Sinistar: The Scariest Arcade Game Ever Made
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The 1980s are famous for creating the most disturbing arcade game character of all time. Join me as I look into the retro arcade classic, ‘Sinistar’, and the cosmic horror-like eldritch abomination that accompanies it.
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Music Used:
00:01 White Bat Audio - The Vanishing: • Retro 80s Horror Synth...
01:12 Finky - Club Midnight - • Finky - Club Midnight ...
3:31 White Bat Audio - Follow You Home: • 80s Horror/Synthwave C...
06:01 White Bat Audio - Menace: • Cyberpunk Synthwave - ...
08:35 White Bat Audio - The Guardian: • Cinematic Cyberpunk Ho...
09:47 White Bat Audio - The Body: • 80s Horror Music - The...
12:27 White Bat Audio - The Watcher: • Cyberpunk Industrial D...
14:29 White Bat Audio - Countach: • Chill Synthwave - Coun...
Sinistar Sound Effects - • I AM SINISTAR
Videos Used:
Classic 80's Video Game Commercials: • Classic 80's Video Gam...
CBS Evening News - January 29, 1982: • Video Arcade "Addictio...
Maze War (1974) - Video Game History Project: • Maze War - (1974)
Gran Trak 10 in action - Superully: • Video
Space Wars (1977) - vghchannel: • Space Wars - (1977) - ...
Williams SINISTAR Arcade Video Game - TNT Amusements Inc: • #581 Williams SINISTAR...
Sinistar Unleashed Final Boss - I Triikor I: • Video
THE SKY - COSMIC HORROR SHORT - Matt Sears: • THE SKY - AWARD WINNIN...
The Cabin in the Woods (2012): • The Cabin in the Woods...
SCP: OVERLORD - Evan Royalty: • SCP: OVERLORD
COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019): • COLOR OUT OF SPACE Of...
The Mist (2007): • Video
Annihilation (2018): • Annihilation (2018) - ...
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Imagine its actually a rickroll
Ok
Mr. Styler I just want to say that I appreciate your videos that are past 14 mins.
Hey Billy styler can you do scary mountain stories
I think the worst type of horror game is one that's not a horror game. When it is just a regular game but has a couple of scary moments, because you don't expect it
Yep, horror games never scared me, but games like this still creep me out as an adult
this is why Petscop exists I think to capture the unsettling vibes of a lot of early 3D games.
Yep.
Subnautica is a pretty good representation of this. It’s not a horror game, but the design of some creatures and environments had scared me more than any horror game.
minecraft when mobs dmg u while u parkour moments:
Imagine your on a space shuttle, your floating, your vibing, but you get a question in your head
“What does space sound like?” So you attempt to put your ear next to the window that leads to the void of space and you hear “RUN,COWARD”
*Beware, I live*
@@BillyStyler *RUN,RUN,RUN*
@@giwifruit5032 *I HUNGER*
YOU'RE
Then get chased by the sinistar
This guy is scary even talking about a VPN
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Thank you for the fax Johnny
3:28.
Crazy diamond fix his legs
@@stand-redoxszone6362 Yes.
Sinistar has to be at least the second scariest giant floating laughing red ball
terraria?
i dont think the cacodemons were ever scary, i always thought they were funny
Can't be a scary as Otto from Berserk.
@@venomsnakesupremacy hehe vomiting meat bol
There’s the angry sun on Mario 3
I love Sinistar's voice. The signature distorted and stilted voice lines of the limited technology coming from something that is clearly hostile and trying to kill you is so perfect
RIP John Doremus
This man scared the bejeebus outta 7 year old me so hard, I didn't even know what he looked like for the longest time because I refused to play that game again
This man scared the bejeebus outta 7 year old me so hard, I didn't even know what he looked like for the longest time because I refused to play that game again. I thought he was a Lion for up until a few years
*"I AM SINISTAR, BEWARE, I LIVE!!"*
We need a new Sinistar game...
Yeah, sinistar unleashed is pretty much shit, he isn’t the iconic floating red ball he’s literally a crab that does nothing but chase you.
Yes please! I wanna see a remaster of this game!
