Sinistron vs Sinistar

[Joe Redifer]

Both of these games are extremely popular and considered the best of their respective genres, that genre being "video game". This important question can ONLY BE ANSWERED HERE in an internet forum poll!

Anyone who does not have an opinion on the matter will be banned for 30 seconds.

[CrackTiger]

Sinistar is more important to me and is one of my favorite games due to nostalgia.

Sinistron is technically better overall as a game.

Why not include Violent Soldier as a poll option?

[yoyo]

To me, Sinistar was a little more important to the genre and it was one of the games that lead me into the shmup (I guess it'd be considered an early one?) genre. Sinistron is pretty awesome itself, but I'm gonna vote Sinistar.

[PunkCryborg]

[esteban]

There's no way older folks can choose anything but SINISTAR. I loved that game in the arcade. I've never seen the friggin' huge cabinet that PicnicCyborg posted, though. Crazy.

Now, I like Sinistron, but it definitely suffers from the ANONYMOUS, NAMELESS protagonist & enemy hordes syndrome.

That said, I've grown fonder and fonder of Sinistron over the years.  What I thought was a mediocre/average shoot-em-up on TG-16 back in 1991 has held up a lot better than I thought it would in 2014. I am unabashedly fond of standard 80's shoot em up conventions (I feel the same about CyberCore).

SINISTAR will always have a special place in my heart, but it is such a very different experience that I can't even find a common thread, other than the fact that I get FRUSTRATED by both games. Ha!

[NightWolve]

I did run into Sinistar at the arcade, and I do remember liking the way that hexagonal thing with the face would come after you after a certain amount of time or something. I vaguely remember that part.

Anyway, I'd have to go with Sinistron. I remember it better, it's a more modern shooter and I'll just vote as a NEC fan boy here to be done with the poll and not have my memory tested on exact details with these two. ;)

[Tatsujin]

no matter what, obey wins.

[Joe Redifer]

Why not include Violent Soldier as a poll option?

Because even though it contains the word "sini" the letters are not arranged that way at the start of its name.

[CrackTiger]

Why not include Violent Soldier as a poll option?

Because even though it contains the word "sini" the letters are not arranged that way at the start of its name.

Tampons doesn't contain "i" at all, even if it is a great game.

[Joe Redifer]

At least I didn't include the option of "None because I am le dumb".

[Tatsujin]

At least I didn't include the option of "None because I am le dumb".

but that would have made much more sense.

[YANDMAN]

Sinistar had a 49 way joystick....THE END!

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I tried to vote for Sinistron (OBEY or GTFO!), but had to settle for Sinstron.

Learn to spell, ya jackass! 

[JoshTurboTrollX]

http://www.videogamefilm.com/gelin-giz-sini-geliyor-egin-766904958851534.video

[NightWolve]

http://www.videogamefilm.com/gelin-giz-sini-geliyor-egin-766904958851534.video

Oh snap, he tore that dance floor up! Hehe! So your point is, if you wanna see a real jackass, check out the guy in the video, but ignore the guy in this thread that misspelled Sinistron, huh ?? ;)

Well, I guess that was a good answer as that folk dancing is not something you see every day, that's for sure! Nicely done Josh, I suppose!

[roflmao]

I just thought it was because of the "sini" in the hyperlink.  The video was complete wtf to me.

[Joe Redifer]

Oh geez. Turbo fanboys will get up your ass for a typo in a poll (which wasn't present in the thread's title). It's a typo guys, don't take it personally. Mistakes happen. It's called being human. PLEASE FORGIVE MEEEEE!!!!

I almost wanna go out and buy me an Xseed game or somethin'.

[NightWolve]

Oh, c'mon, I didn't really care about the typo, I mainly had a WTF response to the video and was trying to understand his angle with it. Even NecroPhile was just sarcastically messing with him, err, you, about it originally. Now if it was "Y's" versus "Ys" then maybe you would've had a real fight on your hands! ;) No, j/k.

EDIT: Oops, I actually forgot who made the thread, it was you - OK, so hence your XSEED comment. Heh. Anyway, yeah, I was just messing around, Joe. Don't hold it against me - Purty please with sugar on top. But seriously, can't a typo be pointed out or referred to in a playful manner without feelings getting hurt ??

[Joe Redifer]

Well OK, it just made me cry because I was just "the guy". :'(

[Mathius]

Gotta go with Sinistar. I played the sit-down version back in the 80s at Union Station in downtown Indy. The first game to ever scare the hell out of me. When Sinistar came after me I probably wet my pants. Love it!