Twinkle Star Sprites[a] is a competitive vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game created by ADK and published by SNK in 1996.

The player must destroy them in chains (combos), which will send one or more fireball projectiles the opponent's screen (Normal Attack).

On December 7, 1997, ADK developed and published an updated version of it to the Sega Saturn, featuring an anime-style intro, tweaked gameplay, a new character and a bonus 'Fan Disc' full of extra materials.

[5] A port developed by DotEmu for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and asm.js was released as part of the Humble NEOGEO 25th Anniversary Bundle on December 8, 2015.

[22] Both AllGame's Kyle Knight praised the audiovisual presentation and frantic gameplay, stating that Twinkle Star Sprites is "a refreshingly innovative title that manages to pull its seemingly incompatible elements together brilliantly."

[13] However, Joypad's Grégoire Hellot reviewed the Sega Saturn version and gave the title an overall mixed outlook.

Clearing the game opens up a perfectly emulated version of the original Neo-Geo title.

The sequel was released exclusively in Japan for the PlayStation 2 on July 28, 2005, and was re-released for the same platform on November 22, 2006, with the green-label 'SNK Best Collection' added to the front cover.