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For the Sega Master System game, see The Ninja. For the unreleased Sega Saturn game, see Ninja (Saturn).

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Ninja

System(s): SC-3000

Publisher: Dotsoft

Developer: Softgold

Genre: Adventure

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
AU	1985-07^[1]	$19.9519.95^[1]	ST0914

Non-Sega versions
Commodore 16 Commodore 64

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Ninja is a graphical text adventure game developed by Australian company Softgold (formerly Gameworx Software), which specialised in multi-load text adventures written in BASIC.

It was released on the SC-3000 in 1984 by Dotsoft, exclusively in Australia. The game was also released on Commodore 64 in the same year.

Gameplay is based on the Scott Adams Standard 2-word verb-noun parser.

Synopsis

“

Many centuries ago, the Gray Ninja stole the statue of Jozen away from their arch enemies, the Kuboto Ninja Clan, and installed it in the Temple of Sharloon

Over the years, many attempts were made to return the statue, but to no avail.

Now you have been chosen to try where all others have failed ......

Your only assistance is a clue said to be hidden in a poem written in the fifth century by the poet Shimito

Now as you enter the dark Dragon Head Forrest (sic), deep within Gray Ninja Territory, you wonder if you have made the correct decision.

Well my friend, you'll need all your skill and cunning to survive this one.

„

— Box backcover ^[2]

Screenshots

Intro 1
Intro 2
Trail
Beggar
Trail's end
Samurai
Oh oh!
Dead

Photo gallery

Front
Side
Inside

Physical scans

SC-3000, AU
Cover
Cassette Instructions

References

Softgold Graphic Text Adventure Games for the Sega SC-3000
Alien (1984) \| Ninja (1984) \| The Search for King Solomon's Mines (1984) \| The Secret of Bastow Manor (1984) \| Skull Island (1984) \| Thermo Nuclear War Games (1984) \| The Case of the Mad Mummy (1985)

[:File:John_Sands_Sega_Retail_Price_List_Jun_1985.pdf_p2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:John Sands Sega Retail Price List Jun 1985.pdf, page 2

[:File:Ninja_SC3000_AU_Back.jpg_p-2] File:Ninja SC3000 AU Back.jpg

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+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a graphical text adventure game developed by Australian company [[Softgold]] (formerly [[Gameworx Software]]), which specialised in multi-load text adventures written in BASIC.
 It was released on the [[SC-3000]] in 1984 by [[Dotsoft]], exclusively in Australia. The game was also released on Commodore 64 in the same year.
 Gameplay is based on the [[wikipedia:Scott_Adams_(game_designer)|Scott Adams]] Standard 2-word verb-noun parser.
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+{{quote|
+Many centuries ago, the Gray Ninja stole the statue of Jozen away from their arch enemies, the Kuboto Ninja Clan, and installed it in the Temple of Sharloon
+Over the years, many attempts were made to return the statue, but to no avail.
-==Physical Scans==
+Now you have been chosen to try where all others have failed ......
+Your only assistance is a clue said to be hidden in a poem written in the fifth century by the poet Shimito
+Now as you enter the dark Dragon Head Forrest (sic), deep within Gray Ninja Territory, you wonder if you have made the correct decision.
+Well my friend, you'll need all your skill and cunning to survive this one.
+|Box backcover
+|ref={{fileref|Ninja SC3000 AU Back.jpg}}}}
+==Screenshots==
+<gallery>
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot1.png|Intro 1
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot2.png|Intro 2
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot3.png|Trail
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot4.png|Beggar
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot5.png|Trail's end
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot6.png|Samurai
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot7.png|Oh oh!
+Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot8.png|Dead
+</gallery>
+==Photo gallery==
+<gallery>
+Ninja SC3000 AU Photo1.jpg|Front
+Ninja SC3000 AU Photo3.jpg|Side
+Ninja SC3000 AU Photo2.jpg|Inside
+</gallery>
+==Physical scans==
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+| item1=John Sands Sega SC3000 AU Generic Load Instructions.jpg
-| item2=John Sands Sega SC3000 AU Generic Load Instructions.jpg
+| item1name=Instructions
-| item2name=Instructions
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+==References==
-==Gallery==
+<references/>
-===Photos===
+{{Softgold}}
-<gallery>
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Photo1.jpg|Front
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Photo3.jpg|Side
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Photo2.jpg|Inside
-</gallery>
-===Screenshots===
-<gallery>
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot1.png|Intro 1
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot2.png|Intro 2
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot3.png|Trail
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot4.png|Beggar
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot5.png|Trail's end
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot6.png|Samurai
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot7.png|Oh oh!
-File:Ninja SC3000 AU Screenshot8.png|Dead
-</gallery>