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The Ninja Warriors

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Taito

Developer:

Aisystem Tokyo

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-03-12	¥7,8007,800	T-11024

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The Ninja Warriors (ニンジャウォーリアーズ) is a beat-'em-up originally developed by Taito for the arcades. It was brought to the Sega Mega-CD in 1993 exclusively for Japan.

Gameplay

Playable characters are two androids called Kunoichi (female ninja, red color) and Ninja (male ninja, blue color). Both characters play identically.

To emulate the three-screen setup of the original arcade game (three 288x224 screens arranged in a horizontal line like with the Darius games), porters Aisystem Tokyo simply capped the screen resolution in software, resulting in the entire game running in a small window.

As indicated by the boxart, one of the game's main selling points was the soundtrack composed by Taito's inhouse band Zuntata. The game includes both the arcade versions's soundtrack as well as remixed tracks. An exclusive Zuntata mode was also included, which is bascially a movie scene that explains the game's backstory. Members of Zuntata served as actors.

To this day, this is the most faithful port of The Ninja Warriors.

Production credits

Cast

Zuntata
- OGR: H.Ogura
- Commander: M.Nakanishi
- Lee Wong: K.Ishikawa
- Bunny Girl: T.Kawamoto

"Prologue" Staff

Director: H.Tonomura
Photographer: K.Matsubara
Lighting: H.Matsui
Music: H.Ogura, T.Kawamoto
Photo Design: M.Nakanishi
Object Design: H.Takahagi, M.Ogata
Screen Play: Y.Watanabe, K.Ishikawa
Make-Up: Y.Chika
Sound Engineer: K.Ohnui
Sound Effect: K.Ishikawa, H.Takahagi
Special Thanks: Office Misumi, Kiryo Video Inc., Take Off, Noah-Project

Source:

In-game credits (Zuntata Mode)^[1]

The Crew

Produced by: Yoshio Imamura
Directed by: Takashi Shiokawa
Written by: Onijust
Director of Software: Mutsushige Tsuji
Character Designers: Shrine, Masayuki Suzuki, Yoko Gotan, Satomi Yokose
Sound Software: Daikoku Hisaya
Music Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata)
Drama Music Composed by: Tamayo Kawamoto (Zuntata)
Music Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi
Synthesizer Manipulated by: Hiroshi Sukegawa, Teruo Konishi, Katsuhisa Ishikawa (Zuntata)
Engineered by: Masao Saotome, Kazuyuki Ohnui (Zuntata)
Musicians
- Drums: Atsuo Okamoto
- Bass: Naoki Watanabe
- Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki
- Tsugaru-Shamisen: Katsunari Sawada
Game Checker: Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Tatsuya Kitazawa, Yoichi Sato
Special Thanks: Keishi Itoh, Yuji Koga, Takahisa Horimoto, Tohru Kawaishi, Makoto Saitoh, Pony Canyon Inc., Scitron & Art Inc.
Game Designed by: Eiji Takeshima

Source:

In-game credits (Ending)^[2]

Track list

1. [data track]

2. AD1993 (Arrange) (01:13)
From: Opening Demo
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

3. Daddy Mulk (Arrange) (05:01)
From: Stage 1
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

4. Are You Lady? (Arrange) (03:17)
From: Stage 2
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

5. Che! (Arrange) (02:13)
From: Stage 3
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

6. Japanese Smile (Arrange) (02:15)
From: Stage 4
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

7. Motherless Children (Arrange) (03:20)
From: Stage 5
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

8. Paradox (Arrange) (02:25)
From: Ending
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura
Arranged by: Junichi Kawaguchi

9. AD1993 (00:41)
From: Opening Demo
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

10. Daddy Mulk (04:27)
From: Stage 1
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

11. Are You Lady? (03:10)
From: Stage 2
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

12. Che! (04:00)
From: Stage 3
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

13. Japanese Smile (03:46)
From: Stage 4
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

14. Motherless Children (02:54)
From: Stage 5
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

15. Ending～Paradox (02:38)
From: Ending
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

16. Up Stairs (01:06)
From: Naming
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

17. Zuntata Mode 2 (03:00)
From: Zuntata Mode
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

18. Zuntata Mode 1 (03:34)
From: Zuntata Mode
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

19. Coin (00:10)
From: Coin
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

20. Game Over (00:05)
From: Game Over
Composed by: Hisayoshi Ogura

► Running time: 49:15

Magazine articles

Main article: The Ninja Warriors/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

78

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC-J

47

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

GameFan (US)

88

^[12]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

15

^[14]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-J

61

^[15]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[16]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

41

^[17]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

30

^[6]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

48

^[7]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

19

^[19]

	53
Based on 15 reviews

The Ninja Warriors

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

536,077,248

CD (JP)

T-11024

References

↑ File:NinjaWarriors_MCD_JP_SSCredits_zuntata.pdf
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeXqk2EGDY
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf, page 24
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:CVG UK 141.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 141.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 24
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-03-05), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 39
↑ Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 48
↑ Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 24
↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 77
↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 70
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 51

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[:File:NinjaWarriors_MCD_JP_SSCredits_zuntata.pdf_p-1] File:NinjaWarriors_MCD_JP_SSCredits_zuntata.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DWyeXqk2EGDY-2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeXqk2EGDY

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p24-3] File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf, page 24

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-4] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:CVG_UK_141.pdf_p90-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:CVG UK 141.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 141.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p24-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 24

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_017.pdf_p70-9] Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:EGM_US_048.pdf_p27-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[11] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1993-03-05), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0105.pdf_p15-12] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[13] Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 39

[:File:Mega_UK_11.pdf_p48-14] Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 48

[:File:MegaAction_UK_04.pdf_p24-15] Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 24

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0406.pdf_p77-16] Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 77

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p70-17] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-18] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-01.pdf_p51-19] Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 51

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 {{creditstable|
-{{creditsheader|'''Cast'''}}
+{{creditsheader|Cast}}
 *'''Zuntata'''
 **'''OGR:''' [[Hisayoshi Ogura|H.Ogura]]
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 **'''Lee Wong:''' [[Katsuhisa Ishikawa|K.Ishikawa]]
 **'''Bunny Girl:''' [[Tamayo Kawamoto|T.Kawamoto]]
-{{creditsheader|'''"Prologue" Staff'''}}
+{{creditsheader|"Prologue" Staff}}
 *'''Director:''' H.Tonomura
 *'''Photographer:''' K.Matsubara
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 <br>
 {{creditstable|
-{{creditsheader|'''The Crew'''}}
+{{creditsheader|The Crew}}
 *'''Produced by:''' Yoshio Imamura
 *'''Directed by:''' Takashi Shiokawa
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 *'''Special Thanks:''' Keishi Itoh, Yuji Koga, Takahisa Horimoto, Tohru Kawaishi, Makoto Saitoh, Pony Canyon Inc., Scitron & Art Inc.
 *'''Game Designed by:''' Eiji Takeshima
-'''© [[Taito|Taito Corporation]] 1993 All Rights Reserved'''<br>
+:'''© [[Taito|Taito Corporation]] 1993 All Rights Reserved'''
-| source=In-game credits (Ending) {{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeXqk2EGDY}}
+| source=In-game credits (Ending){{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeXqk2EGDY}}
 | console=MCD
 }}

Difference between revisions of "The Ninja Warriors"

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Revision as of 08:26, 27 October 2018

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Track list

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References