Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Character: Sakamoto
Slightly unusual and hectic airborne fighting game. Pretty fun to watch and play. Instead of jump and duck "sidesteps" can be performed to go up or down and these can be connected to combos. There are only six moves and two special attacks "Star Attacks", that consume star energy. Also the characters can "power up" making combos easier to perform. The game is rather simple to learn and less tactical when compared to other fighting games of the time. More experienced players probably can perform longer combos and make better use of timing etc.
I didn't find the game particularly hard in story mode. Finished the game without much practice or tools. I put the difficulty option to level 5 in the menu, but not sure if it affects the story mode. There are three options at the beginning of each match. Apparently those determine handicap settings, making CPU either easier or harder. Easy and hard options are shown in the first matches after which the neutral is selected for following matches. Japan exclusive port for Saturn was released only two months after the arcade original
Developer: Santaclaus
Publisher: Sunsoft (1998)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Super_Stars
Character: Sakamoto
Slightly unusual and hectic airborne fighting game. Pretty fun to watch and play. Instead of jump and duck "sidesteps" can be performed to go up or down and these can be connected to combos. There are only six moves and two special attacks "Star Attacks", that consume star energy. Also the characters can "power up" making combos easier to perform. The game is rather simple to learn and less tactical when compared to other fighting games of the time. More experienced players probably can perform longer combos and make better use of timing etc.
I didn't find the game particularly hard in story mode. Finished the game without much practice or tools. I put the difficulty option to level 5 in the menu, but not sure if it affects the story mode. There are three options at the beginning of each match. Apparently those determine handicap settings, making CPU either easier or harder. Easy and hard options are shown in the first matches after which the neutral is selected for following matches. Japan exclusive port for Saturn was released only two months after the arcade original
Developer: Santaclaus
Publisher: Sunsoft (1998)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Super_Stars
