/VygjSsWlxVM LIKE | SHARE | SUBSCRIBE | RETRO
unlabelledView post →Something I like about 90s puzzle games is that if the puzzle game has some form of copyright problem or legal shenannery, it's a really good puzzle game. See: Panel De Pon, Yoshi's Cookie, Money Puzzle Exchanger + Magical Drop, Puyo Puyo's localizations and Twinkle Star Sprites character ripoffs.
unlabelledView post →I adore Twinkle Star Sprites - easily one of my favorite Neo Geo games. Also on the episode, is a discussion about a survival horror game for the Saturn, called Deep Fear! Check it out hardcoregaming101.libsyn.com/twinkle-star...
unlabelledView post →TNM #40 is in the books, had some fighting games, some puzzle games, little Twinkle Star Sprites action, and a Megadrive air hockey game? Alex is your champ! Next one will be on the 27th, right before Frostys, signups are open right now. challonge.com/TNM41 #fgc 💪🕹️
unlabelledView post →TWINKLE STAR SPRITES. (NEOGEO Arcade 3) Blending elements of shoot 'em up and puzzle games, there's nothing quite like Twinkle Star Sprites out there. Blast the incoming enemies to attack your opponent, with chain reactions causing powerful effects! evercade.co.uk/cartridges/n... 184/365 #365games
unlabelledView post →🍝WE ARE LIVE!!! ~ twitch.tv/DoctorButler 🌀 🍝Join us on SUNDAY SAUCE as we slam the intergalactic mat in 2DFM fan-game, KINNIKUMAN: MUSCLE FIGHTING!🍝 🌀Then stick around for the apex of competitive shooting, TWINKLE STAR SPRITES, only on STILL THINKING!🌀
unlabelledView post →The legendary Versus Shooting-Game Twinkle Star Sprites was ported to Sega Dreamcast exactlly 26 years ago! (3/23/00) The apex of competitive SHMUPping, this game takes many cues from 2P Puzzle-Games, allowing you to unleash wave after wave of Garbage Popcorn Enemies on your opponent!
unlabelledView post →hardcoregaming101.libsyn.com/twinkle-star... It's 47K Games Show! DISCOVER Twinkle Star Sprites! The 1V1 Cute'm'up! @kaly.bsky.social @x-pert74.bsky.social @bonuslizard.bsky.social and ME! Frankie! And then! SURVIVE Deep Fear! Kal! Evan! @shadowhog.bsky.social @r0bb0.bsky.social 2 free hours!
unlabelledView post →I have been playing tons of Twinkle Star Sprites on my MV1C board! I wouldn’t say I’m great at the game but it is a lot of fun to try to improve.
unlabelledView post →🍝TONITE🌀 🍝Join us on SUNDAY SAUCE as we slam the intergalactic mat in 2DFM fan-game, KINNIKUMAN: MUSCLE FIGHTING!🍝 🌀Then stick around for the apex of competitive shooting, TWINKLE STAR SPRITES, only on STILL THINKING!🌀 🍝Tonite! @ 6PM est ~ twitch.tv/DoctorButler 🌀
unlabelledView post →🍝YOU DECIDED!🌀 🍝Join us on SUNDAY SAUCE as we slam the intergalactic mat in 2DFM fan-game, KINNIKUMAN: MUSCLE FIGHTING!🍝 🌀Then stick around for the apex of competitive shooting, TWINKLE STAR SPRITES, only on STILL THINKING!🌀 🍝Sunday @ 6PM est ~ twitch.tv/DoctorButler 🌀
unlabelledView post →Strangely TSS never get's called 'Competitive / Taisen-gata Shooting Game Twinkle Star Sprites' in English despite these words describing the game style next to it's title Probably because it's not part of the game name Also Westerners couldn't read it & so haven't been wrong for 25+yrs🤦♂️
unlabelledView post →Originally released for the Neo-Geo MVS in 1996, the legendary Versus Shooting-Game Twinkle Star Sprites is the apex of competitive SHMUPing! TSS takes many cues from 2P Puzzle-Games, allowing you to unleash wave after wave of Garbage Popcorn Enemies on your opponent!
