Twinkle Tale

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Twinkle Tale
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Wonder Amusement Studio
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Release Date RRP Code

Twinkle Tale (ツインクルテール) is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Zap and published by Wonder Amusement Studio exclusively in Japan.

Story

In the darkness preceding the creation of the world Alpherion, three lights (red, green, and blue) were created. These lights desired domination, and so tried to destroy each other, creating a new darkness and a white light in the process. The white light, desiring peace, locked the other lights and the new darkness in crystals, encased itself in a diamond, and created Alpherion.

Apprentice magician Saria (サリア) is summoned by her teacher to consult a fortuneteller. The fortuneteller alerts Saria to dark wizard Gadou's incoming forces by capturing the great wizards of Alpherion (which Saria's teacher is one). The fortuneteller gives Saria items so she can go and defeat Gadou.

Gameplay

Control is similar to Mercs: you control Saria as she moves up the level; you can move freely around the screen as it will not automatically scroll, however you cannot go back down once you have gone up to a different part of the level. B shoots (hold for rapidfire). A sends out a strong magic attack. C chooses a weapon. Powerups and magic attacks are found in treasure chests opened by shooting at them.

History

Legacy

Translation group M.I.J.E.T. made an English translation of the game in 2007.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №12
79 №30, p177
78 №2, p28/29/30/31
62 №2, p52/53
88 №11, p54/55
88 №2, p108-110[1]
66 №36, p50/51
83 №12, p60/61
83 №18, p68
91 №11, p28-30[2]
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
87
[6]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[7]
Joypad (FR)
85
[8]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
79
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
78
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
78
[11]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
62
[13]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
90
[14]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
88
[15]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
84
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
88
[1]
Play Time (DE) NTSC-J
85
[17]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
66
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
83
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
83
[20]
Sega Force (UK)
91
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
78
[22]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[23]
Video Games (DE)
61
[24]
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
23 reviews

Twinkle Tale

Mega Drive, JP
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Manual
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega02UK.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega02UK.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ File:SegaForce11UK.pdf, page 28
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 252
  4. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-08), page 27
  5. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
  6. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 112
  7. ↑ Hippon Super, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-04), page 38
  8. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 66
  9. ↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 177
  10. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
  11. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  12. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 67
  13. ↑ Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 52
  14. ↑ Mega Fun, "08/92" (DE; 1992-08-18), page 19
  15. ↑ MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 54
  16. ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 119
  17. ↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 89
  18. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 50
  19. ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 60
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  21. ↑ Sega Force, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 28
  22. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  23. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 208
  24. ↑ Video Games, "12/92" (DE; 1992-11-23), page 101
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