Sinistar
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Sinistar is an arcade game
released by Williams
in 1982. It belongs to a class of video games from the 1980s called "twitch games". Other "twitch games" include Tempest, Defender, and Robotron: 2084
. Sinistar was developed by Sam Dicker, Jack Haeger, Noah Falstein
, RJ Mical
and Richard Witt. Sinistar's voice was supplied by John Doremus
.
The player creates Sinibombs by shooting at the drifting planetoids and catching the crystals released. Each shot makes a planetoid shake, and if too many shots are fired at a planetoid at too fast of a firing rate, it will cause the planetoid to explode and no crystals will be released. At the same time, a planetoid must shake a certain amount to actually release any crystals. It normally takes between 3 to 6 shots (depending on the size of the planetoid) to release between 1 and 10 crystals. Additional crystals can also be obtained from the same planetoid, as long as the number of shots and firing rate do not cause it to explode.
At the same time that the player is trying to get crystals, the "worker" ships are also trying to take the crystals. They use these crystals to create Sinistar, the skeletal-looking boss
who is trying to destroy the player. At the same time that all of this is going on, other ships (called "warrior ships") are trying to shoot the player's ship, and the warriors can also be seen shooting at planetoids to mine crystals when they aren't trying to attack the player or guard the Sinistar.
If the player's ship is destroyed before the Sinistar is formed, the game shows how far along the worker ships are in building the Sinistar. The workers must harvest 20 crystals before the Sinistar is completely formed. Once it is completely formed, a digitized voice says "Beware, I live". (The voice is played through through an HC-55516 CVSD
decoder.) While he is trying to collide with the player's ship in order to eat it, he says further things. His eight voice clips are "Beware, I live!", "I hunger, coward!", "I am Sinistar!", "Run! Run! Run!", "Beware, coward!", "I hunger!", "Run, coward!", and a loud roar. If the Sinistar succeeds in colliding with the player's ship, the ship spins out of control and then the Sinistar eats the ship, which also causes the ship to explode.
A total of 13 Sinibombs are required to destroy a fully built Sinistar (one Sinibomb for each of the twelve pieces, plus an additional Sinibomb for the entire face). Each Sinibomb attempts to target and hit the Sinistar, but each Sinibomb can also be intercepted by a collision with a worker, warrior, warrior shot, or a planetoid. If the player's ship is shot by a warrior or eaten by the Sinistar, the status screen will show the number of Sinibombs remaining and the number of Sinistar pieces remaining.
After the initial, unnamed zone, there are four zones—Worker Zone, Warrior Zone, Planetoid Zone, and Void Zone—that repeat over and over again. The player moves from one zone to the next after defeating the Sinistar. The first three zones have more workers, warriors and planetoids, respectively. The Void Zone is especially difficult because it has almost no planetoids. A partially destroyed Sinistar can also be rebuilt, starting with the Worker Zone and continuing for all subsequent zones.
unsigned integer, the subtraction from zero will cause the integer to wrap around
to the largest value representable with 8 bits, which is 255 in decimal.
This bug cannot be exploited if the AMOA ROMset is installed in the game. This version of the game was hurried for the 1983 AMOA Trade Show. In this version of the game, the player's ship does not spin out in Sinistar's mouth when caught, but instead explodes. Therefore, a player cannot die twice.
and the Atari 8-bit computers
were almost completed in 1984 but unreleased due to the aftermath of the video game crash of 1983
. It was commercially available in the mid-1990s as part of Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
for the Super NES
, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn
, Dreamcast, PlayStation
, and PC. It is also available as part of Midway Arcade Treasures
, which was released for the Xbox
, Nintendo GameCube
and PlayStation 2
in 2003, and for the PC
in 2004, and part of Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play for the PlayStation Portable, in late 2005.
Sinistar was the first game to use stereo
sound (in the sitdown version), with two independent front and back sound boards for this purpose. It was also the first to use the 49-way, custom-designed optical joystick
that Williams had produced specifically for this game.
In July 2000, Midway
licensed Sinistar, along with other Williams Electronics games, to Macromedia Shockwave
for use in an online applet to demonstrate the power of the Shockwave web content platform, entitled Shockwave Arcade Collection. The conversion was created by Digital Eclipse. It is currently freely available to be played within the Shockwave web applet.
Like most arcade games of the era, unofficial clones were made for home computers. One was Peter Johnson's Deathstar
for the BBC Micro
and Acorn Electron
which was published by Superior Software
in 1984. It was originally developed as an official port to be released by Atarisoft but they decided to abandon the BBC platform while a number of games were still in development.
