Original aerial versus fighter with a colorful and wild art direction. Floating combat takes adjustment but offers unique sensations. Underrated at launch, worth a visit for fighting game fans.
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Fighting2 players12+
Description
Vertical scrolling arena fighter with manga-style character and scenery animations. Published by Success, released in Japan in 1998. Eight characters with distinct fighting styles, free movement within the combat zone, spectacular special attacks, versus and arcade modes, colorful and eccentric visual style.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
A vertically scrolling arena fighter from Sunsoft, Astra Superstars carries the steepest profile in this batch, with a sealed price near the top tier. A 1998 Japan exclusive released at the very end of the console's life, it pairs an original aerial combat system, colourful manga styling and a tiny pressing. A niche, barely exported genre, it concentrates the attention of Saturn fighting collectors and Sunsoft rarity hunters, leaving sealed copies extremely hard to source.
Is Astra Superstars still worth playing in 2026?
An atypical fighting game from Sunsoft, Astra Superstars pits flying characters in scrolling arenas where you move freely in the air, in a colourful, expressive manga aesthetic. The aerial system, rare in the genre, and the readability of the clashes give a singular identity to an accessible, spectacular versus. The depth stays modest against the fighting heavyweights. Japan only, the title became a sought after curiosity. For a fan of offbeat versus, someone curious about aerial fighting or a collector, the title keeps a definite charm and originality.
