Blazing Star (1998) is the horizontal shoot 'em up Yumekobo developed for SNK's Neo Geo hardware, an unofficial continuation of the same studio's Pulstar (1995). It offers six selectable ships, each with its own chargeable weapon system, and a scale of explosions and pyrotechnic effects that became its trademark, with the announcer shouting out ratings ("Wonderful!", "Excellent!") based on combo size.
It's one of the most beloved shooters in the Neo Geo catalog, valued for its visual spectacle even above its technical rigor as a scoring shmup. Today it remains one of the system's calling cards in any survey of its action catalog.
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