Download Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance

zacmac 2021-12-17 0 point

Hated the way those cracker/hackers brats mutilated almost every c64 games. No intros, just the bare bone game... only cared about that...the mentality of a dumb kid.

Johnny-boy 2021-01-16 0 point Commodore 64 version

I never managed to playthrough the game as a teenager. I forgot the game for 26 years. I decided to give another chance to the game. I own the game on Commodore 64 but the floppy disk no longer works. The game's music is one of the best in Commodore 64 games.
Thanks for maintaining the game. Everybody should play this game as life experience.

mymoon 2020-03-29 0 point Commodore 64 version

Favorite game on the C64.
On the other systems it was more or less unplayable.

Ajpwales 2019-06-23 0 point Commodore 64 version

The comment above says it all. Looking on youtube and comparing games the screenshots looked better on other computers but the animation and gameplay was better on the c64.

David 2018-09-28 0 point DOS version

Agree with the below. I will also add the Dos version is more charming than the Amiga version.
C64 version is the best, then DOS a distant second.

BenRedic 2018-05-31 2 points Commodore 64 version

Can't believe nobody has commented on this game yet!

This was probably my favourite game back on the C64. Me and my pals played it through a number of times, making maps, finding all the secrets, doing speedruns and whatnot. The first game was also great, but this one was the one we spent a lot of hours with.

And the music. The loader music for the first level hit me square in the chest the first time I saw this game loading, and has been with me ever since. Back then I even taped all 13 songs to an audio tape and used to listen to it on a walkman. Oh, and BTW, I met Matt Gray (who did the music) at a local retro gaming fair only last year :-D

Although if you want to experience the full music, you need the tape version, not the disc version which is here. Or get the SIDs somewhere, and play those. Or for a more up-to-date rendition, check out Reformation, which contains some of Matt Grays music (including LN2) remade by the man himself on modern studio equipment.

But now a little rant: When I upgraded my C64 to an Amiga this was a game I was also sure to get, but I was thoroughly disappointed. The 16-bit conversion is simply not as good as the 8-bit original. It's not the same team that did it, the job was just handed down to some kid for a quick cash grab based on the success of the C64 original. No wonder this game "failed to attract attention of PC gamers" as the HOTUD review says. One time when playing the Amiga version I even dug out my C64, connected it to the TV and played both games at the same time for a side-by-side comparison. There was no doubt. The C64 version was superior. Especially the gameplay. Controls where tighter. Screens, items and features were omitted from the Amiga version. Even the graphics and music appeared to be worse. But don't just take my word for it: Compare the graphics above from the C64 version to the 16-bit conversions. Especially the face in the bottom right corner. Granted, a 16-bit port of a game that was a technical achievement on an 8-bit platform does not have to be a technical achievement on the 16-bit platform, but it should at least be a faithful reproduction of the original, with maybe some added bells and whistles made possible by the stronger hardware, but with core gameplay intact. Preferably made by the same people that did the original. Compare this with games like IK+ and Sentinel, which I loved on the C64 and kept loving on the Amiga. The 16-bit port of Last Ninja 2 is just... bad. The C64 version is where it's at, period.