Shinobi

DOS - 1989

Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - MSX - SEGA Master System - TurboGrafx-16

Alt names	忍, SEGA AGES: Shinobi
Year	1989
Platform	DOS
Released in	United States
Genre	Action
Theme	Arcade, Fantasy, Ninja, Platform
Publisher	SEGA of America, Inc.
Developer	Team Shinobi
Perspectives	2D scrolling, Side view
Dosbox support	Supported on current version (works best on 0.58)

3.94 / 5 - 48 votes

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Description of Shinobi

SEGA's popular side-scrolling arcade game converted to the IBM-PC. You slip into the role of Jo-Musashi, a modern ninja who's off to rescue hostages and to kill everything on screen with your shuriken and sword.

The PC version of Shinobi has very poor graphics compared to the original arcade game (duh) and suffers from worse playability, but it's a decent action game for PC standards of that time. The controls in the game are easy to use. One key for attacking, one for jumping, another for ninja magic, etc. There is no time limit in the game, so you can take your time to eliminate one enemy at a time. Hostages are spread out through each level. As they are rescued, Jo-Musashi will have his life meter replenished.

Bonus stages, which become available at the end of a level if enough hostages are rescued, are the most difficult part of the game but also arguably the most fun. You view a close platform and a distant one from a first-person perspective. You must throw shurikens at enemy ninjas in an attempt to keep them from reaching the front of the screen. If one of them gets close enough, the stage ends and you don't receive any ninja magic.

Shinobi is not a hard game, but it is not too easy either. Although the level bosses are definitely too simple to defeat, some of the later levels will require precise timing and inhuman reflexes. Overall, Shinobi isn't as varied or atmospheric as the best ninja platformers (e.g. Ninja Gaiden 2 on the consoles), but it does offer more than a few hours of fun gameplay, and the addictive and original bonus levels are well worth playing for. Thumbs up!

Review By HOTUD

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Comments and reviews

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Lenny 2021-02-23 0 point

I can still remember playing this game for countless hours on my DOS PC with a monochrome monitor!! nostalgia overload!

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Fernando 2019-11-17 1 point DOS version

Pretty cool game, I liked it. I've been playing it for a couple hours. Simple to play and understand, fun to play for a while. Nice.

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A 2018-03-03 1 point DOS version

DOS version is corrupt.

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Kyle P 2017-11-21 -1 point

A complete mess! Hardly like the awesome arcade version.

Only the Amiga had decent graphics and gameplay. The NES version had little to do with the original. It wasn't anything good.

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mike the knife 2015-05-18 -1 point DOS version

Nice thanks

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panxoxxx 2011-11-12 -1 point DOS version

very good game, i like so much

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Dhruv Sharma 2011-06-15 0 point DOS version

this game is for kids
but i like it

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