10 Gaming Bosses That ROBBED You Of Victory

The video game arcades of yesteryear are depleting in number as home consoles dominate the interactive medium. The desire for 'one more turn' is present in abundance in a multitude of games across several platforms, yet the difficulty of titles in the arcade cabinet was all the more frustrating, as the player would be at a financial loss every time they saw the game over screen.

Coins weren't the only thing 1982's Sinistar robbed, however, as the victory over the colossal skull-faced behemoth was snatched from the players hands when they least expected it.

Sinistar's construction takes up a portion of the game, and once 20 crystals are collected by the on screen enemies, the towering foe pops onto the screen. Sinistar is fast, elusive and profoundly frightening. Unloading a barrage of firepower onto him will only do so much, as any contact with Sinistar results in a screen urging the player to insert more coins.

Enemies are constantly looking to rebuild and resurrect Sinistar, so defeating him is largely down to luck, as even the most skilled of pilots will waste funds in the quest for victory.

If that's not daylight robbery, I don't know what is.