Konami‘s Sparkster is a side-scrolling platform action game released for the Super Nintendo in 1994.

Sparkster is also the name of the main character who you play – an Opossum Knight who fights wolves and robots with a sword that can fire energy bolts and a jet pack that helps him fly short distances.

It’s a cool game, and moves at a fast pace. There’s plenty of variety in both the graphics and the gameplay. The section where Sparkster rides a giant robot bird is just awesome.

Yes: I did cheat when I took these screenshots. The energy bar barely drops across them all… Dead giveaway. It does give a good overview of the first half of the game though.

More: Sparkster on Wikipedia