This page documents information about Shinobi
. Many of the tricks demonstrated here are near impossible in real time and documented for the purposes of creating Tool-assisted Speedruns.
This game uses the same (but older) engine as Wrath of the Black Manta. Most of the mechanics are same with fewer features or different limits.
Rules
First frame when you get control you can do whatever you want.
Falling from a platform costs 1 frame
Shooting pauses you on ground, you must do it in air
Shooting alters Y speed/Y max height
You can instakill but it takes a lot of frames
Bosses accounts HITs taken, not dmg, therefore the power up is totally useless apart from killing enemies.
Power-ups sucks. You need to avoid "BONUS STAGE".
The white frizbee guys can only hit at the legs if they still weild it... seriously.
Tricks
Jump manipulation with firing
Different from WotBM.
Delaying jump increase with 1 frame: A,B.
Max Y height + 2 = B after 19 frames.
Max Y height + 3 = B after 15 frames.
Max Y height + 4 = B after 9 frame.
Going through walls vertically
You need 4~5 Y speed. Fire before colliding a wall to get a lower Y height, resulting in passing through it.
Get inside wall
Different from WotBM, you need to fire + direction when colliding. This way you are 1px inside the wall. Unfortunately you can't jump from there.
Falling down with 1px/f horizontally
Generally you drop off from platforms with D,D+A which is as slow as in the beginning of the levels. Press D,D,D+A to start falling down with 1px/f.
Damage-boosting
Direction (where you will be thrown) depends on enemy's facing. Every facing results in a "left-side thrown" except if he is facing right. The travel time SHOULD be infinite but you can collide with a wall (for example a ceiling) and you will stop to recieve X pos increases while still unable to take action.
Enemy manipulation
Depends on player X, pressing B and number of objects (6 is the max, document which accounts really because of interesting test results)
See also
Game Resources - we have resource pages for other games too!