Golden Era Game of the Week 6/12/04: Sinistar

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:45 pm

Golden Era Game of the Week

See introduction here

The Game: Sinistar

romname: sinistar

Reward: $50 (usd)

Deadline for submission to MARP: June 18, 2004 2359 hours GMT

Further Bounties: $100 (usd) for the first player to exceed 158,055 on "sinistar" and 140,515 on "sinista1", and 171,470 on "sinista2" by September 15, 2004.

Comments: I never was a big fan of this one, but it does have cool sound. I played it quite a bit this week, as I needed a break from Zektor, but still never really got too close to defeating the Sinistar a second time. This is a really tough game.

I won't bother issuing a bounty for the arcade machine record, because I think we are at too great a disadvantage with a standard gamepad here. The real machine used a 49-way analog stick. I even bought a joystick with a trigger for this one, but didn't like it better than the gamepad.

I will put a bounty on the high scores at MARP for the parent and both clones, however we playing with a MAME version which documents the recorded speed also puts us at a disadvantage against the holder of all three of these scores.

Use WolfMAME .83

NotMan · Post by **NotMan** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:10 pm

Sinistar! That must be the hardest Williams game ever made. Even the infamous 255 lives trick still exist. I think somebody could rack up that game to 200k w/o the trick. Sorry! I won't able to play this game, cuz I'm still on the holiday.

I think BBH probably could beat the record. It's not hard to beat 150k++. Unless if you could pass the 7-8 wave. I think that is the second worker wave.

I love the sound of Sinistar said, "Beware I live! Run Run you coward!" that scare away from those little kids back then in 80's. Heh! Heh!

Later,

NotMan

tar · Post by **tar** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 10:34 am

this is going to be quite a challenge
dipswitch settings will be similar to joust
is it possible to turn the difficulty down and start a game , or are the factory settings restored every time ?
- want to be on an even playing field -

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:29 pm

tar wrote:this is going to be quite a challenge
dipswitch settings will be similar to joust
is it possible to turn the difficulty down and start a game , or are the factory settings restored every time ?
- want to be on an even playing field -

No dipswitches.

All settings are done in-game and reset when you start.

BTW, I just tried a game where I gave myself more ships. The warriors seem to sense that I have more and are much more aggressive. Interesting.

tar · Post by **tar** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:52 am

SiKrAiKeN is highly skillful.
165,395 is very good.
5,000 on first ship.
I got 3,000 on my first.
This is the sinistar on first stage >

...............................worker stage >

wonderful .inp

SJK is ok

GEGOTW

what does this mean ?

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:04 am

tar wrote:SiKrAiKeN is highly skillful.
165,395 is very good.
5,000 on first ship.
I got 3,000 on my first.
This is the sinistar on first stage >
...............................worker stage >
wonderful .inp

SJK is ok

GEGOTW

what does this mean ?

Thanks. I've gotten >100K on my first life a few times, only to lose the rest of my lives extremely fast and not beat my 165K score.

destructor · Post by **destructor** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:00 pm

What controller you use Joey?

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:17 pm

destructor wrote:What controller you use Joey?

I just use my PSX gamepad (the one that comes with the system).

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:35 am

Results:
1st: SiKrAiKeN
2nd: SJK

Again, tar submits the first day with the wrong WolfMAME version, and then no more.

Congratulations Joey.

PM me your Paypal email address.

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:52 pm

Forgot about the further bounty. That's what I get for not doing it right then and there.

I still plan on submitting a decent Sinistar score, eventually...