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Sinistar [Model CX26122]

Unreleased Atari 2600 cart. published 40 years ago by Atari, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Sinistar [Model CX26122] screenshot

Sinistar © 1984 Atari, Incorporated.

Unreleased prototype. Portage of the 1982 arcade game from Williams.

TECHNICAL

Model CX26122

TRIVIA

Around the time Sinistar was being completed (early 1984), the video game market was crumbling fast and many new games never got released. Atari had already commissioned artwork for Sinistar and the game seems to have been nearly completed, so it was probably a matter of weeks before the game would be finalized and ready for production. Perhaps playtesters thought the game was too difficult or wasn't polished enough, but whatever the reason Sinistar got shelved and was forgotten about.

SOURCES

Game's ROM.