I’ve been working with someone on making an N64 styled Sinistar game. He’ll still be the iconic sinistar, but with a new Va
Dw, he’ll still sound insane
@@bloomonkee6408 ;O Oooh
@@bloomonkee6408 Don't let us down.
I think the scariest aspect is how the roar is literally just the voice actor letting out an ear-raping scream into the mic. Can't imagine what that'd sound like through its original setup. Something about lower quality sound feedback that gives you chills.
I can’t explain why source games from 2004-2006 are more terrifying than most modern horror games.
true
@@neutrin0329 Poorer quality graphics/audio = less understandable, which allows more interpretation for horror. Sometimes, "clearer" games end up less scary than PS1-style games as a result.
I'd imagine it wasn't scary at all.
It was more than likely comical.
@@undvined The biggest fear is that of the unknown. What is unclear allows our brain to fill the gaps with the most horrible things we can imagine. Hazy graphics and audio easily gives opportunities to fill in those gaps.
I have lost count of how many times I've played that on my old Gameboy Advance SP
whenever i close my eyes I hear it *"I AM SINISTAR RUN, RUN, RUN"*
He’s behind you run run run run run run run
@@NotYourBreakfastbut what about behind you! RUN,RUN,RUN RUN RUN RUN!
(haha Just kidding LOL)
Actually
I am relatively a normal person,
Nothing really creepy about me.
Beware I live!
Run Coward!
he might be behind me right now
Sinistar is just Red from NES Godzilla except he’s a real character in the game!
true
^
In which game?
@@HyperAsshPlays Obamacare simulator
run, coward! run, run run! i hunger. RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Billy: “I need you to watch the next 90 seconds...”
Me: *double taps the right side of the screen as fast as humanly possible*
Why?
He make a sponsor so interresting
@@niggaballs67 shut up beta I don't like ads
@@burningsexuality1540 what a chad
I read this comment before I got that part. I also watch CZcams on 1.75x speed... so I read this comment thinking something scary was gonna happen, and I change it back to normal speed...
Then I see its an ad, and I also fast forward as fast as humanly possible, and now we're up to 2x speed to make up for the time I lost (even though it was about 6 seconds...)
The worst thing about that game is that it feels like they stuck the physics on double-speed. You have to get an adrenaline rush just to keep up with the frantic pace and that leaves you completely wired for that voice to jump-scare you with ease.
Worked too. Especially when the speakers were right above your ears, had excellent base, and the entire console vibrated and rumbled.
Scarred fkoutame first time it howled at me!
I heard that roar and I jumped like “WTF IS THAT”
"Beware I live!"
@@draliththeartist2084 “I hunger”
RUN. RUN. RUN.
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!
*loud sinistar noises*
Billy Styler is a good example of Quality over Quantity
Yes it is
But how?
It looks like he has made many videos with the mindset of quality = quantity
(I mean that he has made many videos with also remembering about quality)
He’s practically the definition of it when it comes to horror youtubers. I wish the man got more recognition
@@HyperAsshPlays bruh did you forget to switch accounts?
@@GremlinEnby I like to do many comments
“Yet it somehow in some way managed to terrify you”
*shows the most adorable mob in Minecraft*
tall man’s just shy
I remenber when i was a chiel i Just screemed box and hid
To each their own.
Axolotl
Their mouth rips apart
from what i know, sinistar was pretty impressive with its high-quality voice synthesis, so at least they had some reason to scare you lifeless.
My sleep paralysis demon checks in the closest for Sinistar. He told me so last night
Is your sleep paralysis demon a spider robot? Because sinistar is scarier than even the fabrication machine in 9. God that thing was terrifying
@@ennigama9092
I love that movie. But my sleep paralysis demon always resembled a tall grey-skinned guy with long black hair.
@@mumblerogre2455 mine was a lego chima clock...
@@ennigama9092 bruh
@@HaydenRising LOOK I HAD PROBLEMS OKAY! we made up though, so it's fine now.
fun fact: when Billy Styler uploads, we immediately click the video no matter what
True
Yes dude
Guess what
Your right
i confirm the above statement
It's unavoidable
You forgot another element.
When Sinistar speaks the entire game console rumbles and vibrates big time cause it was LOUD as hell!
