I remember playing this as a kid, and never getting anywhere, but I played it at a retro arcade in Branson, Mo. last month for the first time since childhood. I finally took the time to figure out how to play it, and was able to kill a Sinistar for the first time in my life. I was pretty proud of myself. My wife was so impressed that she... nah, she didn't care at all.
I remember seeing a video of just sinistar saying that like a year ago and I thought it was something modern. Like from some creepy snuff video website or something.
When I was a kid, I had the same reaction… this game was so scary, I would make a loop around the arcade avoiding it for awhile until I got brave enough. Playing it was insanely scary when he came after you!
"You start the game with zero Cinnabons." I know that's not what you said, but now I want a game where this sentence is applicable, ideally an 8-bit take on Better Call Saul. 😂
When a red guy picks up a crystal, they'll fly it over to where Sinistar is being constructed and add another piece to him. The name of the game is to not let any of the workers take crystals that you miss. That's how Sinistar builds up faster than you accumulate sinibombs. Stay on top of every crystal knocked loose and you'll rack up a good score in no time. Plus you have plenty of sinibombs to kill that thing over and over again. It's gratifying to make Sinistar explode and eat his words.
THIS game was the BOOOOOMB!!! We had a seated version with speakers behind your head at my arcade and when he screamed the speakers would crackle and pop, scaring the crap outta you. Absolutely LOVED the game! His scream and dialogue was legendary as well. If you never experienced the sitdown version then I feel sorry for you because imo it's the greatest way to appreciate this classic killer arcade game
I have been terrified of Sinistar for as long as I can remember. Even now Sinistar is scary; not because of the voice, but because of how fast Sinistar can move.
This is easily my favorite arcade game of all time. I wish I bought an original cab when the price was more agreeable. I didn’t read all the comments, but when playing and a “worker” gets a piece from an asteroid, you can still chase them, shoot them and take the goods from them. Great video, and lots of good info!
LOL, Sinistar used to be one of my go to's at Milford Rec. For those of you not from CT Milford Rec was one of two major and huge 80s type arcades in CT. 2 floors, over 500 cabs, 50 pinball machines, 25 pool tables, pizza place, it was a literal mecca if you were an arcade kid. I remember a couple years ago it was demolished to put up a horrid strip mall with things like Blinds to Go 🙄. I snuck in just to reminisce about the great times I had there. I had a cathartic moment and realized that like Milford Rec I too am a relic. I stood there among the ghosts of better times. Thanks Ralph for helping keep the golden age in the minds of the new generation of gamers. It was such an amazing time, and you're keeping it from vanishing into the ether.
Thanks my dude, I had a similar experience when I went back to my childhood mall that had my go to arcade called the "dream machine". Not only is the mall completely different but the arcade is a thing of the past. It's sad to see places you had such great memories of just vanish. Anyhow, on a positive note, these games are still special no matter how much time passes. I know you feel the same way, they won't die on our watch, right? Let's keep the dream alive my friend! I hope you have a great Christmas my friend!
I hear yah buddy. When I was 11 or 10 all I could think about was the Arcade and I was hooked hard. My place has long been demolished too but I can still see myself standing at the exact spot where I played Double Dragon for 20p and loved every second of it. UK guy here.
I also spent time at Milford Rec back in the day. My dad used to work in Orange and would drop me off there sometimes in the summer. Great place! Since I used to live in Naugatuck, I couldn't go very often and used to hang at Crazy 8 arcade in Waterbury all the time. Sinestar was one of my faves along with Robotron and Dragon's Lair. Man, I dropped a lot of quarters in those machines!
I remember seeing this game in the arcade and yes, it was a big scary mess. I tried playing a few times but never understood the point. I was completely unaware of the little crystals coming out of the planetoids. I just assumed it would play like Asteroids, where you're supposed to blow them up. And then Sinistar shows up, you try to shoot him, and you're toast.
Back in 1984, I only came across this game once in a small mall in a small town. It was awesome and I played it for an hour and dumped a lot of quarters into it. Absolutely a brutal quarter muncher. Very hard to play in emulation because of that specialized joystick.
Use a long handle analog flight stick for better results. Add in some extra resistance bands in the form of an "X", for even greater control ability. (mimicking how the actual 49 way worked) I was able to modify a Thrustmaster flight stick, to have a short ball handle. I made a rubber spider (as the spring system) out of 2 layers of cut up bike tires, and brass gromets for mounting. This actually had more resistance force, allowing for even better control than the original stick.
This game was brutally hard and scary as hell. I remember playing it in 83 next to a Joust (which used much of the same hardware). The speaking in the game was really ground breaking for the time.
I feel you. I had a high score for a very long time at the one that I used to have at work that nobody could even touch. I also used to be able to reliably beat two and I don’t remember if i beat a third. I might’ve one or twice, but even just the second one is quite a challenge.
Many, many years ago, I set the high score on a cab in a bowling alley next to my high school. It was little over 300K--nothing special really, but I pumped lot of quarters into that machine to get that high score. I came back home after graduating from college 4 years later and saw that my high score was still standing. That's how tough this game was.
