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« Reply #210 on: April 26, 2023, 10:13:00 pm »
Shinobi - The Legendary Ninja-action Game Franchise




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Debuting on the SEGA System 16 arcade hardware, Shinobi is a side scrolling action and platforming game featuring Joe Musashi as he uses ninja martial arts and weapons to attack enemies of the Zeed Organization while saving the children of the Oboro Clan.
In addition, you can use the killing Ninjutsu technique to wipe out the enemies in the screen and encounter bosses appears at the end of each mission with extraordinary battles such as a helicopter carrying a ninja army and a huge computer protected by a Buddha statue.
The series has expanded to include a dozen other Shinobi titles and Shinobi's code name has been used by various ninjas, such as Jiro Musashi, Joe Musashi, Hotsuma, Hibana, and Honoka.


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« Reply #211 on: April 26, 2023, 10:14:53 pm »
The GG Shinobi was released in Japan 32 years ago today! 🥷







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This unique title had you saving other Shinobi, each with their own unique skills for you to use!
Did you ever use the combined skills of 5 ninjas to destroy the City of Fear?

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« Reply #212 on: May 04, 2023, 12:34:58 am »
The Atari Jaguar Almost Got Alex Kidd, Altered Beast, Streets of Rage, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Wonder Boy and ESWAT







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Shortly after the deal was signed, Sam Tramiel suffered a heart attack and control of Atari Corp was passed back to his ageing father, Jack.
With the prospect of seriously challenging Sony, Nintendo and Sega in the upcoming next-gen console war getting slimmer each month, the elder Tramiel wisely decided it was time to get out of the video game business and brokered a reverse merger with hard drive maker JTS on July 30th, 1996.
Atari, and the Jaguar, were dead.
As you can see from these scanned documents, Sega was willing to ...

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Re: Shinobi: The Complete History
« Reply #213 on: May 16, 2023, 08:30:46 pm »
Benisuzume Arts!





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Benisuzume is one of the Four Hellspawn Lords.
It appears as a giant moth, and swarms its enemies with fire butterflies and a variety of fire attacks.

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You'll find them at the end of Stage 4 of Shinobi on the PlayStation 2.

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