A 3D pseudo-sequel was released for the PC
in 1999, Sinistar: Unleashed
. The original authors were not involved in the development of this game. Sinistar was released as part of Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
on the Game Boy Advance
. However, many popular features were removed.
Many of Sinistar's iconic quotations have been included in subsequent video games. In the game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
, the neutral hero Firelord's birth sound is him saying "Beware, I live." World of Warcraft
paid tribute to the same quote: The boss
enemy Reliquary of Souls shouts it when freed. "Beware - I live".
In tribute to Sinistar, the entire game was cloned as the public domain Xenostar, released for the Amiga computer in 1994. Mega Lo Mania
for the Mega Drive contained a hidden Sinistar inspired mini-game accessible by entering JOOLS on the pasword screen. In Team Fortress 2
, the Heavy Weapons Guy says the phrases "I Live!" and "Run, Cowards!"
Sinistars sound effects have been used in a number of other media projects, both for their iconic status and for their emotional effectiveness. The film We Are the Strange
uses "Beware, I live", "I hunger", "Run Coward" and Sinistar's roar. The British computer game review series "BITS" used "Beware, Coward" as the ending flourish to the opening titles of every season.
A number of samples from the game have been used in song productions, such as the Buckethead
song "Revenge of the Double Man" off his 1999 album Monsters and Robots
which samples "Beware coward!", and "I Am Sinistar" by Furries In A Blender.
The theme music to the game was sampled by hip-hop artist Cage
in the track "Grand Ol' Party Crash" from his 2005 album Hell's Winter featuring Jello Biafra
and DJ Shadow
.
Sinistar makes several appearances in the webcomic
Bob the Angry Flower
, and also appears as the title of one of the print editions of the comic. Sinistar appears in the DVD version of the South Park
episode trilogy Imaginationland
.
A group of students at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg
, Virginia
wrote and staged a musical
production based on the game, called "Sinistar: The Musical," in the spring of 2009.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
released by Williams
Williams (gaming company)
WMS Industries, Inc. is an American electronic gaming and amusement company based in Waukegan, Illinois. The company's main operating subsidiaries are WMS Gaming and Orion Gaming. WMS traces its roots as far back as 1943, the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded by Harry E. Williams...
in 1982. It belongs to a class of video games from the 1980s called "twitch games". Other "twitch games" include Tempest, Defender, and Robotron: 2084
Robotron: 2084
Robotron: 2084 is an arcade video game developed by Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982. It is a shooting game that features two-dimensional graphics. The game is set in the year 2084, in a fictional world where robots have turned against humans...
. Sinistar was developed by Sam Dicker, Jack Haeger, Noah Falstein
Noah Falstein
Noah Falstein is a freelance game designer and producer who has been in the video game industry since 1980. He was one of the first 10 employees at Lucasfilm Games , DreamWorks Interactive , and The 3DO Company...
, RJ Mical
Robert J. Mical
Robert J. "RJ" Mical was a pioneer in the video game industry and still an influential figure. He created video games at Williams Electronics, helped invent the Amiga computer, co-invented the Atari Lynx and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer with Dave Needle. He was a central developer of Amiga's...
and Richard Witt. Sinistar's voice was supplied by John Doremus
John Doremus
John Doremus was an American radio personality, best known for his radio syndication of "The Passing Parade", a series of short stories of remarkable but relatively unknown episodes throughout history.In the late 1950s he acquired the rights to the series, which until then had been a television...
.
Description
The player pilots a lone fighter ship through a quadrant of the galaxy, initially blasting away at drifting planetoids to "mine" Sinisite Crystals from them, which, when harvested, create Sinibombs. Sinibombs are the only weapon capable of damaging Sinistar. The fighter's bomb bay can hold 20 Sinibombs.The player creates Sinibombs by shooting at the drifting planetoids and catching the crystals released. Each shot makes a planetoid shake, and if too many shots are fired at a planetoid at too fast of a firing rate, it will cause the planetoid to explode and no crystals will be released. At the same time, a planetoid must shake a certain amount to actually release any crystals. It normally takes between 3 to 6 shots (depending on the size of the planetoid) to release between 1 and 10 crystals. Additional crystals can also be obtained from the same planetoid, as long as the number of shots and firing rate do not cause it to explode.
At the same time that the player is trying to get crystals, the "worker" ships are also trying to take the crystals. They use these crystals to create Sinistar, the skeletal-looking boss
Boss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
who is trying to destroy the player. At the same time that all of this is going on, other ships (called "warrior ships") are trying to shoot the player's ship, and the warriors can also be seen shooting at planetoids to mine crystals when they aren't trying to attack the player or guard the Sinistar.
