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Sinistar Unleashed

A remake of "Sinistar", the classic 80's arcade game. In this game the player is sucked through a wormhole and thrown into the universe of Sinistar. Players must navigate 24 levels in order to beat the game…

15 September 1999

Sinistar Unleashed is a shooter developed by GameFX Technology, released 15 September 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sinistar Unleashed is

Sinistar Unleashed is a shooter game developed by GameFX Technology and released in 1999. It was published by THQ. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A remake of "Sinistar", the classic 80's arcade game. In this game the player is sucked through a wormhole and thrown into the universe of Sinistar. Players must navigate 24 levels in order to beat the game, and destroy gates and sinistars while they are at it.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sinistar Unleashed launched on 15 September 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Freespace 2.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Freespace 2.

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When did Sinistar Unleashed come out?
Sinistar Unleashed was released on 15 September 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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