Unfortunately it’s a game that’s pretty hard to play outside its original setting/hardware. It has a special joystick so if you’re not playing on the original hardware it actually plays differently than intended. Its quite hard without it as your speed is hard to control. I can get quite a bit further on the original machine In comparison to some thing like a mame.
"Beware... I live." I must have plunked hundreds of dollars into that arcade game. All because Sinistar challenged my very existence. "Run coward!" LOL
Most people don’t know this but Sinistar was setup wrong at arcades. It was set at its fastest mode and that’s why you can never win. There is a switch on the board that slows it down and makes it reasonably fun but this was never implemented on the software version (I know the software menus have it, but that doesn’t do anything). With it set to a reasonable pace I was able to get to level 6 (I think there are 10 levels). So sad they can’t get the software version working right as it’s super fun at the correct speed.
There was this game, Xenophobe, and some game with a weird asteroid monster in the arcade at my local laundromat when I was a kid, and that, dark, unlit section of the arcade terrified me as a kid. I'd be on the other side playing Operation Wolf, Pac Man, Captain America and the Avengers, X-Men, or Ninja Turtles and suddenly realize I was alone in there, in the dark. Then I'd hear "Beware!" "I live!" and literally run out of the arcade in terror.
Yeah, this game scared the crap out of me as a kid. Especially has the place that had it had the volume cranked pretty high, so when he Fus Ro Dahs the player to death it was LOUD and STARTLING.
Tip: Try to keep the Sinistar build site on your radar, indicated by the yellow dot. Because once he leaves your radar, you can actually hear him being built much faster. Every “plunk plunk” noise you hear is a piece of him being constructed. I try to keep him in my sights as he’s being built and periodically send a sinibomb loose to slow down construction.
@@RetroRalph you can also milk the first screen by keeping Sinistar next to you and just pick off the red guys as they try to add pieces to him. it's kind of cheap, and not super easy, but you can get some extra points. also, sinistar has auto fire, so you can just hold the fire button down. :)
@@coasterlvr It's not cheap. the game is cheap. you have to use whatever strategy works. besides that only works on the very first level which is unique, and doesn't repeat. the autofire setting has to be turned on, to use in the settings though. made it to 380k on default settings, but thats the furthest i got. later -1
@@negative1723 i've never turned on auto fire, or played a cabinet that didn't auto fire. my jrok and arcadesd both default to auto fire. 380 is great. i think when i was a kid i used to get 300k. i have an award somewhere that's engraved with my score from a contest i won. i THINK it was around 300k, but pretty sure not much more, if that at all. i need to setup another jrok. arcadesd works great with 49 way joystick support, but the settings in the menu don't work and it's only set to two bonus men.
to this day it is the ONLY video game that has ever actually freaked me out, when you are rushing trying to get those crystals and then Sinistar just comes rushing onto screen at you roaring and you are running in a frenzy trying to avoid comets i get all fumbling and nervous.
This game is brutal I think it's possessed. 👿 But I think more games should taunt the player more like sinistar and black knight pin brings emotion into the gameplay.
I agree, it ups the emotion for sure and the urgency, act fast or be destroyed... it's really a simple concept but it's highly effective and quite addictive. It's interesting how a lot of the 80's games pull on your emotions. Space Invaders the sound effects actually stress me out so bad... haha. Thanks for watching my friend. I hope all is well and you have a great Christmas!
I remember seeing the sit down version of this game at the arcade and didn't think anything of it. Then I was waiting to play another game and from behind me this thing yelled "I HUNGER" and peed myself a little.
Awesome video and game! One of my all time favorites. Yes in 83 this was very scary. Another one that had a similar effect was the classic pinball game Gorgar with the beating heartbeat that sped up as you played along with Gorgar speaking was as they promoted it “no longer man vs machine but man vs monster”
Yeah!! As soon as the topic of Sinistar came up, I immediately started thinking of Satan's Hollow. I have the ROM for it in MAME emulator, although I miss the chunky flight stick from the arcade cabinet.😅👍
Its almost the perfect game, up there with Robotron. But it's impossible to emulate without that specific joystick. An 8-way or even 16-way joystick will get you killed very fast. But on the original machine the gameplay is a force of nature. I've beaten several levels, but only in "the zone."
I was searching for the name of this game for decades (literally!). I played it as a kid on vacation in Italy; scared shitless. Today a friend sent me the link to this video. Another mystery of my childhood resolved.😁
Without the 49 way joystick, the game is just too frustrating. Was my fave game in the arcade and I tried multiple emulations and joysticks and it is just not the same. It’s like trying to play Roadblasters without the original steering controller. Just not the same.
Cheers Ralph!! I never got to play this as a kid but I am looking forward to experiencing it soon. The voice clips sound so creepy and cool dude. Have a great Holiday weekend bro!!
That's awesome, I can't remember does that cabinet have the version of SInistar where the map is on the right hand side? Thanks so much for watching! RUN RUN RUN!!!
That is correct. Mine is the horizontal version and the map is on the right side. Currently I have an 8 way joystick but plan to get a 49 in 1 joystick down the road. The 49 joystick makes a huge difference in game play.
Loved this game as a kid. Later on in life got the dos version of midway classics and I remember there were some videos on the one where Noah Falstein was talking about the infinite lives bug and just amazed at how the kids found out about it in the arcades. Just blew his mind. Awesome game and memories. Thanks Ralph! Great score man...def hold on to that machine!!
