13 Facts About Ristar

Ristar is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis.

Ristar is a 2D sidescrolling platform game, similar to games in the Super Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, but focusing less on jumping and speed, and more on the use of Ristar's stretchable arms, which can reach in 8 different main directions.

Beyond attacking, Ristar's arms are used as a method of projecting him through levels.

Ristar is able to grab on to enemies and objects in mid-air and swing on them.

Additionally, "Star Handles" are placed in levels, where the player must have Ristar grab and use momentum to swing him around in a 360 degrees circle.

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Ristar's health is shown through an icon based health system consisting of four stars in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Ristar must stop Greedy and the brainwashed leaders of each world to restore peace to the Valdi System.

The Japanese version of the game ends with Greedy and two of his underlings, Inonis and Uranim, stranded on a deserted planet, with a picture of Ristar appearing in the space, while Greedy simply stares at it.

The story was altered slightly; in the Japanese version, a star mother, Oruto, summons Ristar's help, where in the international version, Oruto is omitted completely, and Ristar's father, a "legendary hero", is referenced instead.

GamePro likewise remarked that Ristar feels "sluggish" in comparison to Sonic, and criticized that Ristar has few animations compared to other platformer stars and that the game's low difficulty makes it suitable only for beginning gamers.

Ristar received considerably more positive reviews over a decade later upon being re-released digitally and as part of Sonic and Sega themed game compilations.

Ristar briefly appeared in the introductory video of the 2001 Japan-only Dreamcast game Segagaga.

In 2012, Ristar was cited by GameSpot as one of the examples of lost video games from the 1990s that deserved to return.