Ninja is a beat 'em up game. As a Ninja, the player attacks a fortress made of individual fixed screens which can be explored non-linearly.
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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“Is Ninja a masterpiece, not merely a very good game?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Sculptured Software
- Publisher
- Arcadia Systems, Mastertronic
- Released
- December 31, 1986
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 7 ratings.
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