unlabelledView post →Pics of game captures via RGB Scart into RetroTink 4K and Avermedia LGP2! - Spinmaster - Twinkle Star Sprites - Soccer Brawl - Sengoku 3 🧵 4/4
unlabelledView post →24. Twinkle Star Sprites I do enjoy games that meld together multiple genres effectively, and Twinkle Star Sprites' fusion of vertical shmup and competitive block puzzler is a true joy to play. I adore this game - it makes me happy 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
unlabelledView post →Seki-san is a game developer (Omega 6, Retro Mystery Club, Twinkle Star Sprites, Ketsui, Steep Slope Sliders etc). In his spare time he gathers cartridges with names on them and tries to unite them with their former owners, and has been doing exhibitions. Brought him three carts from Sweden.
unlabelledView post →21. Twinkle Star Sprites (NEO GEO) It's 2-P SHMUP that plays like PuyoPuyo somehow, a combination of a fixed shooter and a versus puzzle game. It's really cool and the characters are all very cute! Watch out if you have epilepsy, there's an awful flashing attack on Stage 6.
unlabelledView post →Not a Fighting game by genre but... - Twinkle Star Sprites Lord, I love me some TSS. A two player versus shoot-em-up with a cute art style and well-sized roster of characters who each have their own stats and moves. It's such a good concept for a game, and I will throw down in it at any time.
unlabelledView post →Here's something that I'm honored to have in my collection: a copy of Cake Fighter for the Neo-Geo. You may recall we found an unused fighting game within the data for Twinkle Star Sprites a few years back, featuring birthday cakes duking it out. @ekorz.bsky.social took that and ran with it!
unlabelledView post →Twinkle Star Sprites, no idea if you’ve played it but it looks like the kinda bonkers thing you’d enjoy/tolerate.
unlabelledView post →Managed a 1CC in Touhou 3 today in hard mode. Think I'm done with this game, but it was fun for a bit to work on a 1CC for this. Usually I just play shmups for fun, but the Twinkle Star Sprites-style gameplay made it a lot more rewarding for me. www.twitch.tv/videos/23176...
unlabelledView post →Twinkle Star Sprites - La Petite Princesse Character Mode 1CC (Mikoto) I cleared the first game a while back so I thought that I might as well clear the second.
unlabelledView post →Twinkle Star Sprites is the game of all time
unlabelledView post →4) Twinkle Star Sprites (Saturn) Me and Rei played the shit out of this while she was over. Probably the most interesting vs shmup I've played, opting for puzzle game style combos and junk systems on separate screens rather than directly attacking each other. Singleplayer sucks as to be expected.
unlabelledView post →In case it wasn't clear, the game in question is Twinkle Star Sprites: a game that I randomly found at my local import game shop for Sega Saturn in the 90s. Heck of a game.
unlabelledView post →Too tired to post last night's #magfest2026 pics, but here they are in a nutshell. Basically I went to Arcade Pit with @smight.bsky.social, Tiny Waves with @benbriggs.net and Awesomus Prime, and The Protomen shows, and I did my traditional playthrough of Twinkle Star Sprites.
unlabelledView post →Time for an experimental stream! I'm hosting a casual tournament on fightcade for the game Twinkle Star Sprites! www.twitch.tv/systemzg Come watch as we play around and have fun. Actual tournament starts at 12PM PT which is also when entries close. #Vtuber #Twitch #fightcade #twinklestarsprites
unlabelledView post →Retro Game Crunch; Skatemasta Tcheco; Big Action Mega Fight!; TWINKLE STAR SPRITES;
unlabelledView post →Am I alone? Galaga. Do I got a bunch of annoying friends? Simpsons arcade game. IF they have it Twinkle Star Sprites. Kinda rare, even though it's the best game.
unlabelledView post →I dunno why, but I feel somewhat compelled to learn Twinkle Star Sprites because it'd be a neat game to show to non-shmup fans because so much shit is going on and they can look at the opponent far better than I ever can while fighting for my life.
unlabelledView post →Game devs of Bsky: Rhythm game with fighting game style roster DDR pad controller Bust-a-Groove style matches Solo sections of songs as well as co-op doubles with applicable 2p pad Background actions against each other like in Twinkle Star Sprites. Its your idea for free, just LET ME PLAY IT
unlabelledView post →Dunno why I never came across Touhou 9 sooner. Game out here giving me hardcore Twinkle Star Sprites vibes
unlabelledView post →[I'm a part of the staff for Twinkle Star Sprites, please come out and give the game a try. lots of folks have been playing it in person at majors across the country.]
