Ninja

aka: Ninja Mission

Released

1986 on DOS

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Developers

Sculptured Software, Inc.

Moby Score

6.5

#16,204 of 158K

Critics

59% (12)

Players

(42)

Ranking

#13 on Atari 8-bit
#1,153 on DOS

Collected By

26 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Fighting
Narrative: Martial arts

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Description official description

This is an side-scrolling beat-'em-up game consisting of a succession of fights, in which you (surprisingly) play a ninja whose job is to go through the playfield and kill everyone in his path. You are also equipped with a dagger and a shuriken which you can hurl at your enemies.

You must also collect "idols" which are left lying around), which will reinvigorate you, as well as grant you further points. Once you collect all of the idols, you will have won the game.

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Credits (DOS version)

5 People

By	Steve Coleman
Developed by	Sculptured Software
Copyright 1986	Mastertronic
IBM Version by	Bryan Brandenburg Soft Arts

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Editor

Ninja features a built-in editor for the two carriable items (dagger and shurikane). Press 'e' to enter it (see DOS screenshots).

Graphics

Ninja is one of the few PC titles that supports 16 colors exclusively in Tandy mode.

German index

On March 31, 1989, Ninja Mission was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Sales

According to the magazine Retro Gamer (issue #1), the game was Mastertronic's #16 best selling game (194.897 copies). Information also contributed by Xoleras