I think what makes it so scary and even more of a cosmic horror is that not matter how many times you defeat Sinistar he keeps coming back and the fact that he’s a constantly looming being. You’re only temporarily delaying the inevitable, no matter how much you fight it’s ultimately pointless.
I remember playing this game for the first time on a Williams arcade collection on my Sega Genesis... I was genuinely surprised to hear an angry robot fox demon head calling me a coward.
I really did feel like a coward, especially after I turned off the console.
How is Sinistar like a fox ?
@@avathorman5781 I always thought the triangles protruding from the base of the skullcap looked like metal fox ears.
When this game wasn't being played, every once in a while out of nowhere it would blast out at high volume, "BEWARE! I LIVE!". Used to scare the crap out of me as a little kid.
People, don't skip the ad. Play it at 2x speed instead. It helps Billy a lot more. :)
Thank you!
Nice!
I'm skipping the ad anyways
This is, in my opinion, you're best video yet. Instead of just talking about a creepypasta, rom hack, or urban legend. You're talking about an actual arcade game and how scary the presentation is. Good job man!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Something which makes a game creepy is finding something that doesn't look like it actually belongs to that specific game at all.
9:21 This is what I imagined Red sounded like and that only made it scarier
Sinastar is like a combination of the moon in local 58 and the Death Star
The Death Egg approaches
@@lorddumb21 y e s, or ME! (My nick name is egg because my name rhymes with it)
I think it’s so rare to find good horror content like this on CZcams. I don’t comment often, but I love your work so much I felt like I needed to tell you how much I love the work you’ve done!
Thank you! I try my best to read as many comments as I can, and always get a smile when I come across ones like this :)
Jesus Christ, one of my favorite arcade games that I could barely play cuz it constantly scared the FUCK out of me, barely has any videos about it on CZcams and suddenly Billy makes a video on it. You’re a godsend, sir.
When i was 7 - 9 i went to a daycare center, they had a tiny arcade where i spent most of my time playing with the other kids their, i do remember them having that one game on the arcade and i do remember never beating that wretched face, when it killed me i remember it made a laughing sound o_o btw this was back in 2012 - 2014
Sort of sounds like carnevil, I always liked that floating creepy jester head saying his riddles, then you starts shooting your way through zombies, crazy peaple and other horror creatures
@@grungeboy1752 I love that game so much
Yeah. I had a little arcade at my grandma's house. And I saw that game. I was really scared of it but now I just kind of like it. It's really fun wants to know how to actually beat it
A few years back, my dad got an arcade machine that has about 20 different classic arcade games on it-Sinistar was one of them. I decided to play it because I thought it looked cool by the picture, but that first moment Sinistar _spoke_ I actually jumped. None of the other arcade games on that system had spoken dialogue so I felt really caught off guard.
Surprised that this has not been made into a feature length film yet...would certainly make a great one. Imagining Sinistar itself could be like 100 miles in diameter...and go from there...
I remember when that game was added to the arcade at our local pizza place, the roar was pretty scary as a kid. 😂
Yeah I screamed so loud when I heard it 😂😂
When Billy Styler uploads a video, even Cartoon Cat is afraid
Why would garfield be afraid of billy?
@@rockman7perez the garfield that can say the n word
0:08 shoutout to that banjo kazooie demo that traumatized me because I got stuck in a corner and after a while “creepy” music would play.
I was the kinda kid that skipped Halloween specials because they scared me, so I highly doubt it was actually creepy.
that's a smooth ad transition. the smoothest, even. thanks for spoiling us with another amazing video 💚
Glad you like it!
Ikr, it actually gave me a giggle.
Smoothest ad transitions I've ever seen have been by Ed Bolian. He's halfway through it before I know I'm being sold something.
OH MY GOSH I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS GAME! My dad and I would have Father-Daughter Bonding Time by going to this retro arcade place for the evening and getting pizza from a nearby parlor! I remember loving this game so much and I *almost* broke the arcade's local high score for the month but was just short by a few hundred points!
I played it in 1985 in an arcade. I’ll never forget it. I had no idea that arcade machines could speak. It was honestly a nasty shock when *I LIVE* boomed out of the screen.
