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Title: Sinistar
Post by: ppilot on May 27, 2006, 07:11:42 pm: Okay, I used to play this in the arcade, but not much, as it was not a good ROI for my quarter. I got the Williams Arcade Classics CD 9 or 10 years ago, and still sucked hard at Sinistar. A few years ago I learned it used 49-way joysticks, and figured that's why I'm so bad at this damned game.

So now, I've got 49-way joysticks (granted without centering spider). But still. I mean, has anyone ever, in the history of gaming, gotten past like the second level of this game?
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: Havok on May 27, 2006, 07:25:15 pm: Certainly not me - but it's a cool game. I play it more now that a quarter isn't riding on it - but still hard! One of these days I'll pick up some 49 ways and see if I can do better...
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: fatfingers on May 27, 2006, 07:51:47 pm: Not me either. I think I've only passed level one like once or twice! Of course, I've never played it that much -- the main time I played it I was probably 12 or so and a motel I was staying at had one. I didn't spend much time swimming that time, but I sure did get good at putting quarters in the slot! I was completely addicted to that game -- and I still love the sound bites!
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: telengard on May 27, 2006, 07:58:21 pm: Yep, it's a tough game but that's what makes it so fun. :)

Without the centering spider it will be a lot tougher to play for sure. I do horrible w/ my Wico and 360 joysticks. My friend who is *very* good at Sinistar can't get that far either without the original joystick.

~telengard
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: southpaw13 on May 27, 2006, 09:16:20 pm: It actually works great with a spinner and a 2 button joystick.
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: Lilwolf on May 29, 2006, 11:56:52 am: I have a 49way with spider... and man I suck at that game... level 2 and thats it.

but then again... I don't remember if I ever searched through dipswitches to see if there is a (MUCH MUCH EASIER) setting. might be worth looking around
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: destructor on May 29, 2006, 12:53:12 pm: http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&short=^sinistar$
I don't know what level was reched by SiKrAiKeN but you can learn something from him probably. He won prizes bounty on sinistar.
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: fatfingers on May 29, 2006, 03:08:43 pm: Quote from: destructor on May 29, 2006, 12:53:12 pm
http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=search&short=^sinistar$
I don't know what level was reched by SiKrAiKeN but you can learn something from him probably. He won prizes bounty on sinistar.

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How do I use those files that appear to be input files???
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: botman on May 29, 2006, 05:05:59 pm: See this...

http://marp.retrogames.com/playback.htm
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: fatfingers on May 29, 2006, 07:11:04 pm: Thanks botman!
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: ahofle on May 30, 2006, 03:46:58 pm: Quote from: southpaw13 on May 27, 2006, 09:16:20 pm
It actually works great with a spinner and a 2 button joystick.

What's the spinner for?
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: krick on May 30, 2006, 11:02:14 pm: I remember there being a "trick" in sinistar where you get the sinistar down to just one piece, then on your last ship, fly past the sinistar, fire a bomb, then fly back into the sinistar and kill yourself before the bomb returns and destroys the last piece of the sinistar.

I don't remember what is supposed to happen but I know that I wasted a LOT of quarters in the arcade trying to make it happen.
Title: Re: Sinistar
Post by: ahofle on May 31, 2006, 01:08:18 am: I know there is (was?) a bug where if you had 1 life left and you got into sinistar's death grip and you were hit by a stray shot before sinistar 'eats' you, you actually lose 2 lives (one from the stray shot and one from him eating you). Then you would end up with 255 lives due to the unsigned 8 bit number representing your lives, that translates into 255 lives instead of -1 life. ;D