showing 5 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Legend of Kage | Taito | 1986 | Lead your super-jumping and shuriken-throwing hero on his way to rescue a kidnapped princess through five rather small stages. Each stage has a certain "goal" like killing x amount of evil ninjas, killing a certain enemy or just reaching the end of the level. Controls in this game are rather weak. The super-big jumps are not really controllable, moreoften than you want you jump right into approaching enemies without being able to control your jump when in midair. Graphics and music are merely average and nothing special. Some levels are very short and after rescuing the princess, a small cutscene is played where the princess is just kidnapped again. Only after rescuing her three times you will be rewarded with a little congratulations screen until... well she is kidnapped once again.***[code] KAGE HERO NINJA KIRI KIDNAPPED PRINCESS SHINOBI EVIL NINJA YUKI EVIL SAMURAI YOSHI EVIL SAMURAI YōBō MAGIC MONK GENBō TWIN MONKS [/code] [Zerothis]***published 1986-04-18 in Japan NES-KA-USA published 1987-08 in USA The Shinobi are depicted using bombs. This is a somewhat rare but realistic portrayal, as pyrotechnics/explosives are one of the disciplines of Ninjutsu. [spoiler=Extra Life;close]While in moat kill 7 ninja your sword. A little blue 1-up will appear near the top; grab it.[/spoiler][spoiler=10 Extra Lives;close]Start with the NES off. Hold select+A+B on controller 1 and Z+B on controller 2. Release all buttons when the game is done booting. Now holds A+B on controller 1 and B on controller 2.[/spoiler] [Zerothis]***This classic ninja-action game first appeared in arcades in 1985 and became instantly popular. As the Iga ninja named "Kage", players embark on an action-packed quest as they move toward a magic castle where the Princess "Kiri" is held captive by "Yohshirou Yukikusa." To stay alive, players move vertically and horizontally through forest and castle environments and execute massive jumps, all the while using throwing-star knives and a sword to take down hordes of enemies. | labelimagesubject |
| Mighty Bomb Jack | Tecmo | 1986 | [100]***Mighty Bomb Jack improves the single-screen platform action of the original [game=#24]Bomb Jack[/game] by featuring scrolling levels. The game plays generally very well, but is fully packed with sometimes very difficult to find secrets, secret rooms, different exits and so on. And you had to find a couple of hidden items to unlock the "best" ending.***Mighty Bomb Jack is an action/adventure game that was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987 by Tecmo. The hero of the game, Jack, must make his way through 16 levels of a pyramid in order to defeat the demon Belzebut and rescue the royal Pamera family. Each level is split into two parts; an action zone and a Royal Palace room. Action zones can be split up into several portions, and contain power-ups usually hidden in treasure chests such as money bags, Mighty Coins, and Mighty Drinks. Mighty Coins allow Jack to change colors; blue allows Jack to open orange treasure chests, orange allows him to open any treasure chest by simply touching it from the side, and green transforms all enemies on the screen into coins for 5 seconds. Mighty Drinks add 10 seconds to the game's timer. | labelimagesubject |
| Hokuto no Ken 2: Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu | Toei;Taxan (Shouei System) | 1987 | Hey, only about eight months after the first Hokuto no Ken game for the Famicom - which was a rather appalling game - Toei released the sequel "Hokuto no Ken 2". The game is based on the second Hokuto no Ken anime tv-series. This game is the only NES game that was actually released in the US under the title "Fist of the North Star". And as the first game it is a side-scrolling beat'em up game. Compared to the first game it looks better, sounds better and plays a little bit better. That wasn't difficult, but at least it reaches an quality that could be called "average". The difficulty in the US version seems to be significantly reduced compared to the original Famicom version and some scenes where special characters from the series appear are also missing in the US version. | labelimageminimize |
| Esper Bōkentai: Maō no Toride | Jaleco (NMK) | 1987 | [media=youtube]Bf9UT17YJzY[/media]***"Esper Boukentai" is a quite unusual platform game. First of all it has some typical RPG elements like gathering xp from killing monsters (with a giant hammer) thus leveling up and increasing stats like speed, attack or jumping power. The game consists of one big level which has many rooms connected by doors which must be opened by touching colored idols. Some rooms can only be entered with certain items (like a gas mask) or by using special abilities from some friends which you can switch to once you rescued them. Mapping in the game is needed since the layout is quite complicated. Also, this must be the game with the most insane super jumping I have ever played. Once you reached higher levels and with the correct character you can jump literally a dozen screens high. The game is decent, but not good enough to be called a classic. | labelimageminimize |
| Demon Sword | Taito (Tose) | 1988 | Note that the protagonists is neither a ninja or a samurai, that's not a ninjatō he's wielding, but those are deadly shuriken he's throwing. The save password system is accessible from the start menu by pressing up. This is not exactly a secret because it is described extensively in the manual. The plot of this game revolves around searching for pieces the demon sword refereed to in the title. The protagonist can cast magical like spells. Certain elements of the game suggest it is of the wuxia genre. The Japanese and USA releases are different. The Japanese version has 6 more stages, more bosses, more items and spells, more cut scenes and more text. [spoiler=Game Genie Codes;close codes]AESVLTPA Infinite powers and lives SXSIYASA Infinite lives *EVSUIZ* Start game with * lives A A 1 life I A 6 lives A E 9 lives SZKGTTSA Infinite life energy VTVTAESX Phoenix always rescues you SLNNANSO Infinite fire/lightning/power beams on pick up VTNXAOSE Extra dart strength *ANZLPAA + ATNXAOSA Start on level * P Start on level 2 Z Start on level 3 L Start on level 4 G Start on level 5 I Start on level 6 XZNZGPSA + VEEZYOSE Start with 44 red spheres XZNZGPSA + VEEXZOSE Start with 44 black spheres XZNZGPSA + VANXLOSE Start with 44 fire spheres XZNZGPSA + VANXTOSE Start with 44 lightning bolts XZNZGPSA + VEEZPOSE Start with 44 power beams[/code][/spoiler] [Zerothis] | labelimageminimize |
