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Star Sweep

Starsweep is a puzzle game for Japanese Arcades by Japanese developer Axela, published in 1997. The gameplay is similar to that of the Puzzle League series, but with a more traditional Tetris-like gameplay…

72 31 December 1997

Star Sweep is a puzzle developed by Axela, released 31 December 1997 on Arcade.

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What Star Sweep is

Star Sweep is a puzzle game developed by Axela and released in 1997. It was published by Namco Limited. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Starsweep is a puzzle game for Japanese Arcades by Japanese developer Axela, published in 1997. The gameplay is similar to that of the Puzzle League series, but with a more traditional Tetris-like gameplay where pieces fall from the top of the screen. Pieces come in three colors: red, yellow, and blue. Pieces commonly have a star on one end, or occasionally, a star on two ends. The aim of the game is to clear blocks from the playing field, by matching stars from same-coloured blocks. Players are rewarded for creating combos (which are called 'links') of piece clearances. The game ends when someone's piece level reaches the top of the playfield and is not cleared after three seconds. The one…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Star Sweep holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Star Sweep launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

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Quick answers

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When did Star Sweep come out?
Star Sweep was released on 31 December 1997 for Arcade.

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