game
icon
title Twinkle Star Sprites
set name twinspri
manufacturer ADK
year 1996
genre Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source neodrvr.c
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rating

82.9% after 247 votes
 
BIOS neogeo
display
colour emulation good
palette 0
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 59.185606Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
data
version added .034b05
last change(s) .109 .079u2 .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sp-s2.sp1  131072  9036d879  neogeo    4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 
sp-s.sp1  131072  c7f2fa45  neogeo    09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd 
usa_2slt.bin  131072  e72943de  neogeo    5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb 
sp-e.sp1  131072  2723a5b5  neogeo    5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 
asia-s3.rom  131072  91b64be3  neogeo    720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 
vs-bios.rom  131072  f0e8f27d  neogeo    ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 
sp-j2.sp1  131072  acede59c  neogeo    b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 
sp1.jipan.1024  131072  9fb0abe4  neogeo    18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d 
sp-45.sp1  524288  03cc9f6a  neogeo    cdf1f49e3ff2bac528c21ed28449cf35b7957dc1 
sp-1v1_3db8c.bin  131072  162f0ebe  neogeo    fe1c6dd3dfcf97d960065b1bb46c1e11cb7bf271 
uni-bios_2_3.rom  131072  27664eb5  neogeo    5b02900a3ccf3df168bdcfc98458136fd2b92ac0 
uni-bios_2_3o.rom  131072  601720ae  neogeo    1b8a72c720cdb5ee3f1d735bbcf447b09204b8d9 
uni-bios_2_2.rom  131072  2d50996a  neogeo    5241a4fb0c63b1a23fd1da8efa9c9a9bd3b4279c 
uni-bios_2_1.rom  131072  8dabf76b  neogeo    c23732c4491d966cf0373c65c83c7a4e88f0082c 
uni-bios_2_0.rom  131072  0c12c2ad  neogeo    37bcd4d30f3892078b46841d895a6eff16dc921e 
uni-bios_1_3.rom  131072  b24b44a0  neogeo    eca8851d30557b97c309a0d9f4a9d20e5b14af4e 
uni-bios_1_2.rom  131072  4fa698e9  neogeo    682e13ec1c42beaa2d04473967840c88fd52c75a 
uni-bios_1_2o.rom  131072  e19d3ce9  neogeo    af88ef837f44a3af2d7144bb46a37c8512b67770 
uni-bios_1_1.rom  131072  5dda0d84  neogeo    4153d533c02926a2577e49c32657214781ff29b7 
uni-bios_1_0.rom  131072  0ce453a0  neogeo    3b4c0cd26c176fc6b26c3a2f95143dd478f6abf9 
224-p1.bin  2097152  7697e445  twinspri    5b55ca120f77a931d40719b14e0bfc8cac1d628c 
224-s1.bin  131072  eeed5758  twinspri    24e48f396716e145b692468762cf595fb7267873 
sfix.sfix  131072  c2ea0cfd  neogeo    fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 
000-lo.lo  131072  5a86cff2  neogeo    5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a 
sm1.sm1  131072  94416d67  neogeo    42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf 
224-m1.bin  131072  364d6f96  twinspri    779b95a6476089b71f48c8368d9043ee1dba9032 
224-v1.bin  4194304  ff57f088  twinspri    1641989b8aac899dbd68aa2332bcdf9b90b33564 
224-v2.bin  2097152  7ad26599  twinspri    822030037b7664795bf3d64e1452d0aecc22497e 
224-c1.bin  4194304  f7da64ab  twinspri    587a10ed9235c9046a3523fe80feba07764fac9b 
224-c2.bin  4194304  4c09bbfb  twinspri    e781aafba3bdefb7ed152826f4c3eb441735331c 
224-c3.bin  1048576  c59e4129  twinspri    93f02d1b4fbb152a9d336494fbff0d7642921de5 
224-c4.bin  1048576  b5532e53  twinspri    7d896c25ba97f6e5d43c13d4df4ba72964a976ed 
cabinet art
cabinet twinspri.png
marquee twinspri.png
control panel twinspri.png
flyer twinspri.png
PCB neogeo.png
additional information
info 0.34b5 [?]

Neo-Geo (Artwork available)

WIP:
  • 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms ($0/1).
  • 0.35b5: Added missing sound1 rom ($0).
  • 0.34b6: Changed description to 'Twinkle Star Sprites'.
  • 0.34b5: Added Twinklestar Sprites (ADK 1996).
LEVELS: 7 (story mode)

Other Emulators:
  • Calice
  • Kawaks
  • Nebula
Romset: 18688 kb / 9 files / 8.50 zip
history Twinkle Star Sprites (c) 1997 SNK.


An interesting & highly cute hybrid between a Vs style puzzle game & an overhead shooter, players may choose to play the Story Mode in order to see the misadventures of Load Ran & her faithful yet somewhat annoying Rabbicat as they try to find the Magical Twinkle Star & save their world from the evil Mevious & his henchmen, or play the Free Character Mode in which you are able to pick any character (see codes below to select hidden characters!) to play the game and see their very own comical ending. A second player may challenge you at anytime so you better put those skills to the test & have lots of fun!


- TECHNICAL -


SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware

Game ID : 0224


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Shoot/Use attack-stopper, [B] Bomb


- TRIVIA -


Developed by ADK.


Released in January 1997.


The game's concept seems to be a funny parody of the Sailor Moon manga, however the game's comic relief 'Rabbicat' seems to be a parody of Tenchi Muyo's very own cute mascot & comic relief 'Ryo-Oh-Ki' the cabbit.


Load Ran & Sprites feature different endings in the Free Character Mode, these endings are completely different to the one seen in the Story Mode.


In the story mode, Mevious will either taunt or praise you if continues have been used during your game or not!


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Twinkle Star Sprites - PCCB-00247) on 21/02/1997.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Play As Sprites : At the character select screen, put the selector on Ran and press Up(x4), A.


* Play As Memory : At the character select screen, put the selector on Ran and press Down(x4), A.


* Play As Mevious : At the character select screen, put the selector on Griffon and press Up(x4), A.


* Play As Dark Ran : At the character select screen, put the selector on Griffon and press Down(x4), A.


* After the Game Over screen, Load Ran & Rabbicat rate your performance and either praise you or give you advice to improve your score, get a very high score (1,000.000 and above) in order to attain the highest rating and make Load Ran blush!


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sega Saturn (1997)

SNK Neo-Geo CD (1997)

Sega Dreamcast (2000)

Sony PlayStation 2 (2005)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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