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The Ninja
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Original box and game; the manual is missing. Game condition guide →
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Item Condition
Game + box: the cartridge and its box; the manual is not included. For the specifics, look to the photos — they're of this exact item. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Before Shinobi made Sega synonymous with ninja action, there was The Ninja, a lean and unforgiving Master System cartridge from 1986. It grew out of Sega's arcade game Ninja Princess, and for the home release the heroine was swapped for a male ninja who fights his way up a run of vertically scrolling stages toward the castle at the end.
If you know Commando or Ikari Warriors, the rhythm will feel familiar, only with an endless supply of throwing knives in place of rifles. Samurai, rival ninja and attack dogs close in from every side, a second button throws straight upward, and a single hit is all it takes to finish you or most of the enemies in your way. The best trick in the game is defensive: press both buttons together and the ninja vanishes in a puff of smoke, slipping out of harm's way at exactly the right moment. A red scroll upgrades the knives into shuriken that pierce every enemy in their path, and blue scrolls add a burst of speed.
The real depth is hidden. Five green scrolls are tucked away across the first nine stages, the first of them earned by wiping out every enemy in its stage, and gathering all five is the only way to unlock the true final stage. Breaking up the vertical climbs are auto-scrolling set pieces, from dodging tumbling boulders and charging horses to a hop-across-the-gaps stretch that feels borrowed from Frogger, and the finale is tough but fair.
Once you know where the scrolls hide, a full run takes about half an hour, which makes The Ninja an ideal pick-up-and-play cartridge with a secret worth chasing. Two players can take turns, and it offers a fascinating early look at Sega's ninja fixation on home hardware, a year before Joe Musashi arrived to become the company's signature shinobi.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1986
- Publisher
- Tec Toy
- Developer
- Sega R&D 2
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
It is typical of a run and gun game, such as Commando and Ikari Warriors, where the player has to shoot enemies and defeat a boss. Enemies include samurai, ninja and dogs.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayThe Ninja on Master System
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