This game is so wacked LOL. Definitely not something I would play, but I do have an appreciation and respect for the Golden Age games. Nice to see such a diverse selection in your collection Ralph! As always, thanks for sharing and keep up the great content.
These early 80's games aren't for everyone but I have sure grown fond of this one. Lot's of Arcade games to go around, right? Thanks so much for watching my friend!
You mean, there "was" a partycade, with Sinistar on it. LOL I've not been able to find that Defender Partycade, anywhere. Yes, Sinistar was an intimidating game, back in the day. Was lucky enough to play the sit-down version, when it was brand new. Thanks for sharing. :)
Try the link in the description, I checked last night and it was in-stock, you just need to change the color to "defender". Oh man, you played the sit-down when it was new!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!!
I think so too, some of the artwork in the 80's as far as Arcade games go is unmatched, it's just super cool and unique. Thanks so much for watching and have a great holiday!
Played this around 1985 at a hotel in California during a business trip my dad was on. We were there for a few nights and I played it every night we were there. Really awesome game and hard to get good at!
This game holds a special place in my memory. I grew up in the country a little store down the street added this and a few other games back in the 80s. I spent $5.00 playing this and once I got home my mom came unglued on me for blowing money on something that she called "a waste of time. " Well I'm 50 and still wasting my time as my mama put it..hahah
Thanks for the Sinistar game tutorial. I recently got the Defender partycade and had no clue on how to play the game. I'm now enjoying the game since you shed some light on the rules.
Thanks bud, I really appreciate you helping me find this man, it means a lot. I should have mentioned the piece about the centering spider but I was exhausted filming this. We're hosting for Christmas and Kim and I are both running around like crazy people getting ready for Family. Anyhow, I hope you have a great holiday and thanks again my friend. Should I put you on the hunt now for an X-Men? That's the next cabinet I think I want to track down... haha. That and an original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Going to start off 2022 with some 90's titles. ;-)
That cab is in great condition. Confession I never really knew how to play the game but it looks awesome. I didn't know there's a collection for GBA, nice. As always great video. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Thanks bud, I'm really glad you enjoy them! This one was fun to make and Sinistar is just such a fun, challenging and sometimes very frustrating game... LOL. Have a great holiday and thanks again for the support!
That looks a fun game! It's surprising how many chips and boards it needs to run, but they put it together and was ahead of it's time as it's Amiga standard! Happy New Year!
This game I will never forget. played it once just because it scared the crap out of me when I walked by it, It felt to small me like a poisonous snake ready to strike. Now days I wish I could take its voice lines and use them as a ring tone.
When I was younger I would always see these types of games on compilation discs like Midway Arcade Treasures and Namco Museum, etc. But I would only be interested in the later 80s and 90s games. I'm only now starting to get into the earlier 80s games and I wish I gave them more time when I was younger cuz they are seriously awesome games.
I didn't even know it existed till I saw it at Galloping Ghost and I was blown away! The stereo sound in it is really cool. Thanks so much for watching!
Team XboX 4life !! Great video, I did not know this game even existed, I have a Blast City cabinet running a games family multi board so I will see how that works for me. I also have Genesis with a flash cart and a sanwa arcade stick that I could use for it so I will check that option as well. Also I wanted to say that video you made in the arcade where they had a NARC cabinet with an extra level sounds so intriguing to me. I would love to try that out. Anyway thanks again for all of your great videos, I love watching you and Scarlett Sprites. You guys always give great content.
First of thanks for watching! The NARC extra level I believe is Unique to Galloping Ghost so you have to go there to play it. I don't believe the rom's are out there, I would love to have them for my personal NARC. It might be interesting to ask Doc if they would burn a set for me, it won't hurt to ask right? Anyway, thanks so much for the comment and for supporting the channel, it means a lot. Have a great holiday!
@@RetroRalph absolutely it can't hurt to ask. And yeah Galloping Ghost that was the name of the place. I live in Queens N.Y. so that is far for me but it may be worth it just to experience that enormous arcade from yesteryear. I might just have to do that the more I think about it. Anyway thanx again for all of the videos. And just for fun I will let you know that I have been hooked Metal Slug 2 as of late trying to perfect my game and getting all of the Secerts. Retro gaming 4life !! I am playing that on a consolized MV-1C hooked up to a 13inch Toshiba using monster component cables and playing with an original "sting ray" neo geo arcade stick.
Running the OG boards on this is next level. Basically, it's worse than pinball, which I didn't think was possible. Pinball will break your heart. Thanks for the video, I'd forgotten this gorgeous cabinet!
I remember seeing this game for the first time at a local grocery store back in the 80s, I didnt know it was gonna start screaming at me telling me how hungry it was . Freaked me and my bro out man.
Lemme tell you what game really scared me. Pac-Man (and for awhile all games). I was at the deli where my Mom worked at and they had maybe 6 or 8 games. One day something was wrong with Pac-Man. You press up on the joystick and it goes wokka wokka, right makes a different noise, etc. I was having fun fooling around for free. My friend says hey and I said what and he says hey a little louder and I said what louder.. turns out the wall outlet was spitting out sparks and caught fire right next to my leg.