Man, the fact that audio wasn't as developed back then made Sinistar's roar even scarier. It's not as scary to me as it would be to a child, but I can definitely understand why this would be so horrifying to someone younger such as a child.
I said “yES BILLY UPLOADED!” Outloud and my mom just said, “Who’s Billy???”
billy mama
*yes mother, I am speaking of Billy*
BILLY IS BILLY
you missed the chance to say "He's a batman but *scarier* "
CringeChannel01 billy step brother
Oh my god dude, I remember playing this game on one of those "Williams Arcades Greatest Hits" discs on the PS1 when I was like 4 years old (which was like in 2006 or so), and this game, while I liked it, it creeped the hell out of me. My parents thought the game was just silly (as they used to be gamers), which made me think I was the only one in the world who thought it was spooky. Glad I wasn't alone lol.
I've taken conscious effort to, over the course of almost 4 decades, hone my Sinistar voice and growls.
Never know when you might have to scare the piss out of some attacker in the dark.
GOD this game. I had no idea what was coming, and damned near had a heart attack when he showed.
The ad transition was so well done, I didn’t even know it was supposed to be an ad until halfway through it
Thank you! I try my best to integrate them into the narrations as best as possible.
*I H U N G E R ! ! !*
me too man, me too
*R U N , C O W A R D ! ! !*
Ay space ranger, fecth me some flounder sandwiches.
B E W A R E I L I V E
*R U N R U N R U N*
I always wondered just what the heck IS Sinistar? How can he speak to you in space? Its part of his appeal I think, mysterious
Some questions are probably best left unanswered.
And btw, John did a great job at voicing Sinistar. R.I.P John.
lol imagine that one kid who punched the screen out of fear at an arcade
he couldn't RUN, RUN, RUN
I think it would be neat if you started a horror story reading channel, you got the voice of a GOD dude!
The fact I only know Sinistar is when JonTron made a joke about it saddens me.
Sinistar seriously made my skin crawl the first time it talked at me in the arcade as a child.
Sinistar and Chiller were the scariest arcade games in the 80’s! Loved every second of it! 🏆
I am so GIDDY that you did a video about Sinistar!!! It ALWAYS gets left out of every "scariest video game moments" lists/compilations. I first played Sinistar on one of the Arcade Classics games for the original Xbox. Needless to say I had to have a nightlight on for the next few nights.
To me Sinistar’s design looks really cool who agrees?
I def agree.
this dude is so good at keeping me interested, EVEN ON SPONSORS!
Yes! Now I know I'm not the only one who remembers this game, and how scary it was for me as a kid! One crucial detail was left out in this video however: Sinister would ROAR at you with ear splitting volume!
The roar of Sinistar... it's horrific. It feels like a demon's gasp before dragging you to hell.
Billy styler sounds a lot like mama max
because he is.
@@Hyperio606 uh no? He's not lol
Or is he BUMBUMBAHHHH
Billy styler just changed my mind about sinistar
It's been 5 months... •~• I miss Billy
An interesting thought: back before Zechariah 13:2 was fulfilled and demons really were around, it seems like the most they could do is perhaps a bit of ventriloquism out of idols, never able to make them move. I wonder, once Revelation 20:7 comes to pass and Satan and, presumably, the rest of the demons return, perhaps they will be able to do more with electronics than they ever could with unmovable brittle stone. Watching for such things may genuinely be a way to tell when they've returned.
Perhaps that's why all of us here are so interested in things like this: deep down we instinctively long for the return of spirits to the world. We feel satisfied by these echos of it, like people who had never seen the sky would nevertheless feel energized by blue light.
How is your comment older than the video what
Cool.
This was 18 hours ago-
This is a certified cursed comment
Who else can't help but relax with his voice?
That was the smoothest plug in for a sponsor I have ever witnessed you had me so enticed
I really like the immersion your videos put off as if you're actually studying a Creature or something. Even ones as goofy as video game stuff makes me feel like something sinister is going on, it's a nice Aspect of your channel
I remember playing this in a N64 arcade pack as a kid and being horrified and never toughing it again for years.
