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Instruction booklet · October 1994

Sparkster

ShooterPlatform1 playerNot rated

The story

The eponymous main character is an opossum knight who fights an army of yellow wolves and robots. He is armed with a sword that can fire energy bolts and a rocket pack that allows him to fly short distances. The gameplay remains mostly the same as in Mega Drive games, with the most notable change being the addition of a short-distance rolling dash.

Specifications

Released
October 1994
Developer
Konami
Publisher
Konami
Players
1
Genre
Shooter · Platform
Rating
Not rated
Series
Sparkster
Themes
Action
View
Side view

What the magazines said

8
8
8
8
9
EGM · five reviewers
7
6
7
7
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
71/100 (18 ratings)
Computer and Video Games
88/100
GP
93%
GameFan
89/100, 88/100, 80/100
Official Nintendo Magazine
91/100
Super Play
89%
Total!
(UK) 84/100, (DE) 2+
Games World
86/100
The Super Famicom
72/100
Super Gamer
83/100
VideoGames
7/10
BE KIND, REWINDOctober 1994
#1 songI'll Make Love to YouBoyz II Men
#1 albumIIBoyz II Men
Admit one · #1 movieThe Specialist$14,317,765 weekend
Vol. 4 · No. 164Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of October 7, 1994
Oct. 12

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen found DreamWorks Pictures.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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