I loved this game when it was in the arcade! When Sinistar starts that roar (screaming) part that you showed it brought back a lot of memories. That sound scared the crap out of me..it was such an intense game. Thanks for covering this game! Do you have any plans of coming to TPF this year? Would love to meet you and have a beer!
I've seen sinistar many times over the years but I've never played it. After watching this video I think I'm gonna give it a try next time I see it. Game actually looks pretty fun
I remember an arcade in Salem Oregon that had a Sinistar back in 1980 something. I was thirteen years old in 1983 and remember blowing Sinistar up! While it is a scary game I believe Berzerk from 1980 is the most terrifying game ever. Everything from the cabinet shape, art work and the robot voices. Berzerk has actually been urban legendized as being linked to several deaths. Regardless of what you believe Sinistar and Berzerk both capture that rare moment in time that was the early 1980's. Incredible! Thanks for the video Ralph.
I was in my favorite arcade as a kid shortly after they'd opened up. What I didn't realize is they had brought a Sinistar game in the night before. I guess they got it set up shortly after I started playing one of my favorite pinball machines. Suddenly "I Hunger!" roars through the arcade and I almost dropped a brick in my pants. Loved that game.
I remember playing this as a kid, and never getting anywhere, but I played it at a retro arcade in Branson, Mo. last month for the first time since childhood. I finally took the time to figure out how to play it, and was able to kill a Sinistar for the first time in my life. I was pretty proud of myself. My wife was so impressed that she... nah, she didn't care at all.
My wife is awesome. She pretends to care. :P
This is not even scary trying playing that one ps2 game it was called the suffering
Congratulations
BEWARE I HUNGER
Myne was Galiga,tried this game when I was a young guy in the arcades,I was not good at it...probably still not too good at it.
"Beware"
"I hunger"
"Run run"
That stuff is PTSD inducing.
Totally, thanks so much for watching!
RON RON RON HOWARD
I remember seeing a video of just sinistar saying that like a year ago and I thought it was something modern. Like from some creepy snuff video website or something.
When I was a kid, I had the same reaction… this game was so scary, I would make a loop around the arcade avoiding it for awhile until I got brave enough. Playing it was insanely scary when he came after you!
"You start the game with zero Cinnabons."
I know that's not what you said, but now I want a game where this sentence is applicable, ideally an 8-bit take on Better Call Saul. 😂
😂😂😂. Thanks for watching!
When a red guy picks up a crystal, they'll fly it over to where Sinistar is being constructed and add another piece to him. The name of the game is to not let any of the workers take crystals that you miss. That's how Sinistar builds up faster than you accumulate sinibombs. Stay on top of every crystal knocked loose and you'll rack up a good score in no time. Plus you have plenty of sinibombs to kill that thing over and over again. It's gratifying to make Sinistar explode and eat his words.
i'll try this on my retro console lol
The sit down version had the speakers right behind your head and would freak me the f out!! "I AM SINISTAR!"
THIS game was the BOOOOOMB!!! We had a seated version with speakers behind your head at my arcade and when he screamed the speakers would crackle and pop, scaring the crap outta you.
Absolutely LOVED the game! His scream and dialogue was legendary as well.
If you never experienced the sitdown version then I feel sorry for you because imo it's the greatest way to appreciate this classic killer arcade game
I have been terrified of Sinistar for as long as I can remember. Even now Sinistar is scary; not because of the voice, but because of how fast Sinistar can move.
This is easily my favorite arcade game of all time. I wish I bought an original cab when the price was more agreeable. I didn’t read all the comments, but when playing and a “worker” gets a piece from an asteroid, you can still chase them, shoot them and take the goods from them. Great video, and lots of good info!
LOL, Sinistar used to be one of my go to's at Milford Rec. For those of you not from CT Milford Rec was one of two major and huge 80s type arcades in CT. 2 floors, over 500 cabs, 50 pinball machines, 25 pool tables, pizza place, it was a literal mecca if you were an arcade kid.
I remember a couple years ago it was demolished to put up a horrid strip mall with things like Blinds to Go 🙄. I snuck in just to reminisce about the great times I had there. I had a cathartic moment and realized that like Milford Rec I too am a relic. I stood there among the ghosts of better times.
Thanks Ralph for helping keep the golden age in the minds of the new generation of gamers. It was such an amazing time, and you're keeping it from vanishing into the ether.
Thanks my dude, I had a similar experience when I went back to my childhood mall that had my go to arcade called the "dream machine". Not only is the mall completely different but the arcade is a thing of the past. It's sad to see places you had such great memories of just vanish.
Anyhow, on a positive note, these games are still special no matter how much time passes. I know you feel the same way, they won't die on our watch, right?
Let's keep the dream alive my friend!
I hope you have a great Christmas my friend!
I hear yah buddy. When I was 11 or 10 all I could think about was the Arcade and I was hooked hard. My place has long been demolished too but I can still see myself standing at the exact spot where I played Double Dragon for 20p and loved every second of it. UK guy here.
Damn thank you for the story
I also spent time at Milford Rec back in the day. My dad used to work in Orange and would drop me off there sometimes in the summer. Great place! Since I used to live in Naugatuck, I couldn't go very often and used to hang at Crazy 8 arcade in Waterbury all the time. Sinestar was one of my faves along with Robotron and Dragon's Lair. Man, I dropped a lot of quarters in those machines!