"Maybe I'm looking too deep into a simple arcade game."
Yup.
God knows how much money I put into playing this game when I was about 12 -14 in the 80's at my local arcade. No one else seemed to play it apart from myself and a couple of friends. Maybe it was that scary lol . Fond memories, great video, thanks.
I thought it said “sinisistar” and was like “yup, sounds about right.”
Why do I watch these videos before bed?
Billy you have some really good content and a very calming voice keep up the eork
Nice to know your making videos again, man. You genuinely are my favorite channel.
This game still gives me chills! Your voice is the perfect combo to introduce this to the next generation. 👍🔥
I'm born no where near the 80s but when I heard the "Run Run Run" I almost pissed my pants
When I was a kid, I was scared of the Zuma monster in the end of the path
i loved that game when it was released as a disc on xbox 360 with peggle and pvz og
I’ve had this haunting my recommended videos for 1 day and I absolutely don’t regret clicking on it
His voice is low and mysterious so you know you have to be scared of the 32x32 sprite and the loud sinistar.mp3 from a 20+ year old game
when i was young the only game that terrified me was zelda windwaker.....why you will say? your in a fkin ocean in the middle of fkin nowhere and every time i saw a monster in the ocean or tornado i was fkin scared , the fact that you never knew wtf was that
you have thalassophobia
Jeez, your vids are already scarier than stories themselves.
THAT INTRODUCTION, that really gave me a cheesy slasher movie vibe. I love that
I remember playing this on the N64 (part of a game cartridge containing several old arcade games,) I would usually always play it with a friend of mine, and I can agree on how scary it was, but my and my friend always turned this horror into laughter by consecutively freaking out and laughing any time Sinistar would come on screen.
"I'm going! I'm going!" made me shit myself when I first discovered him in early 2010s.
I was never good at sinistar, but I always enjoy playing it.
Your voice Makes your videos even WAY better and interesting,love your videos!
I also was one of those teen to experience all of these games in game rooms. And Sinistar was my all time favorite! I hate it never got as popular as some other games. But, I'm still happy it's known. It was thrilling, fun and yes scary. Not nightmarish scary but still exciting. Again, great game!!! Cool tribute video as well. Great editing!
Billy styler: I recomend to watch color out of space
*Nick cage intensifies*
Sup Billy Styler, I just wanted to tell you, You inspired me into making videos, I just wanted to say that so you know
I know I’m late and I’m sorry, but you once again have given me pure joy and chills from your amazing videos. You have no clue how much I enjoy your content and I’m simply happy to have found your channel❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It’s always a great day when I read comments like this. Thank you :)
This video was awesome! The game and its aesthetics mesh so well with each other.
I have nothing funny or clever to say, so here's a comment for the algorithm. 👍
Am I the only person who thinks Sinistar is kind of adorable
It can be.....
Yeah. Yeah, you probably are.
Your vidoes give off an old movie style vibe. I love it
Good to see you back again man!
Always weird to think that our version of "what older people were scared of as kids" involves video games of all things
Ok so I usually skip ads and sponsors on CZcams videos but Billy is the one exception his videos are so spooky and amazing I never skip ads on his yt
The scene starting at 12:22 is so damn cool and badass, I still can't stop watching it
Had to Like and Sub. Watching gameplay was so retro nostalgic.
Gasp! The adrenaline RUSH that courses thru your veins when you hear that thundering announcement; I Hunger, Run Run Coward!!
I played the original a LOT, found it very hard to beat as the levels increased.
Found the upgraded PC version called Sinistar Unleashed back in '97 and it was a great treat to be playing newer graphics in a near 3D eviro.
The 3D -ish 360 degrees game play was fantastic. Mining for crystals, taking out turrents and the mutli-Styled atrocities that led top Lion-ish Sinistar in level 23 was Riveting similar game play of Descent 1-3 had me stoked. Doesn't work on my 64 Bit Windows 10 WHAAA
Just subbed. Bingewatching all of these. Billy, ty sir for the content.
I used to play this at my daycare when I was little. They had an arcade cabinet and this game was the one I'd always play.
That transition was hella smooth I watched the whole thing
that transition to the ad was smooth ngl