Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platform/shooter with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure. Sparky is an adorably insane intergalactic bounty hunter who can dash through obstacles, fire his weapons in any direction and even extend his jumps by flapping his long bunny-like ears. Each time he brings down a boss, his connected confidante Shig (half shark, half pig) is ready to point him in the direction of yet another space fugitive. In the grand tradition of irreverent 1990s video-game heroes, Spectacular Sparky is as sassy as he is fearless. His voice-acted wisecracks and sarcastic jabs tend to get under the skin of his enemies in a most amusing fashion. And his universe is awash with spikes, lava, buzzsaws, super-saturated colors, slick parallax scrolling and mega-driven music, the way every game ought to be.
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Short and sweet, but a good time! The controls, pixel art, and level design are done very well and make for a really fun game. I'd go into more detail but I don't think it's even necessary. If this looks like a game you think you'd like then I promise you that you'll like it. I'm not super big on shooters or games with shoot em up sections...
A shorter yet still challenging platformer. Makes me nostalgic of the time I spent with "Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit". Spectacular Sparky bleeds ADHD charm from its core. With music I never muted for my own flavor, a story board set to ultaviolence, and reasonable achievements. This FreakZone game is sure to get your freak flag flying.
Spectacular Sparky has the vibe of a classic Genesis-era scrolling shooter, similar to Gunstar Heroes. The game has an open ended quality to its design, as you have not just standard action stages but flying ship shoot em up levels and parts where you ride animals to proceed. What really sets this game apart from the glut of other similar indie shooters...
A fun arcade shooter! Lots of classic references and homages. If you're a fan of treasure games or old school SEGA you're going to lover Spectacular Sparky!
It's basically a mish-mash of Genesis games rolled into one thing. It's got the world atmosphere and chunky sprite art of Ristar, the battle mechanics of Gunstar Heroes, and power-ups of Contra, a main character who's basically an ironically quippy take on a 90's game mascot, ann floating feet and white glove hands Reminiscent of the Raymond series....