Sounds like Sportsworld in jersey
Nice! When I was in my 20's, one of my roommates wheeled one of these through the door! Needless to say, that machine provided many great nights!
Well, that must have been super cool!
Hey Ralph. Nice little surprise with the shout out to my channel while watching your latest video LOL. Great job as usual. Merry Christmas.
Thanks for the inspiration on this one 🙏🏼. You’re the best! Your Sinistar history video is one of my favorites! I hope you have a great Christmas 🎅🏻
@@RetroRalph That's nice of you to say, thanks
You nailed it! This game scared the absolute crap out of my little bunghole as a kid in the arcade. "RUN COWARD!"
I remember seeing this game in the arcade and yes, it was a big scary mess.
I tried playing a few times but never understood the point. I was completely unaware of the little crystals coming out of the planetoids. I just assumed it would play like Asteroids, where you're supposed to blow them up.
And then Sinistar shows up, you try to shoot him, and you're toast.
After all these years I am still convinced he was calling me "Ron, Howard!!"
I hear that a lot… haha. It does kinda sound like that. Thanks so much for watching!
The guys at Williams thought so too. One of the working titles for this game was "Opie-Star".
Back in 1984, I only came across this game once in a small mall in a small town. It was awesome and I played it for an hour and dumped a lot of quarters into it. Absolutely a brutal quarter muncher. Very hard to play in emulation because of that specialized joystick.
Use a long handle analog flight stick for better results. Add in some extra resistance bands in the form of an "X", for even greater control ability. (mimicking how the actual 49 way worked)
I was able to modify a Thrustmaster flight stick, to have a short ball handle. I made a rubber spider (as the spring system) out of 2 layers of cut up bike tires, and brass gromets for mounting. This actually had more resistance force, allowing for even better control than the original stick.
Every time I played it as a kid, I got goose bumps from hearing the audio.
This game was brutally hard and scary as hell. I remember playing it in 83 next to a Joust (which used much of the same hardware). The speaking in the game was really ground breaking for the time.
Definitely a hidden classic. The gameplay is just maddening. 40 years later I STILL have not been able to beat a third Sinistar, but there is hope.
I can just about beat the first one but you're way ahead of me :-)
I feel you. I had a high score for a very long time at the one that I used to have at work that nobody could even touch. I also used to be able to reliably beat two and I don’t remember if i beat a third. I might’ve one or twice, but even just the second one is quite a challenge.
Many, many years ago, I set the high score on a cab in a bowling alley next to my high school. It was little over 300K--nothing special really, but I pumped lot of quarters into that machine to get that high score.
I came back home after graduating from college 4 years later and saw that my high score was still standing. That's how tough this game was.
I'm with you brother, I've only beaten two Sinistars. Didn't get close to the third one.
Unfortunately it’s a game that’s pretty hard to play outside its original setting/hardware. It has a special joystick so if you’re not playing on the original hardware it actually plays differently than intended. Its quite hard without it as your speed is hard to control. I can get quite a bit further on the original machine In comparison to some thing like a mame.
"Beware... I live." I must have plunked hundreds of dollars into that arcade game. All because Sinistar challenged my very existence. "Run coward!" LOL
Most people don’t know this but Sinistar was setup wrong at arcades. It was set at its fastest mode and that’s why you can never win. There is a switch on the board that slows it down and makes it reasonably fun but this was never implemented on the software version (I know the software menus have it, but that doesn’t do anything). With it set to a reasonable pace I was able to get to level 6 (I think there are 10 levels). So sad they can’t get the software version working right as it’s super fun at the correct speed.
I was fortunate to have played this back in the day in the cockpit. Badass game. Williams had the hardest games, not for punks 🤣
#Truth ... I'm kind of jealous you were able to play the cockpit when it came out!
There was this game, Xenophobe, and some game with a weird asteroid monster in the arcade at my local laundromat when I was a kid, and that, dark, unlit section of the arcade terrified me as a kid. I'd be on the other side playing Operation Wolf, Pac Man, Captain America and the Avengers, X-Men, or Ninja Turtles and suddenly realize I was alone in there, in the dark. Then I'd hear "Beware!" "I live!" and literally run out of the arcade in terror.
Will have to live with the Defender partycade version for now. Great video, Merry Christmas Ralph!
Thanks, you too! I appreciate you watching!
Is there a joystick upgrade for the partycade that would be best for all the games on the cab? I Really like these partycades!!
Yeah, this game scared the crap out of me as a kid. Especially has the place that had it had the volume cranked pretty high, so when he Fus Ro Dahs the player to death it was LOUD and STARTLING.
Tip: Try to keep the Sinistar build site on your radar, indicated by the yellow dot. Because once he leaves your radar, you can actually hear him being built much faster. Every “plunk plunk” noise you hear is a piece of him being constructed. I try to keep him in my sights as he’s being built and periodically send a sinibomb loose to slow down construction.
Dude, I didn't know that, that's awesome... I'm going to change up my strategy. You rock man, thanks so much for the tip and for watching!
