Shinobi

The gameplay is rock solid and the control is dead-on. The vertical scrolling is a bit choppy, but otherwise the action is smooth and fun. The difficulty is fair, and it ramps gradually.

Shinobi was one of the early greats for the Master System. I've recently been reviewing what most fans consider to be the SMS "Top Ten" for this website and this is almost always in everyone's list. It's an excellent game and deserves all the attention it gets. It is without a doubt the best conversion of the arcade classic you'll ever set your eyes on, so much better than the awful NES version by Tengen. Great job Sega, too bad you didn't make more like this.

If you've played the arcade original, then you'll be pleased with the Master System port. Everything is in tact from missions to music, and graphics to gameplay. Shinobi provides hours of ninja fun from the master programmers at Sega.

Bleibt abschließend zu sagen, dass Shinobi auf jeden Fall in jede Master System Sammlung gehört und einfach ein zeitloser Klassiker ist.

Yes, Shinobi's back and it's still as good as ever. The fact that it's only a few quid makes it even sweeter.

Una conversione accurata con un sacco di giocabilità.

All in all, Shinobi is a classic platformer and one of the best games in the library of Master System games. Shurikhay!

Parlando di gameplay va sottolineato che in questo gioco, SEGA, ha voluto introdurre un pizzico di strategia in più, alla normale impostazione dei giochi bidimensionali d’azione. Per fare questo, i livelli posseggono una struttura ottimamente studiata per far in modo di permettere ai nemici di attuare schemi di attacco sempre diversi, utilizzando gli elementi dello scenario, per esempio nascondendosi dietro a uno scatolone. Tutte caratteristiche ritrovabili anche in altri giochi, ma qui realizzate con grande maestria.

Joe Musachi, mestre ninja, precisa resgatar os filhos dos líderes das principais nações, cada um escondido pelo Círculo dos Cinco em um lugar do mundo. São cinco missões e 19 níveis, e nas rodadas de bonificação você poderá obter a Magia Ninja, ou seja, terá muito mais força.

Unverständlicherweise fehlt sowohl die Zwischen-Sequenz des Automaten, in der die laufenden Ninjas mit Shuriken beworfen werden, als auch die Extra-Waffen. Trotzdem spielt sich Shinobi als PC-Engine-Umsetzung fantastisch; auf Grund der beiden Schnitzer gibt's nur ein "Gut".

Even though I was hoping to keep this review short, the game is still cool for school. Shinobi spawned a variety of other Ninja inspired games during the 80’s and hopefully we will see some of these on XBox Live. It would have been nice if this was remade with 21st century graphics but even so, this is one classic game that comes recommended by Impulse Gamer.

La versión doméstica de Shinobi acercaba a los usuarios, como ningún otro título hasta entonces, la sensación de encontrase delante de un mueble de recreativa, gráficos decentes, respeto al mapeado de la coin-op, mismos enemigos, fases de bonus, todo lo que un fan de Joe Musashi podía esperar. A pesar de quedarse obsoleto con el paso de los años, incluso circunscribiéndolo dentro del catálogo de la 8 bits, a buen seguro aquellos mozalbetes que introdujeron con manos temblorosas el cartucho en su Master System aún lo recuerdan hoy en día con cariño.

"Shinobi" ist weder ein Fischgericht, noch ein japanisches Schimpfwort, sondern ein horizontal scrollendes Actionspiel. Die C 64-Version dieses Programms ist zugleich die angenehme Umsetzungs-Überraschung des Monats. Auf Amiga und ST reizt das Ninja-Spektakel eher zu einer Runde Harakiri als zu begeistertem Spielen. Die C 64-Umsetzung ist aber technisch gut gelungen und überzeugt durch sanftes Scrolling sowie schnellen Spielfluß.

With crisp sprites (assuming you're not one of those heathens that actually likes the smeared effect of the "smoothed" graphics option) Shinobi is a solid little action game that works beautifully with the 400-Point price-tag.

Overall, Shinobi for the SMS is still fun to play, as it is a good port of a great arcade game, but there are extremely frustrating parts culminating in a unrewarding finish. This adventure of Sega’s favorite ninja sounds bad, plays hard, and looks good.

Joe Musashi é um guerreiro ninha que deve resgatar os filhos dos líderes das principais nações no mundo. Estes foram seqüestrados pelos capangas do Círculo dos Cinco, uma organização terrorista. O ninja deve cumprir cinco missões derrotando os chefões da organização.

Overall, Shinobi is a mixed bag, featuring excellent level design, decent graphics, smooth controls, and a good soundtrack. Sadly, the extreme difficulty, cheap AI, and awkward hit detection zap a lot of fun out of it. After a few hours of play, Shinobi can be fun. I’m just not certain this game is worthy of the praise it receives.

If you're a Shinobi fan or just someone looking for a cheap title to play, you might take away some fun from the XBLA package of Shinobi, but if you're looking for more substance in your XBLA experience, we don't recommend you go a round with this ninja.

Unfortunately similar to the Amiga version. Bland colours and simply drawn, crudely animated sprites are directly taken from the 16-bit commodore, but now with jerky scrolling. Very few samples, simple effects and warbling music round off the game, er, unpleasantly.

It doesn't help that SEGA did almost nothing with this title other than make it playable on 360. The smoothing option removes some of the rough edges, but doesn't make Shinobi look much better than it did 20 years ago and there's no "history of" element. For $5, this should have been a full Shinobi package with The Revenge of Shinobi and Shadow Dancer included. Shinobi isn't worth $5. It's that simple.