diff --git a/src/mame/orca/akazukin.cpp b/src/mame/orca/akazukin.cpp
index 2c74ddedf83..42024a7f1f5 100644
--- a/src/mame/orca/akazukin.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/orca/akazukin.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ void akazukin_state::akazukin(machine_config &config)
 	m_vasvid->set_bg0ram_tag("bg0videoram");
 	m_vasvid->set_bg1ram_tag("bg1videoram");
 	m_vasvid->set_fgram_tag("fgvideoram");
+	m_vasvid->set_alt_sprite_flips(true);
 
 	// sound hardware
 	SPEAKER(config, "mono").front_center();
diff --git a/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.cpp b/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.cpp
index 49911883ef8..03e3c64543a 100644
--- a/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.cpp
@@ -145,14 +145,23 @@ void vastar_video_device::draw_sprites(bitmap_rgb32& bitmap, const rectangle& cl
 		const int sx = spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs + 1];
 		int sy = spriteram[m_spr_y_col + offs];
 		const int color = spriteram[m_spr_y_col + offs + 1] & 0x3f;
-		int flipx = spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x02;
-		int flipy = spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x01;
+		bool flipy, flipx;
+
+		if (m_alt_spriteflip)
+		{
+			flipy = (spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x02) ? true : false;
+			flipx = (spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x01) ? true : false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			flipy = (spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x01) ? true : false;
+			flipx = (spriteram[m_spr_code_x + offs] & 0x02) ? true : false;
+		}
 
 		if (m_flip_screen)
 		{
-			int temp = flipx;
-			flipx = !flipy;
-			flipy = !temp;
+			flipx = !flipx;
+			flipy = !flipy;
 		}
 
 		if (spriteram[m_spr_attr + offs] & 0x08)   // double width
diff --git a/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.h b/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.h
index 9234ee52dde..8b599f647a5 100644
--- a/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.h
+++ b/src/mame/orca/vastar_viddev.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
 	void set_bg_bases(uint16_t code, uint16_t attr, uint16_t col) { m_bg_codebase = code; m_bg_attrbase = attr;  m_bg_colbase = col;  }
 	void set_fg_bases(uint16_t code, uint16_t attr, uint16_t col) { m_fg_codebase = code; m_fg_attrbase = attr;  m_fg_colbase = col;  }
 	void set_other_bases(uint16_t spy, uint16_t atr, uint16_t spx, uint16_t bgs0, uint16_t bgs1) { m_spr_y_col = spy; m_spr_attr = atr; m_spr_code_x = spx; m_bg_scroll0 = bgs0; m_bg_scroll1 = bgs1; }
+	void set_alt_sprite_flips(bool alt_flip) { m_alt_spriteflip = alt_flip; }
 
 	template <typename... T> void set_bg0ram_tag(T &&... args) { m_bgvideoram[0].set_tag(std::forward<T>(args)...); }
 	template <typename... T> void set_bg1ram_tag(T &&... args) { m_bgvideoram[1].set_tag(std::forward<T>(args)...); }
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ private:
 	uint16_t m_bg_scroll0 = 0;
 	uint16_t m_bg_scroll1 = 0;
 
+	bool m_alt_spriteflip = false;
+
 	TILE_GET_INFO_MEMBER(get_fg_tile_info);
 	template <uint8_t Which> TILE_GET_INFO_MEMBER(get_bg_tile_info);