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Anyone who is old enough to remember Sinistar get in here.
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I don't think my local arcades had that, though I have heard of it.
My games at that time were Mr.Do!, Donkey Kong Jr, Amidar, Robotron and Xevious.
My games at that time were Mr.Do!, Donkey Kong Jr, Amidar, Robotron and Xevious.
I rented a PS1 arcade compilation from blockbuster as a kid.......this effing game got to me with that dude. Damn Howling scream.
Sinistar is just a cool guy and I wish I could use the 'I hunger' sound effect at will like how you can just post an animated gif
I ain't that old, but I played this game on some arcade collection when I was younger. Sinstar scared the shit out of me. "RUN! RUN! RUN!" And that damn scream he would do as well lol.
The "Beware, I Live!" Followed by screaming as it sharks you from a diagonal within seconds is burned in my brain.
It's a fun game.
When I worked retail, my target clearanced a bunch of stand up arcades after Xmas, and the store GM bought the demo unit and stuck it in the break/lunch room. So we could play sinister, robotron, joust, and a couple others. But sinister above all others were what I played most
It's a fun game.
When I worked retail, my target clearanced a bunch of stand up arcades after Xmas, and the store GM bought the demo unit and stuck it in the break/lunch room. So we could play sinister, robotron, joust, and a couple others. But sinister above all others were what I played most
I love that game. Played it for the first time at a cinema (before watching Howard the Duck, of all films) when I was on holiday in the USA in 1986. I was immediately captivated by the titular character with its booming voice.
Years later I played the hell out of it on Midway Arcade Treasures and MAME. I hope it will be released on modern consoles (along with other Midway hits) someday.
Years later I played the hell out of it on Midway Arcade Treasures and MAME. I hope it will be released on modern consoles (along with other Midway hits) someday.
I've heard of this game but never actually seen it.
Awesome voice, and holy shit at that scream! O_O It's so perfectly unexpected, out of place, and blood-curdlingly awesome! It would have been perfect if only they had a few variations of that scream instead of repeating the same sample over and over.
I can only imagine someone hearing this for the first time from a booming speaker of the arcade cabinet in 1982 - it probably would have felt like the cabinet was literally possessed by a demon.
Awesome voice, and holy shit at that scream! O_O It's so perfectly unexpected, out of place, and blood-curdlingly awesome! It would have been perfect if only they had a few variations of that scream instead of repeating the same sample over and over.
I can only imagine someone hearing this for the first time from a booming speaker of the arcade cabinet in 1982 - it probably would have felt like the cabinet was literally possessed by a demon.
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I still remember the first time I played it very well even though it was almost four decades ago. It was a lone arcade game in the hallway of a mall. When that thing came on the screen and started talking, it startled me good.
I am not old enough (29), but I heard of it through discussion on Penny Arcade and Giant Bomb as a preteen and thought it was a very cool and innovative game.
I still think there's juice to be squeezed from the Sinistar concept, it's a shame these IPs are left to rot.
I still think there's juice to be squeezed from the Sinistar concept, it's a shame these IPs are left to rot.
That feeling when you had an all night gaming sesh as a kid and as you fall asleep...
"BEWARE, I LIVE"
"BEWARE, I LIVE"
I HUNGER is right up there with BODY BLOW, BODY BLOW, KNOCKOUT for sounds I can picture blasting out of Aladdin's Castle.
My arcade never had it so never played it. I think it must of had everything except that.
But I do remember my arcade at the fair had the loudest space harrier machine. You could hear that thing a mile away everytime it went arghhh!
But I do remember my arcade at the fair had the loudest space harrier machine. You could hear that thing a mile away everytime it went arghhh!
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I had it on a Williams Arcade Collection on the SNES. The game was impossible and shit moved too fast for it to really be fun, but I would still load it up all the time because I loved the vocal samples and was amazed you could do that on an SNES.
Yes, Sinistar Unleashed! Got it at a thrift store, and it was what introduced me to Sinistar. Awesome game, with a great soundtrack.
Loved Sinistar in the arcades. I didn't appreciate at the time what kind of magic Williams was working with their sound design, but I did know I'd never heard anything like them before.
I still remember being a little confused at how I, Robot worked. Graphics were either the lines of Asteroids/Tempest/Tailgunner/Tac-Scan, or little solid-art things I had no idea were called sprites. What kind of wizardry is this I, Robot game!?
I still remember being a little confused at how I, Robot worked. Graphics were either the lines of Asteroids/Tempest/Tailgunner/Tac-Scan, or little solid-art things I had no idea were called sprites. What kind of wizardry is this I, Robot game!?
Yes, and at my local Putt-Putt Golf & Games the Sinistar cabinet volume was jacked up so no matter where you were you could hear "I hunger!" and his howls of rage. I was never good at the game though. It seemed pretty damn hard at the time.
Punch-Out!! arcade (and Super Punch-Out!! probably though I don't think I ever saw that cabinet in person)
Punch-Out!! arcade (and Super Punch-Out!! probably though I don't think I ever saw that cabinet in person)
My local Safeway (of all places) is where I first experienced the terror of Sinistar. Scared the living hell out of me!
Was one of my first gaming obsessions back in the day. I remember some older guy (older, ha! I was like 9 or 10. This older guy was probably 16, thinking about it now) trying to shoo me away from the cabinet because he wanted to play. But I was doing pretty good, and wasn't going to give up for him.
I miss when grocery stores had arcade games. I played Galaga a lot at Safeway.
Totally unique controller for that game too. The arcade stick has an optical joystick instead of the typical microswitches, so you had no clicking and much more fidelity in terms of movement direction, which you needed to outrun that damn thing. Was way ahead of its time.
Noting better than it hunting you down, screaming RUN! RUN! RUN! as you desperately tried to bomb it.
Noting better than it hunting you down, screaming RUN! RUN! RUN! as you desperately tried to bomb it.
That was also my first encounter with the game.
So I guess I'm not quite old enough to remember sinistar. Whew.
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I am probably LTTP about this, but watching that video instantly made me think of how a lot of the bosses sound and act on Smash TV which was also by Williams. This is probably not a coincidence, but just something I never actually put together until today!