Game-A-Day: Classic - Sparkster [GEN]

To both have actual posts on here and to move all the Game-A-Day stuff here, I'll also be posting existing reviews.

A solid platformer from Konami (specifically Nobuya Nakazato, who also did Contra: Alien Wars and Shattered Soldier). You play as an opossum knight who has a rocket pack. The graphics and sounds range from acceptable to decent, but when it comes to the controls, some of the advance rocket maneuvers (re: going diagonally) are hard to pull off. The use of the rocket pack does get inventive, such as using it to become an opossum screwdriver to defeat a mini-boss. Low to high challenge level, depending on the settings. I give it a high