If the player's ship is destroyed before the Sinistar is formed, the game shows how far along the worker ships are in building the Sinistar. The workers must harvest 20 crystals before the Sinistar is completely formed. Once it is completely formed, a digitized voice says "Beware, I live". (The voice is played through through an HC-55516 CVSD
Continuously variable slope delta modulation
Continuously variable slope delta modulation is a voice coding method. It is a delta modulation with variable step size Continuously variable slope delta modulation (CVSD or CVSDM) is a voice coding method. It is a delta modulation with variable step size Continuously variable slope delta...
decoder.) While he is trying to collide with the player's ship in order to eat it, he says further things. His eight voice clips are "Beware, I live!", "I hunger, coward!", "I am Sinistar!", "Run! Run! Run!", "Beware, coward!", "I hunger!", "Run, coward!", and a loud roar. If the Sinistar succeeds in colliding with the player's ship, the ship spins out of control and then the Sinistar eats the ship, which also causes the ship to explode.
A total of 13 Sinibombs are required to destroy a fully built Sinistar (one Sinibomb for each of the twelve pieces, plus an additional Sinibomb for the entire face). Each Sinibomb attempts to target and hit the Sinistar, but each Sinibomb can also be intercepted by a collision with a worker, warrior, warrior shot, or a planetoid. If the player's ship is shot by a warrior or eaten by the Sinistar, the status screen will show the number of Sinibombs remaining and the number of Sinistar pieces remaining.
After the initial, unnamed zone, there are four zones—Worker Zone, Warrior Zone, Planetoid Zone, and Void Zone—that repeat over and over again. The player moves from one zone to the next after defeating the Sinistar. The first three zones have more workers, warriors and planetoids, respectively. The Void Zone is especially difficult because it has almost no planetoids. A partially destroyed Sinistar can also be rebuilt, starting with the Worker Zone and continuing for all subsequent zones.
255 lives bug
Sinistar contains a bug that grants the player many lives (ships). It happens only if the player is down to one life and Sinistar is about to eat the player's ship. If a warrior ship shoots and destroys the ship at this moment, it immediately takes the player to zero lives, and Sinistar eating the player subtracts another life. Since the number of lives is stored in the game as an 8 bitBit
A bit is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications; it is the amount of information stored by a digital device or other physical system that exists in one of two possible distinct states...
unsigned integer, the subtraction from zero will cause the integer to wrap around
Integer overflow
In computer programming, an integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation attempts to create a numeric value that is too large to be represented within the available storage space. For instance, adding 1 to the largest value that can be represented constitutes an integer overflow...
to the largest value representable with 8 bits, which is 255 in decimal.
This bug cannot be exploited if the AMOA ROMset is installed in the game. This version of the game was hurried for the 1983 AMOA Trade Show. In this version of the game, the player's ship does not spin out in Sinistar's mouth when caught, but instead explodes. Therefore, a player cannot die twice.
Legacy
Sinistar was not widely ported near the time of its release. Ports for the Atari 2600Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
and the Atari 8-bit computers
Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips...
were almost completed in 1984 but unreleased due to the aftermath of the video game crash of 1983
Video game crash of 1983
The North American video game crash was a serious event that brought an abrupt end to what is considered the second generation of console video gaming in North America. Beginning in 1983, the crash almost destroyed the then-fledgling industry and led to the bankruptcy of several companies producing...
. It was commercially available in the mid-1990s as part of Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is a video game anthology for the Super NES, PlayStation, Sega Genesis, and Sega Saturn consoles that features 1980s arcade games from the Williams Electronics company. The games included are Defender, Defender II, Joust, Robotron: 2084, and Sinistar...
for the Super NES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
, Dreamcast, PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, and PC. It is also available as part of Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures is a collection of 24 arcade games developed by Digital Eclipse and released by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC....
, which was released for the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
, Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
and PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
in 2003, and for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
in 2004, and part of Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play for the PlayStation Portable, in late 2005.
Sinistar was the first game to use stereo
Stereophonic sound
The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective...
sound (in the sitdown version), with two independent front and back sound boards for this purpose. It was also the first to use the 49-way, custom-designed optical joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
that Williams had produced specifically for this game.
In July 2000, Midway
Midway Games
Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...
licensed Sinistar, along with other Williams Electronics games, to Macromedia Shockwave
Macromedia Shockwave
Adobe Shockwave is a multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to web pages. It allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser on any computer which has the Shockwave plug-in installed...
for use in an online applet to demonstrate the power of the Shockwave web content platform, entitled Shockwave Arcade Collection. The conversion was created by Digital Eclipse. It is currently freely available to be played within the Shockwave web applet.