@@RetroRalph I’m really impressed with condition of your machine. That marquee is flawless. It is literally without flaw.
@@RetroRalph you can also milk the first screen by keeping Sinistar next to you and just pick off the red guys as they try to add pieces to him. it's kind of cheap, and not super easy, but you can get some extra points. also, sinistar has auto fire, so you can just hold the fire button down. :)
@@coasterlvr It's not cheap. the game is cheap. you have to use whatever strategy works. besides that only works on the very first level which is unique, and doesn't repeat.
the autofire setting has to be turned on, to use in the settings though.
made it to 380k on default settings, but thats the furthest i got.
later
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@@negative1723 i've never turned on auto fire, or played a cabinet that didn't auto fire. my jrok and arcadesd both default to auto fire. 380 is great. i think when i was a kid i used to get 300k. i have an award somewhere that's engraved with my score from a contest i won. i THINK it was around 300k, but pretty sure not much more, if that at all. i need to setup another jrok. arcadesd works great with 49 way joystick support, but the settings in the menu don't work and it's only set to two bonus men.
to this day it is the ONLY video game that has ever actually freaked me out, when you are rushing trying to get those crystals and then Sinistar just comes rushing onto screen at you roaring and you are running in a frenzy trying to avoid comets i get all fumbling and nervous.
That voice haunted my shit as a kid man. Fantastic video
To this day, when its just before lunch time, I still use the Sinistar voice and say, "I Hunger!"
Sweet, now I know how to play on my Defender Partycade. Merry Christmas!
This game is brutal I think it's possessed. 👿 But I think more games should taunt the player more like sinistar and black knight pin brings emotion into the gameplay.
I agree, it ups the emotion for sure and the urgency, act fast or be destroyed... it's really a simple concept but it's highly effective and quite addictive. It's interesting how a lot of the 80's games pull on your emotions. Space Invaders the sound effects actually stress me out so bad... haha. Thanks for watching my friend. I hope all is well and you have a great Christmas!
There was also Berzerk and Frenzy,sometimes taunting you when you exit a map.
there was legit a game where you threw knives at bodies chained to a wall... and you were scared of sinistar?
OMG, the first time i heard it scream i let go of the controls!
I remember seeing the sit down version of this game at the arcade and didn't think anything of it. Then I was waiting to play another game and from behind me this thing yelled "I HUNGER" and peed myself a little.
Awesome video and game! One of my all time favorites. Yes in 83 this was very scary. Another one that had a similar effect was the classic pinball game Gorgar with the beating heartbeat that sped up as you played along with Gorgar speaking was as they promoted it “no longer man vs machine but man vs monster”
Gorgar was also made by Williams!
I remember Sinistar and Satans Hollow next to each other in my local arcade. Sinistar is awesome!
God... I LOVED Satan's Hollow.
Yeah!! As soon as the topic of Sinistar came up, I immediately started thinking of Satan's Hollow.
I have the ROM for it in MAME emulator, although I miss the chunky flight stick from the arcade cabinet.😅👍
Great video as always. Would be awesome to see a bloopers real of 2021 RetroRalph outtakes
Man you're production is always on point. Thanks for sharing Ralph, I never got the chance to play it because there was never a cabinet in my cade.
Much appreciated my friend, I hope you have a great holiday!
Its almost the perfect game, up there with Robotron. But it's impossible to emulate without that specific joystick. An 8-way or even 16-way joystick will get you killed very fast.
But on the original machine the gameplay is a force of nature. I've beaten several levels, but only in "the zone."
I was searching for the name of this game for decades (literally!). I played it as a kid on vacation in Italy; scared shitless. Today a friend sent me the link to this video. Another mystery of my childhood resolved.😁
😂 That’s awesome man! I’m so glad you found the video! Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks, Ralph!!! You are awesome!!!
Without the 49 way joystick, the game is just too frustrating. Was my fave game in the arcade and I tried multiple emulations and joysticks and it is just not the same. It’s like trying to play Roadblasters without the original steering controller. Just not the same.
Great video, I always appreciate your upskirt videos where you give us a look inside the cabinet and show us how it works!
Thanks bud, I always appreciate you watching!
This is the game you'll have bad dreams about. I've played it before, and it's pretty difficult. I love it though
Cheers Ralph!! I never got to play this as a kid but I am looking forward to experiencing it soon. The voice clips sound so creepy and cool dude. Have a great Holiday weekend bro!!
For sure check it out man, I think you will enjoy it! I hope you have a great holiday my friend!
This and Bosconian were always go-to's for me, even when I was down to my last quarters.
@RetroRalph glad to see you back in your grove. Great video, great content. Game on my friend game on
Thanks bud, I appreciate it! I hope you have a great holiday!
“I hunger…for more arcades.” Merry Christmas, bud!
Happy holidays bud! Yes, yes you do! LOL. Thanks for watching my friend!
Satan's Hollow was the arcade game that gave me the creeps as a kid.
I’m taking credit for linking you this cabinet on Facebook. Lol!!
I love Sinistar! I have it in my Multi Williams cabinet. Run run !!! LOL
That's awesome, I can't remember does that cabinet have the version of SInistar where the map is on the right hand side? Thanks so much for watching! RUN RUN RUN!!!
