I Am...Sinistar.

Kimo · 07-12-2006, 09:26 PM

The Sinistar, completed

RUN, COWARD!

OK, so yeah, info. Sinistar was one of the many "twitch games" of the early 1980's, along with Defender, Temptest and Robotron: 2084. The object of the game was to destroy the Sinistar before it was completed. To do this you had to mine Crystals from the many planetoids to make "Sinibombs", then use them to destroy the Sinistar before it was finished. If the Sinistar was completed, you must destroy it, or you had better RUN, or you will DIE. Sinistar was also one of the first games to feature digital voice, the Sinistar would constantly taunt you ("I Am...Sinistar.") and would also warn you when it was done ("Beware, I Live."). When it was completed, you had almost no chance to survive, there would be no time to make your time. It would be so fast it would almost be a blur. If you didn't get that one lucky shot in to destroy one piece and slow it down, your chance of survival was virtually 0%, because the Sinistar WILL get you. Truly scary stuff in 1982.

Ty

I AM THE PROPHECY. · 07-12-2006, 09:38 PM

Of all the games that I've always thought would benefit from a remake, this is one of them

In seriousness, though, my first experience with this was when I was about six years old in a shady Mexican restaurant. I had about seventy-five cents (I was living large) and spent it playing the Sinistar machine. The first game was kind of confusing, but once I figured out exactly what I needed to do the next two games, however brief, were that much more fun. It's never been a specialty but damn, it left an impression. I was startled the first time a Sinistar was completed and started rushing me.

*Akira* · 07-12-2006, 09:43 PM

I really loved that game. I only played it on the SNES (Midway Arcade Collection)

Right now it's still my favorite time-killer when i'm bored

Kimo · 07-12-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MidnightRealism

Of all the games that I've always thought would benefit from a remake, this is one of them

Released in 1999. TO eBAY!

Picture In Game.

Novasonic of /flex · 07-12-2006, 10:15 PM

The remake is terrible.

My mom has told me stories of getting drunk at her friend's house and walking trashed to the gas station to play this game. And having played it, that would've been totally worth it and awesome.

BBH · 07-12-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KLOV

The game play was not supposed to be quite so difficult, but just before production started, the upper-management decided to make the game harder.

so lame that they decided to make it harder. The game would have been a lot more enjoyable with a more lenient difficulty curve. Barely anyone can get past stage 3 :\

Malev · 07-12-2006, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BBH

so lame that they decided to make it harder. The game would have been a lot more enjoyable with a more lenient difficulty curve. Barely anyone can get past stage 3 :\

Dude I couldn't get past Level 1! I could never shake off Sinistar or get a hit in.

Fuck it, this thread will now be about Pacman!

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ANGRY ABOUT ENGLISH · 07-13-2006, 12:19 AM

You don't get to threadjack until I tell my Sinistar story, damnit.

So. It's about 2000, and we've just bought our first surround sound system. And then my parents head out for a weekend. Now, fun story, as if you can't guess: I'm a geek. I didn't throw a drunken party or anything, no, I invited buddies over and we gamed all night. But at about 3 AM on Sunday, one of us came up with the idea to see what my PC sounded like with surround sound. Hooked it up, booted up some random tracks... and then someone pointed to a Williams Arcade Collection icon. We fucked around with it, Defender, Joust, etc.

It's 4 AM. And a combination of bad shit happened. We played Sinistar + someone nodded off ON THE REMOTE + volume went to max...

...and the Sinistar was finished. Full on BOOM, I swear the house shook...

"BEWARE, I LIVE."

I think the only thing that kept the police from coming was that nobody could pinpoint what house on the block the noise came from.

Kimo · 07-13-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletcher

...It's 4 AM. And a combination of bad shit happened. We played Sinistar + someone nodded off ON THE REMOTE + volume went to max...

...and the Sinistar was finished. Full on BOOM, I swear the house shook...

"BEWARE, I LIVE."

I think the only thing that kept the police from coming was that nobody could pinpoint what house on the block the noise came from.

...That's awesome!

sldk · 07-13-2006, 11:19 PM

Oh god that sounds like something in a movie. Hilarious

Props.

*Akira* · 07-13-2006, 11:54 PM

Oh my god that was totally hilarious

HioMrSan · 07-14-2006, 08:36 AM

Wow people have actually played Sinistar! Run COWARD! I've been trying to find a nice standup cabinet of this game for awhile. Damn you all, now I need to play MAME for a few hours....