Like most arcade games of the era, unofficial clones were made for home computers. One was Peter Johnson's Deathstar
Deathstar (video game)
Deathstar is an 8-bit computer game for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro developed by Peter Johnson and originally published in the UK by Superior Software in 1985...
for the BBC Micro
BBC Micro
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, was a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation...
and Acorn Electron
Acorn Electron
The Acorn Electron is a budget version of the BBC Micro educational/home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd. It has 32 kilobytes of RAM, and its ROM includes BBC BASIC along with its operating system....
which was published by Superior Software
Superior Software
Superior Software is a video game publisher. It was established in 1982 by Richard Hanson and John Dyson, two graduates of the University of Leeds, England...
in 1984. It was originally developed as an official port to be released by Atarisoft but they decided to abandon the BBC platform while a number of games were still in development.
A 3D pseudo-sequel was released for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
in 1999, Sinistar: Unleashed
Sinistar Unleashed
Sinistar Unleashed is an arcade videogame developed by GameFX Thechnology and published by THQ for the PC in 1999. The game is a pseudo-sequel to the 1982 arcade game, and so the original developers were not involved in its production....
. The original authors were not involved in the development of this game. Sinistar was released as part of Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits is an arcade game compilation released for the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance.- Volumes and Games included :Two volumes have been released so far....
on the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
. However, many popular features were removed.
Many of Sinistar's iconic quotations have been included in subsequent video games. In the game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
, the neutral hero Firelord's birth sound is him saying "Beware, I live." World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
paid tribute to the same quote: The boss
Boss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
enemy Reliquary of Souls shouts it when freed. "Beware - I live".
In tribute to Sinistar, the entire game was cloned as the public domain Xenostar, released for the Amiga computer in 1994. Mega Lo Mania
Mega Lo Mania
Mega Lo Mania is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Sensible Software. It was released for the Amiga in 1991, and ported for a variety of other platforms. It was released as Tyrants: Fight Through Time in North America....
for the Mega Drive contained a hidden Sinistar inspired mini-game accessible by entering JOOLS on the pasword screen. In Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. A sequel to the original mod Team Fortress based on the Quake engine, it was first released as part of the video game compilation The Orange Box on October 10, 2007 for Windows...
, the Heavy Weapons Guy says the phrases "I Live!" and "Run, Cowards!"
Sinistars sound effects have been used in a number of other media projects, both for their iconic status and for their emotional effectiveness. The film We Are the Strange
We Are the Strange
We Are the Strange is an independent animated film directed by M dot Strange. It uses stop motion, CG artwork, and greenscreen effects. The film premiered on January 19, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival.-Synopsis:...
uses "Beware, I live", "I hunger", "Run Coward" and Sinistar's roar. The British computer game review series "BITS" used "Beware, Coward" as the ending flourish to the opening titles of every season.
A number of samples from the game have been used in song productions, such as the Buckethead
Buckethead
Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
song "Revenge of the Double Man" off his 1999 album Monsters and Robots
Monsters and Robots
- Notes :* The songs "Jowls" and "Scapula" are both re-recorded versions of songs of the same names on Giant Robot .* The song "Night of the Slunk" has a similar riff as "Jump Man", but longer with less distortion....
which samples "Beware coward!", and "I Am Sinistar" by Furries In A Blender.
The theme music to the game was sampled by hip-hop artist Cage
Cage Kennylz
Chris Palko, better known by his stage name Cage, is an American rapper from New York City. He has released three studio albums and two extended plays. Cage is also the founder of the underground hip-hop supergroup called the Weathermen.-Early life:...
in the track "Grand Ol' Party Crash" from his 2005 album Hell's Winter featuring Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys...
and DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow
Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...
.
Sinistar makes several appearances in the webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
Bob the Angry Flower
Bob the Angry Flower
Bob the Angry Flower is a black-and-white comic strip that tells the exploits of an easily angered anthropomorphic flower named Bob and his interactions with the world, often in search of either global domination or love...
, and also appears as the title of one of the print editions of the comic. Sinistar appears in the DVD version of the South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
episode trilogy Imaginationland
Imaginationland
"Imaginationland" is a three-part episode of the American animated television series South Park.*Episode I*Episode II*Episode III...
.
A group of students at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
wrote and staged a musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
production based on the game, called "Sinistar: The Musical," in the spring of 2009.
External links
- The SiniStar information page at sinistar.com
- Tyler's Sinistar Page, another Sinistar site
- The Philosophical Revelations of Sinistar
- Thrills, Chills & Pant-Spills — Sinistar elected as one of the scariest games ever by the Way of the Rodent gaming magazine