That is correct. Mine is the horizontal version and the map is on the right side. Currently I have an 8 way joystick but plan to get a 49 in 1 joystick down the road. The 49 joystick makes a huge difference in game play.
Loved this game as a kid. Later on in life got the dos version of midway classics and I remember there were some videos on the one where Noah Falstein was talking about the infinite lives bug and just amazed at how the kids found out about it in the arcades. Just blew his mind. Awesome game and memories. Thanks Ralph! Great score man...def hold on to that machine!!
Oh man this was my favorite game on segas arcade collection. I miss playing the game, ssooo fun
This game is so wacked LOL. Definitely not something I would play, but I do have an appreciation and respect for the Golden Age games. Nice to see such a diverse selection in your collection Ralph! As always, thanks for sharing and keep up the great content.
These early 80's games aren't for everyone but I have sure grown fond of this one. Lot's of Arcade games to go around, right? Thanks so much for watching my friend!
Without a doubt, Williams had the very coolest games.
You mean, there "was" a partycade, with Sinistar on it. LOL I've not been able to find that Defender Partycade, anywhere. Yes, Sinistar was an intimidating game, back in the day. Was lucky enough to play the sit-down version, when it was brand new. Thanks for sharing. :)
Try the link in the description, I checked last night and it was in-stock, you just need to change the color to "defender". Oh man, you played the sit-down when it was new!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!!
@@RetroRalph Thanks. will do. Yeh, it was pretty awesome! :)
@@RetroRalph Ordered. Thanks, again. ;)
This was a cool game, made me tear my hair out in frustration as a kid lol. Merry Christmas to you and the fam...
Awesome pick-up and great video! That cab looks great. I also think the marquee is one of the coolest looking ones.
I think so too, some of the artwork in the 80's as far as Arcade games go is unmatched, it's just super cool and unique. Thanks so much for watching and have a great holiday!
@@RetroRalph Of course and thanks for the amazing content. Have a great holidays
As a 10 year old when it came out...this game scared the shit outta me.
Played this around 1985 at a hotel in California during a business trip my dad was on. We were there for a few nights and I played it every night we were there. Really awesome game and hard to get good at!
Great video 👍 Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family and everyone else in here.
Same to you and thanks so much for watching!
I do love the sounds for this game they are amazing. This was during the Satanic panic wasnt it? Rock N Roll is the devils music!
I really enjoy watching your videos 🤩
I'm so glad, thank you so much for watching!
Definitely creepier in the sit down version, which is what they had at the arcade I went to.
This game holds a special place in my memory. I grew up in the country a little store down the street added this and a few other games back in the 80s. I spent $5.00 playing this and once I got home my mom came unglued on me for blowing money on something that she called "a waste of time. "
Well I'm 50 and still wasting my time as my mama put it..hahah
Thanks for the Sinistar game tutorial. I recently got the Defender partycade and had no clue on how to play the game. I'm now enjoying the game since you shed some light on the rules.
That’s awesome man, glad to hear it! Enjoy and thanks for watching!
That is one awesome game and challange to indeed get the crystals ! 😅
Wow... the boards that is CRAZY is you ask me 😄
Like allways great video ! 🤗
Thanks my dude, always nice to see my wicked friend stop by and leave a comment. I hope all is well my friend!
The game designers understood the same reward mechanism that likes and upvotes give people today with social media, to increase player engagement.
I remember this one.
It has eluded my understanding of the game I didn’t know what the mission was.
Thanks for explaining it.👍🏼
He's right. The feeling of terror when Sinistar came onto the screen was palpable.
There is NO way to enjoy it without a original cabinet, because NO ONE makes the 49 position joystick. THAT's the missing component.
Sinistar was hard. But if you destroyed him a few times you got respect from your fellow players.
I remember playing this in the arcade. It was so frustrating to play, but fun! Happy Holidays to you and your family, Ralph!
Great job Ralph. Keep up the great work.
Thanks bud, I really appreciate you helping me find this man, it means a lot. I should have mentioned the piece about the centering spider but I was exhausted filming this. We're hosting for Christmas and Kim and I are both running around like crazy people getting ready for Family. Anyhow, I hope you have a great holiday and thanks again my friend. Should I put you on the hunt now for an X-Men? That's the next cabinet I think I want to track down... haha. That and an original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Going to start off 2022 with some 90's titles. ;-)
Played this in the arcade at 15 years old. Yes the voice over was creepy. It’s a shame Arcade1up one up couldn’t make a dedicated cab for this !!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy new gaming year!!
Ps I love sinister I just wish it was on the arcade one up Legacy edition
That cab is in great condition. Confession I never really knew how to play the game but it looks awesome. I didn't know there's a collection for GBA, nice. As always great video. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Your videos are always edited so well.
Thanks bud, I'm really glad you enjoy them! This one was fun to make and Sinistar is just such a fun, challenging and sometimes very frustrating game... LOL. Have a great holiday and thanks again for the support!
Yes! This was THE bad ass game that was hard as fuck to play took all my quarters from my paper route and the couch cushions as kid in the 80s.
That looks a fun game! It's surprising how many chips and boards it needs to run, but they put it together and was ahead of it's time as it's Amiga standard! Happy New Year!
