Sinistar Proto

[Inky]

What is the general consensus about the Sinistar proto for the 2600?

 

Personally, I'm amazed at how good it is given the limitations of the 2600. I don't think anyone has actually been able to KILL the sinistar in the proto, but I do think that the game could have been released and been a major hit for the 2600.

[Tempest]

I've never been able to do it, but Scott Stilphen swears it's possible. If Scott says you can do it then you can do it, but it must be buggy or glitched somehow because all I can do is blast all the pieces away.

 

Tempest

[Room 34]

Personally, I'm amazed at how good it is given the limitations of the 2600.

It's funny that you should say that. A couple months ago, while I was trying to get these two 22-year-old "punks" I work with interested in the Atari, I made the mistake of, more than once, defending a fairly lame game by saying "with the limitations if the system, it's pretty amazing that they could do this at all."

 

What was I thinking?

 

This statement is now their mantra for anything they perceive as lame, especially Atari 2600 games!

 

As for the Sinistar proto, I haven't tried it yet, so I should probably just shut up now.