The Cyber Shinobi
From Sega Retro
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System(s): Sega Master System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Game was not well received due to its slow gameplay and the large status screen that covers nearly a third of the screen.
Contents
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. The ninjutsu spells available are Fire (requires one or two units), Tornado (four units), Lightning (six units) and Earth Element (eight units).
Weapons
Shuriken | |
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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. Weaker than other weapons but very fast. | |
Grenade | |
A hand grenade causes massive damage and moves over a small parabolic arc. |
Items
Break open item containers and move over items to collect.
Life | |
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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 | |
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The boss is Crazy Bull, a modified bulldozer. | |
Harbor | |
The boss is Sea Bat, a powerful submarine armed with missiles. | |
Field | |
Boss: Heli Blast, an attack helicopter. | |
Jungle | |
The boss is Blacktiger, an overgrown beast as the name implies. | |
Waterfall | |
The boss is Red Hopper, a octopus-like robot. | |
Stage 6 - Enemy Hideout | |
The boss is Psy Gunner, a robot equipped with a variety of weapons and a protective barrier. |
Production credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: The Cyber Shinobi/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Based on 17 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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256kB | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ File:CyberShinobi SMS EU Box 6.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ', "" (; ), page 74
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ', "" (; ), page 48
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 31
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 37
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 144
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 25
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 139
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 74
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 132
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 104
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 150
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 72
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 59
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 41
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 182
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 48
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 30
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 56
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 70
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 90
The Cyber Shinobi | |
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Main page | Maps | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Reception | Bootlegs
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Games in the Shinobi series | |
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Shinobi (1987) | Shadow Dancer (1989) | |
Shinobi (1988) | The Cyber Shinobi (1990) | Shadow Dancer (1991) | |
Shinobi (1989) | |
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993) | |
The GG Shinobi (1991) | The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992) | |
Shinobi Legions (1995) | |
The Revenge of Shinobi (2002) | |
Shinobi (2002) | Nightshade (2003) | |
Shinobi 3D (2011) | 3D Shinobi III (2013) | |
Sega Ages Shinobi (2019) | |
Shinobi related media | |
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