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Ninja (1986 video game)

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version of the game was released in 1987 for Mastertronic's Arcadia Systems which is based on Amiga hardware. The Amiga, Atari ST, and Arcade versions were released as
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found the game very good with "first rate animation and sound. For the low price, an unmissable bargain".
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reviewers found the Commodore 64 version awful and boring and gave it an overall rating of 25%.
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reviewer praised graphics, animation and sound of the game. On the other hand
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was written by Steve Coleman, who previously created the Atari 8-bit games
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who has to penetrate a Japanese fortress by fighting enemy ninjas with
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Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 65, March 1987, page 72
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Developer(s)
Sculptured Software
Publisher(s)
Mastertronic
Designer(s)
Platform(s)
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Arcade
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST
Commodore 64
MS-DOS
ZX Spectrum
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Genre(s)
Beat 'em up
Single-player

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