Posted: 4/8/2007 4:15 PM
(Edited: 4/8/2007 6:43 PM)
Post subject: Name This Game? [Game Gear]
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EscapePlan9
Joined: 12/29/2005
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I remember when I owned a Sega Game Gear (no idea what happened to it BTW) I had a few games. One of them was a ninja game, but it wasn't Shinobi or Ninja Gaiden. I don't remember too many details from the game, except you could change between I think four different colored ninjas who all had different weapons and abilities. Any ideas from this vague description? edit: Found it! I was wrong, it was part of the Shinobi series - Shinobi II.
Posted: 4/8/2007 4:22 PM
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Sounds like a TMNT ripoff to me.
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Posted: 4/8/2007 4:29 PM
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EscapePlan9
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The controls were a lot more responsive than TMNT (nes) :D And the ninjas were not turtles here. They looked like your stereotypical ninjas, just in different colored outfits (I know there was at least a red, and a yellow ninja, perhaps green and blue too). I think one of them had the special ability to climb on walls, so you had to change to him in some areas.
Posted: 4/8/2007 5:32 PM
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Mechuyael
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Did you start out with one ninja and have to rescue the others before you could switch to them?
Posted: 4/8/2007 5:46 PM
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EscapePlan9
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It's been nearly 10 years since I've played the game, so I don't remember the details. I don't recall if you start with one ninja and have to rescue the others. I'm starting to think it might have been Shinobi after all... but I really don't remember that first stage. From what I've read about GG Shinobi, you do rescue the other ninjas with different abilities and you can switch between them in the pause menu. Either the game I had was a total ripoff of this, or it was Shinobi! I'll have to play it more to find out for sure.
Posted: 4/8/2007 6:10 PM
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EscapePlan9
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Okay, I played more of Shinobi and it still didn't seem the same. Some of the sounds and graphics looked similar, but it didn't seem right. Then I found there was a Shinobi II for GG, and that was it! So the game I was looking was was Shinobi II. HOORAY!! Now I wonder if it'll be as cool as when I played it ten years ago...
Posted: 4/8/2007 8:40 PM
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Mechuyael
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Always happy to see someone find a game they were searching for. I've had two games that I couldn't remember and couldn't find anywhere. I don't recall how I finally found Willow for the NES again, but Gain Ground for the Genesis I only found some days ago when I saw some news about it being playable on the Wii VC.
Posted: 4/10/2007 7:26 AM
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EscapePlan9
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Wow.. that game was much shorter than I remembered. I beat it in like 30 minutes. The bosses patterns are really easy to pick-up on and the levels are fairly straight-forward. It's obvious what ninja you need to use at each part and the regular enemies are easy. I wonder how many lives and continues I wasted as a kid playing this game? In fact, I don't remember ever beating the game as a kid. I never made it through the last few battles where you have to use the same-color ninja. Ah well, was fun while it lasted.