Revenge of the Ninja

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For the Sega Saturn version, see Time Gal & Ninja Hayate.

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Revenge of the Ninja
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Renovation Products
Developer:
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Taito
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
US
T-49035
Videogame Rating Council: MA-13
Sega Mega-CD
BR
063440
Tectoy: 13+
Non-Sega versions

Revenge of the Ninja is a full-motion video game for the Sega Mega-CD. It was released exclusively in America. The game is an interactive movie produced by Japanese animation studio Toei Animation.

Story

A skilled and daring teenage ninja named Hayate must infiltrate the Castle of Evil and battle its ruler, Lougi, to rescue Princess Terri. Hayate must survive a collection of deathtraps and defeat a variety of mythological creatures and other adversaries on his quest to save the princess and destroy the castle.

Gameplay

The game is an interactive movie in which players to guide Hayate through the castle and its numerous perils. The game contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them at specific moments. The D-pad moves Hayate in a direction and A, B, or C attacks (usually with Hayate's sword). If a player makes a mistake, one life decreases, and when the player runs out of lives, the game ends.

The game has three selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard). When playing on Easy and Normal, the game flashes an arrow to indicate the correct direction or flashes a button to indicate that Hayate should attack. On Hard mode, actions are cued with "Action!", but the player must decide the correct action. The amount of time given to react is also shortened as the difficulty increases. On all difficulty levels, some events have a "guiding light" in the animation that hints at the right action.

The player can rewatch the game as a movie (with the same randomized traps and the same choices made) after completing it on Normal or Hard difficulty.

Levels

The order of levels 2 through 15 is randomized for each playthrough.

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Level 1

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Level 2

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 5

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Level 6

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Level 7

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Level 8

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Level 9

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Level 10

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Level 11

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Level 12

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Level 13

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Level 14

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Level 15

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Level 16

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Level 17

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Level 18

History

Renovation sent "Master of the Ninja Arts" diplomas to players who mailed them photographic proof that they had beaten the game on Hard mode.[2][3]

Legacy

The game was bundled with Time Gal in the Sega Saturn release Time Gal & Ninja Hayate.

Versions

The original arcade version was released by Taito in 1984 as Ninja Hayate (忍者ハヤテ). It was a LaserDisc game similar to Dragon's Lair. The video in the Mega-CD version is reduced in size and dithered to accommodate the platform's technical limitations. The original arcade version had no music except the opening and ending theme, but the Mega-CD version features newly composed music.

Production credits

Source:
In-game credits
Revenge of the Ninja MCD credits.pdf
[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Revenge of the Ninja/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
64
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
63
[7]
Hyper (AU)
32
[8]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
80
[9]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
51
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
58
[11]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
41
[12]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
63
[13]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
58
[14]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
68
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
32
[16]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
53
[17]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[18]
Sega Mega-CD
54
Based on
14 reviews

Revenge of the Ninja

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Mega-CD, BR
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Cover

Technical information

Main article: Revenge of the Ninja/Technical information.

References


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