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Sinistron was released by IGS for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991. In Japan where the TurboGrafx-16 (or PC Engine as it was called there) was much more popular, it was titled Violent Soldier. The TurboGrafx-16 was only a modest success in the U.S. It was released around the same time as the Genesis and was hugely popular in Japan but that success never really translated to North America. Part of the problem (as it always is) was a lack of recognizable games. Even though Sinistron was an excellent shooter, few in the U.S. have probably heard of it.
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