Description
You control a ninja, Shinobi, who must battle his way through each level in search of hostages which must be rescued. You have shurikens, kicks and punches to defend yourself with. As well as the powerful ninja magic which can clear the screen of enemies in one go.
Each level is broken down into smaller scenes and hostages are guarded by big blokes who throw swords. Watch out for gun-toting enemy henchmen and ninjas.
Reaching the end of each level will find you battling it out with a boss. These range from 8ft giants to helicopter gunships.
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The Press Says
| The Video Game Critic |
Feb 17, 2002 |
A |
100 |
| Game Freaks 365 |
Jun 15, 2005 |
9.6 out of 10 |
96 |
| Génération 4 |
Dec, 1988 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| GamesCollection |
Dec 28, 2007 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| 1UP! |
Jul 13, 2007 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| Retrogaming.it |
Apr 10, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Defunct Games |
Feb 14, 2009 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Video Games |
Mar, 1991 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| VideoGame |
Oct, 1991 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| IMPLANTgames |
May 20, 2009 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
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Trivia
Arcade version
In comparison to the original arcade version, there are a few missing features in the TurboGrafx-16 version (the status of the other home conversions is unknown): the machine gun, the bonus round and a few enemies (including the boss of the second mission).
Title
Shinobi in Japanese means: stealing (into); spy; sneak thief; surreptitious visit to house of ill repute. The Chinese character displayed on the title screen and throughout the game is the character for Shinobi in Japanese.