unlabelledView post →I can't believe I got this far in life before playing Twinkle Star Sprites. Unironically my game of the year and it came out before I could form memories.
unlabelledView post →The Much Talked About Competitive Shooting Game! This is Twinkle Star Sprites - and tbh, before today I had no idea it was on Dreamcast as well as Saturn! A new one for the GDEmu tonight methinks!! #DrramcastThursday
unlabelledView post →Mystery: Another first for me was making it to Winners Finals in my Mystery Tournament bracket. Probably my favorite game was Twinkle Star Sprites which is like a mix of Puyo Puyo and a SHMUP. Unfortunately I didn’t stick the landing to get out pools, but this was def an improvement for me!
unlabelledView post →Youma 2022 had a pristine Viper Phase 1 next to DOJBL and Twinkle Star Sprites, that was probably my favorite game room for any anime convention ever tbh
unlabelledView post →My fav game series by genre... FG: King of Fighters RPG: Star Ocean Platformer: Kirby Beat-em-up (Beltoge): Streets of Rage Shmup: Twinkle Star Sprites? (don't really play these) 3PS: Splatoon Biz Management: Aerobiz Puzzle: Columns
unlabelledView post →Twinkle Star Sprites is a contender for the best game on the Neo Geo as far as I’m concerned (or second to Neo Turf Masters). Dog’s Life is so delightfully weird, and I love those aggressive orchestra hits whenever you win a challenge.
unlabelledView post →TWINKLE STAR SPRITES!!!! I love the neogeo game, I wanna sample that one for sure
unlabelledView post →28: Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petit Princess. I love the first game a lot but the sequel, despite having a much weirder art style, makes some welcome tweaks to the mechanics that I really liked. Wish this one would get a reissue.
unlabelledView post →Honorable maybe-non-SNK Neo-Geo mentions: - Matrimelee - Waku Waku 7 - Daraku Tenshi non-fighting games: - Shock Troopers 1 & 2 - Money Idol Exchanger - Magical Drop 1 / 2 / 3 - Twinkle Star Sprites - Windjammers and the greatest fighting game of all time - Neo Turf Masters
unlabelledView post →It’s so surreal! *mostly* well kept pinball machines set on free play - set to single player only. Deep cuts like Twinkle Star Sprites and Real Bout 2 - on weird homemade cabs with lcd screens - but decent refresh LCD screens and ok custom cab art? Every fucking rhythm game?
unlabelledView post →80. Twinkle Star Sprites (Game, 1997)
unlabelledView post →It makes me feel great that Twinkle Star Sprites is one of the games being released, but I am deeply troubled that NEO Turf Masters is not one of them. I assume it's coming soon! #Neogeo #retrogaming www.videogameschronicle.com/news/snk-is-...
unlabelledView post →Twinkle Star Sprites! It's a Neo Geo game, and is a ton of fun. I love it!
unlabelledView post →The Outfoxies feels like a predecessor to other kinda unusual fighting game ish things like Trap Gunner or Twinkle Star Sprites (although that last one is more puzzle game vs stuff which is well established even in it's time)
unlabelledView post →There is nothing more satisfying than turning a friend onto a competitive game that they end up being just as into as you are. I turned a lot of my friends onto Twinkle Star Sprites, its my absolute favorite SNK game.
unlabelledView post →It's Week 29 of Achievement of the Week 2025! This week, earn "A Harder Journey" by completing Story Mode on difficulty 4 or higher in Twinkle Star Sprites for the Neo Geo CD! retroachievements.org/game/23882
unlabelledView post →Idea: A game that's a cross between Twinkle Star Sprites and Penguin Wars. You fire either rock, paper, or scisssors at each other from opposite ends of the playfield. Your character gets damaged by touching any of the thrown hands, and any hand that beats another builds a super blast gauge.
unlabelledView post →This, or even better, adding Game Share to all the Arcade Archives games would be a dream. I need online Twinkle Star Sprites in my life ✨
unlabelledView post →Fuck remove Zanac and put in Twinkle Star Sprites THAT IS MY GAME RIGHT THERE
unlabelledView post →Awesome! But yeah, I love how silly the game is. Shmup and fighting game should not work as well as it does in Twinkle Star Sprites
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