Nemesis, Pyramid Head, any horror villain of the last ten years… BABY SHIT… compared to the scariest enemy in video game history, Sinistar. Everytime he says “Run, coward”, I die of fear, as I am typing this from Hell right now, waiting to gain the courage to go back to my body in the surface world.
Game #251
Game #251
galaga if it wasnt for little bitches
A unique blend of space shooting and horror where you're blasting aliens while also being pursued by the eponymous cosmic horror that taunts and yells at you. Sinistar is fun, challenging, and also pretty damn tense. It's infamous for causing heart attacks so don't play it if you have high blood pressure but otherwise this is a great early 80's arcade game and one of the most memorable.
Played with a trackball and the speakers, this is an arcade experience that just feels so immersive
Whenever Sinistar isn’t on screen, everyone should be asking, “Where’s Sinistar?”
BEWARE I LIVE! I HUNGER! I AM SINISTAR!
RUN COWARD! RUN! RUN! RUN!
RAWWWAAAARRRGGGGHHH!
Fascinante como eu escuto à anos duas músicas (X) (X) baseadas inteiramente nesse jogo (e q até usam as SFX dele) mas só fiquei sabendo hoje da existência dessa relíquia.
Alias:
Sinistar pro Top 10 Vilões mais Cabulosos da História dos Jogos!
RUN COWARD! RUN! RUN! RUN!
RAWWWAAAARRRGGGGHHH!
Fascinante como eu escuto à anos duas músicas (X) (X) baseadas inteiramente nesse jogo (e q até usam as SFX dele) mas só fiquei sabendo hoje da existência dessa relíquia.
Alias:
Sinistar pro Top 10 Vilões mais Cabulosos da História dos Jogos!
Very recently for a game jam I ended up thinking about this game and using it sort of as a base gameplay template, with that being said I came back to this game after years ago playing it briefly and being intrigued by the concept of it (obviously so much that I too inspiration lmao).
With that being said I think this is a “bad game” in a fun do-not-play-this-physically-at-an-arcade way in the sense that the sheer anxiety and panic this game thrusts you into doesn’t really train you, you’re basically feeding the machine a direct coin and unless you have prior knowledge of this game you’re probably gonna die soon. You’re essentially getting materials to take out a guy who one shots you, this in of itself isn’t entirely properly set up but the anxiety of so many smaller enemies showing up while you rush to have SOMETHING is pretty stressful (but fun because the deadline is to meet a giant evil space face that says “beware” out loud)
Summary: I bet a bunch of kids had nightmares because of this game lmao nice
With that being said I think this is a “bad game” in a fun do-not-play-this-physically-at-an-arcade way in the sense that the sheer anxiety and panic this game thrusts you into doesn’t really train you, you’re basically feeding the machine a direct coin and unless you have prior knowledge of this game you’re probably gonna die soon. You’re essentially getting materials to take out a guy who one shots you, this in of itself isn’t entirely properly set up but the anxiety of so many smaller enemies showing up while you rush to have SOMETHING is pretty stressful (but fun because the deadline is to meet a giant evil space face that says “beware” out loud)
Summary: I bet a bunch of kids had nightmares because of this game lmao nice
dude was yellin at me BEWARE COWARD and my ass was listenin
BEWARE I LIVE! RUN COWARD! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
The best part of the game really is that voice. The gameplay itself is pretty standard shooting and collecting the little shiny bits that pop out of the asteroids and avoiding the enemies. I never made it very far so I'm not sure if it changes up later on. Overall I play it for the atmosphere more than anything but you have to try it at least once to get threatened.
This game gets a surprising amount of praise for being a mediocre Asteroids variant. Ignoring Sinistar's comical lack of chill, the gameplay loop consists of shooting at rocks that don't degrade in any way to collect resources for bombs you'll need to defeat Sinistar. The only thing keeping you from doing this is an occasional ship that shows up. That's it. That's the extent of the danger. The entire loop just feels like it goes from 1 to 11 without anything interesting in between.
Sinistar voice Haiiii :3 Beware UwU! I live~~
Oh sweet Jesus this is terrifying.
Just another arcade shooter. Sinistar is the only thing that doesn't look like three pixels of shit. Really cool premise, though.