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Throwing stars

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A small thrown bladed weapon usually with 3 to 6 points. Commonly associated with ninjas.

80
games
28
platforms

Alternate names: 手裏剣, Shuriken, Ninja stars

The Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance (Atari ST)
The Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance
ST 1990
Ninja Spirit (ZX Spectrum)
Ninja Spirit
SPC 1990
Shadow Dancer (ZX Spectrum)
Shadow Dancer
SPC 1991
Ninja Spirit (Amiga OCS)
Ninja Spirit
OCS 1990
Shinobi (Arcade)
Shinobi
ARCD 1987
Last Ninja Remix (Commodore 64)
Last Ninja Remix
C64 1990
The Last Ninja (MS-DOS)
The Last Ninja
DOS 1988
Legend of Grimrock (Linux)
Legend of Grimrock
LIN 2012-12
The Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance (Amstrad CPC)
The Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance
CPC 1988
Ninja Remix (Atari ST)
Ninja Remix
ST 1990
Ninja Gaiden (Master System)
Ninja Gaiden
SMS 1992
Shadow Warrior (Windows)
Shadow Warrior
WIN 2013-09-26

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Parent groups

Archaic weapons, Exotic weapons, Thrown weapons

Games by year

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The first Throwing stars video game was released in 1986.

System 3, Activision and Almost Human Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 8
Linux 8
C64 7
ZX Spectrum 6
NES 6
Amstrad CPC 5
Amiga 4
Atari ST 4
Arcade 4
BBC 3
Electron 3
GB 2
Master System 2
Mac OS X 2
MS-DOS 2
PC Engine 2
Konix 1
Flash 1
Mega Drive 1
MSX2 1
Archimedes 1
OS/2 1
Apple IIGS 1
Tandy Coco 1
Amstrad PCW 1
C16/Plus4 1
Apple II E 1
Enterprise 1

Most common companies

System 314
Activision8
Almost Human Games5
U.S. Gold5
Superior Software5
Sega4
Durell4
Devolver Digital3
Techland3
Irem2
Adult Swim Games2
Players2