The Cyber Shinobi

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The Cyber Shinobi
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega R&D 2
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code EU 1991-04 7050 UK 1991-04 £29.9929.99 7050 AU 199x MX 199x BR 1992-03 AE 199x

The Cyber Shinobi is a Sega Master System game released in 1990 by Sega. It is a futuristic-themed sequel to Shinobi starring the grandson of Joe Musashi.

The game was not well received because of its slow gameplay and the large status area that covers a third of the screen.

A North American release was planned and advertised, but did not materialise.

Story

Set in the future time of "2XXX," the player controls the grandson of the ninja master Joe Musashi, also named Joe, who is on a mission to defeat the minions of Cyber-Zeed, a terrorist organization founded by the remnants of the Zeed organization that the original Joe Musashi destroyed. Joe must fight his way through a series of six stages in order to prevent Cyber-Zeed from launching its stolen stockpiles of plutonium around the world and starting a nuclear war. The stages consist of a construction site, a harbor, a heliport, a jungle, a waterfall, and the enemy's hideout.

Gameplay

Cyber Shinobi is an action platforming game. The objective is to make it to the end of the stage and fight a boss. There are no hostages to rescue, unlike the previous Shinobi game. The player is occasionally prevented from proceeding onward at certain points of each stage until certain enemies are eliminated, similar to a side-scrolling beat-'em-up. Musashi walks with and and crouches with . He can walk while crouching with and . Musashi jumps with and jumps higher with +. Musashi's main weapon is a sword that he can use to attack his enemies with . He can use his sword while in mid-air. He does a crouching kick with +.

The player has a total of four gauges on the top screen. There is a life gauge that shows the amount of damage Musashi can sustain before losing a life, a power gauge that determines the strength of his basic attacks, a shot gauge that shows the remaining ammunition of his current sub-weapon, and a ninjutsu gauge that determines which spells the player can use. Each gauge can be incremented by items. Additionally, each stage is timed and must be completed before time runs out.

Musashi has access to several ranged weapons, which can be used with +. By capturing shot power-ups, he can upgrade his ranged weapons. When the player first picks up a shot power-up, Musashi wields a shuriken launcher, which can be replaced with an automatic vulcan gun and then a supply of grenades by picking up subsequent shot power-ups. Each sub-weapon can hold up to eight shots each. When the player's current sub-weapon runs out of ammo, it reverts to the previous one.

Ninjutsu spells are performed by pressing +. There are a total of four ninjutsu spells, which increase in damage dealt but otherwise differ only cosmetically. Although each one requires a different number of units to perform, only two units are consumed when one is performed.

Weapons

	Shuriken
	A powerful ninja star that moves in a straight line.
	Arm Vulcan
	Musashi removes his cyborg arm and unleashes a stream of bullets in from of him. Fires continuously for a duration if the player continues to hold down. Weaker than other weapons but very fast.
	Grenade
	A hand grenade causes massive damage and moves over a small parabolic arc. It can be thrown over barriers such as crates and can damage multiple enemies at once.

Ninjutsu

	Fire
	Requires one or two units.
	Tornado
	Requires four units.
	Lightning
	Requires six units.
	Earth Element
	Requires eight units.

Items

Break open item containers and move over items to collect.

	Life
	Increments the life gauge by one unit.
	Power
	Increments the power gauge by one unit.
	Ninjutsu
	Increments the ninjutsu gauge by one unit.
	Shot
	Increments the shot gauge by one unit.

Stages

	Construction Site
	Maps: 1️⃣ | 2️⃣ | 3️⃣
	The boss is Crazy Bull, a modified bulldozer.
	Harbor
	Maps: 1️⃣ | 2️⃣ | 3️⃣
	The boss is Sea Bat, a powerful submarine armed with missiles.
	Field
	Maps: 1️⃣ | 2️⃣
	The boss is Heli Blast, an attack helicopter.
	Jungle
	Maps: 1️⃣ | 2️⃣
	The boss is Blacktiger, an overgrown beast.
	Waterfall
	Map: 1️⃣
	The boss is Red Hopper, a octopus-like robot.
	Enemy Hideout
	Maps: 1️⃣ | 2️⃣
	The boss is Psy Gunner, a robot equipped with a variety of weapons and a protective barrier.

Production credits

Main article: The Cyber Shinobi/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: The Cyber Shinobi/Magazine articles.

Promotional materials

ES advert (1991)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Ação Games (BR) 69 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 47 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 54 Console XS (UK) PAL 68 Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 46 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) PAL 58 Gamers (DE) 13 Joystick (FR) PAL 76 Mean Machines (UK) PAL 58 Megazone (AU) 75 Player One (FR) PAL 77 Power Play (DE) PAL 26 Raze (UK) PAL 71 Sega Power (UK) PAL 55 Sega Power (UK) PAL 25 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 68 User (GR) PAL 63

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The Cyber Shinobi

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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