I remember the sit down version. Game had great audio and bass! Definitely remember that as crazy good and suspenseful.
This game I will never forget. played it once just because it scared the crap out of me when I walked by it, It felt to small me like a poisonous snake ready to strike.
Now days I wish I could take its voice lines and use them as a ring tone.
God I'm glad I was a 70\80s kid ......
When I was younger I would always see these types of games on compilation discs like Midway Arcade Treasures and Namco Museum, etc. But I would only be interested in the later 80s and 90s games. I'm only now starting to get into the earlier 80s games and I wish I gave them more time when I was younger cuz they are seriously awesome games.
Such a great game!
I don't remember the sit down version, that's very cool!
I didn't even know it existed till I saw it at Galloping Ghost and I was blown away! The stereo sound in it is really cool. Thanks so much for watching!
@@RetroRalph That's totally awesome man! Thanks again for sharing the info.
Team XboX 4life !!
Great video, I did not know this game even existed, I have a Blast City cabinet running a games family multi board so I will see how that works for me. I also have Genesis with a flash cart and a sanwa arcade stick that I could use for it so I will check that option as well. Also I wanted to say that video you made in the arcade where they had a NARC cabinet with an extra level sounds so intriguing to me. I would love to try that out. Anyway thanks again for all of your great videos, I love watching you and Scarlett Sprites. You guys always give great content.
First of thanks for watching! The NARC extra level I believe is Unique to Galloping Ghost so you have to go there to play it. I don't believe the rom's are out there, I would love to have them for my personal NARC. It might be interesting to ask Doc if they would burn a set for me, it won't hurt to ask right?
Anyway, thanks so much for the comment and for supporting the channel, it means a lot. Have a great holiday!
@@RetroRalph absolutely it can't hurt to ask. And yeah Galloping Ghost that was the name of the place. I live in Queens N.Y. so that is far for me but it may be worth it just to experience that enormous arcade from yesteryear. I might just have to do that the more I think about it. Anyway thanx again for all of the videos. And just for fun I will let you know that I have been hooked Metal Slug 2 as of late trying to perfect my game and getting all of the Secerts. Retro gaming 4life !! I am playing that on a consolized MV-1C hooked up to a 13inch Toshiba using monster component cables and playing with an original "sting ray" neo geo arcade stick.
Running the OG boards on this is next level. Basically, it's worse than pinball, which I didn't think was possible. Pinball will break your heart. Thanks for the video, I'd forgotten this gorgeous cabinet!
I could hear that game over everything at the fun spot in NH.
I remember seeing this game for the first time at a local grocery store back in the 80s, I didnt know it was gonna start screaming at me telling me how hungry it was . Freaked me and my bro out man.
Lemme tell you what game really scared me. Pac-Man (and for awhile all games). I was at the deli where my Mom worked at and they had maybe 6 or 8 games. One day something was wrong with Pac-Man. You press up on the joystick and it goes wokka wokka, right makes a different noise, etc. I was having fun fooling around for free. My friend says hey and I said what and he says hey a little louder and I said what louder.. turns out the wall outlet was spitting out sparks and caught fire right next to my leg.
No video game is scary... I LOVE CINABON!!! Haven't had it in years, but the icing is amazing on it!
I loved this game when it was in the arcade! When Sinistar starts that roar (screaming) part that you showed it brought back a lot of memories. That sound scared the crap out of me..it was such an intense game. Thanks for covering this game!
Do you have any plans of coming to TPF this year? Would love to meet you and have a beer!
If Arcade1up did a Sinistar cab I would consider getting it
This. Along with Bubbles with an actual 49 direction joystick.
Playing many hours in the arcade in the 80’s… really cool when you beat him… thanks for sharing cool footage on this classic game.
Definitely an intimidating game. I discovered it later in life and that yell man. LOL
I've seen sinistar many times over the years but I've never played it. After watching this video I think I'm gonna give it a try next time I see it. Game actually looks pretty fun
Glad to hear it man, I think you will enjoy it. It’s chaotic, frustrating but fun at the same time.
I agree with you. I love this game. I wish they’d bring this to the switch
I remember an arcade in Salem Oregon that had a Sinistar back in 1980 something. I was thirteen years old in 1983 and remember blowing Sinistar up! While it is a scary game I believe Berzerk from 1980 is the most terrifying game ever. Everything from the cabinet shape, art work and the robot voices. Berzerk has actually been urban legendized as being linked to several deaths. Regardless of what you believe Sinistar and Berzerk both capture that rare moment in time that was the early 1980's. Incredible! Thanks for the video Ralph.
I was in my favorite arcade as a kid shortly after they'd opened up. What I didn't realize is they had brought a Sinistar game in the night before. I guess they got it set up shortly after I started playing one of my favorite pinball machines. Suddenly "I Hunger!" roars through the arcade and I almost dropped a brick in my pants. Loved that game.
Greatest Arcade Game of my teenage life I spent so many quarters playing the greatest game of all times lol great video bro !!!!!
Thanks and thank you so much for watching!
I would have freaked out if I played this when I was a kid. That voice is freaking.
I never saw this game growing up, didn’t even know what it was until recently lol
You felt genuine fear when Sinistar yelled that he was coming for you. RUN RUN RUN. Jesus.