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Ninja Princess

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Ninja Princess

Feb 1, 1986

Port of Sega Ninja

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Ninja Princess known as Sega Ninja in the west, is a Sega System 1 arcade game by Sega. It is a top-down shooter/action game, in which you play as a princess disguised as a ninja who is attempting to stop the evil tyrant Gyokuro. The game was ported to the SG-1000 in 1986 exclusively for Japan, with an MSX port following shortly afterwards. It was also brought to the Sega Master System as The Ninja, however The Ninja makes several adjustments to the story and characters, as well as updating the gameplay. Unlike the original arcade machine, the SG-1000 and … More
Ninja Princess known as Sega Ninja in the west, is a Sega System 1 arcade game by Sega. It is a top-down shooter/action game, in which you play as a princess disguised as a ninja who is attempting to stop the evil tyrant Gyokuro. The game was ported to the SG-1000 in 1986 exclusively for Japan, with an MSX port following shortly afterwards. It was also brought to the Sega Master System as The Ninja, however The Ninja makes several adjustments to the story and characters, as well as updating the gameplay. Unlike the original arcade machine, the SG-1000 and MSX ports contain only 13 levels instead of 16. Less
Developers
Sega R&D1
Publishers
PONY, Sega
Series
SEGA Ninja
Platforms
MSX, SG-1000
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action, Historical
Release Dates
Feb 1986 (Japan)
MSX
Jun 1986 (Japan)
SG-1000
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scoopings
scoopings updated their status Apr 4, 2023
scoopings updated their status Apr 4, 2023

Interesting. I will have to play this some more tomorrow before I'm sure. I wish you could shoot in a direction other than forward... that would make this game a lot more enjoyable. And the way they bumrush you at the end of levels is tacky (tho cool how there's a sort of boss feature). That being said, the world map is so amazing. I love the colors of it all. The music is mostly nice. And the way different terrain affects you is great. I just wish the gameplay was a bit better, especially considering it's an 85 arcade game so it should be more than capable for more. Hm, it's worth trying some more. I'm on the 3rd "level," we will see what I think tomorrow!

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Reset_Tears
Reset_Tears updated their status May 21, 2022
Reset_Tears updated their status May 21, 2022

Ninja Princess (AKA Sega Ninja) is an old arcade game I have a bit of a soft spot for, since it's such an early example of a video game where you play as a woman. And it presents an impressively deep and thought-provoking thesis on the duality of woman: the princess side, and the ninja side.

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Sega decided to focus on the ninja side in this instance. This is an overhead run-and-gun (releasing a little before Commando, even), in which you shoot tons of enemy ninjas with throwing knives (she's got a few hundred of them hidden away somewhere). And that's all the game is -- very simple, but extremely tough. (And watching videos on Youtube, the enemy ninjas only get more clever in how they ambush you from every possible location, as levels progress.) No matter how many times I try though, I have a very hard time getting far in this one, so IDK if I'll ever actually get to the end. But it's decent fun while it lasts, and has a bright and colorful look to it all that's fun. It would also pave the way for better follow-ups like Kiki Kaikai (via Taito), which would bring …

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Ninja Princess (AKA Sega Ninja) is an old arcade game I have a bit of a soft spot for, since it's such an early example of a video game where you play as a woman. And it presents an impressively deep and thought-provoking thesis on the duality of woman: the princess side, and the ninja side.

enter image description here

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Sega decided to focus on the ninja side in this instance. This is an overhead run-and-gun (releasing a little before Commando, even), in which you shoot tons of enemy ninjas with throwing knives (she's got a few hundred of them hidden away somewhere). And that's all the game is -- very simple, but extremely tough. (And watching videos on Youtube, the enemy ninjas only get more clever in how they ambush you from every possible location, as levels progress.) No matter how many times I try though, I have a very hard time getting far in this one, so IDK if I'll ever actually get to the end. But it's decent fun while it lasts, and has a bright and colorful look to it all that's fun. It would also pave the way for better follow-ups like Kiki Kaikai (via Taito), which would bring us the Pocky and Rocky series.

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