The Revenge of Shinobi (1989 video game)

Joe, having reached the clan too late, manages to learn about Neo Zeed's plot by his dying master.The player controls Joe Musashi and must complete eight districts before the final confrontation with the head of Neo Zeed.A key move in The Revenge of Shinobi is the somersault, which maximizes Joe's jumping height and enables him to throw eight shuriken at once in mid-air.Besides powerups, some crates may contain time bombs: explosives that detonate when their fuse runs out or if Joe comes too close (though he can walk out of the blast radius if the player is quick enough).As difficulty increases, more enemies appear per stage; on Hardest, Joe takes twice as much damage and the number of starting lives decreases from 10 to 1.The game's director Noriyoshi Ohba intended Revenge of Shinobi to be a showcase for the then-new Genesis hardware as well as to adapt the series to something better suited for a home console.Some of the game's enemies are notably too similar to various characters from film and comic books, a fact that Ohba attributes to his own lack of creativity.In the notes section of the ROM header (at 0x1C8), there is the string, "A0115 Sega_Channel", whereas all other releases have that area filled with ASCII space characters.The sound effect when Musashi changes his grip does not play, and the sparks when shuriken hit the sword stay on screen longer.For the most part, the enemies resemble the REV00 versions including the two-phase fight with Metamorpher, appearing as an imposter Spider-Man and Batman.The Round 3 and 8 bosses appear to be missing completely (although the maps themselves are there); the game switches to the end of the level screen shortly after starting.The game received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon; they called it a masterpiece for its animation, graphics, sound and gameplay, but the final boss battle was criticised for being too difficult.
Batman in The Revenge of Shinobi
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