Designer(s) Steve Coleman Genre Beat 'em up | Initial release date 1986 Mode Single-player video game | |
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Developer Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City Platforms Commodore 64, Arcade game, Amiga, Atari 8-bit family, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, DOS, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, AmigaOS Similar Last Ninja 2, Last Ninja 3, The Last Ninja, International Karate +, Karateka | ||
Ninja (Amiga, Atari ST, Arcade title: Ninja Mission) is a flip screen beat 'em up game developed by Sculptured Software and released by Mastertronic in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum, and in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. An arcade version of the game was released in 1987 for Mastertronic's Arcadia Systems, an arcade machine based on Amiga hardware.
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Ninja was written by Steve Coleman, who previously created the Atari 8-bit games Rainbow Walker and The Pharaoh's Curse.
Gameplay
The player controls a ninja who has to penetrate a Japanese fortress by fighting enemy ninjas with karate moves and by throwing shurikens and daggers. On his way, he has to collect all of the idols. The fortress is a series of horizontal, flip-screen segments that are stacked vertically. The player is not forced along a specific route, but can explore both sides of a branching path and also backtrack to earlier screens.
Reception
The C64 version of the game was reviewed in the November 1986 issue of the magazine Commodore User and received a rating of 4/10