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The
Ninja Master
1986 Firebird
Programmed
by ?
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text of the present article comes from the review published
in the seventeenth issue of the British C64 magazine ZZAP!64
(street date: July 21st, 1986). |
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NINJA MASTER
Firebird,
£1.99 cass, joystick only
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Anyone who has ever played one of the many fighting
games available must know what a Ninja is by now. You
don't? Well not to worry, it's just that one particular
Ninja has entered the local Ninja Olympics (one big
ego trip really) with the ultimate aim of impressing
the Elders and becoming a Ninja Master. He must prove
his worth by partaking in four different events which
test his speed of reaction and stamina.
ARROW
QUEST
In
this event you have to defend yourself from nasty pointy
arrows which are 'thrown' from off--screen. Your task
is to punch or kick them aside -- failure to do results
in them flying straight into you. Ouch. Points are awarded
for each arrow kicked aside, and to qualify you have
to score above 1500 Ninja points.
KARATE
CHOPPING
Here
you have to waggle the joystick left and right -- a
la Decathlon -- to build up enough power to chop
a plank in half. You are given three chances to qualify,
and doing so launches you into the next deadly challenge.
SHURIKEN
STARS EVENT
This is a variation of the first event, except instead
of arrows flying towards you there is a shower of Shuriken
stars which have to be hit away with your trusty Ninja
sword. This time you need 1200 points to qualify.
BLOWPIPE
Armed only with a blow pipe, you must shoot down ten
canisters which fly across the screen from right to
left. Points are awarded for accuracy, and completing
this event takes you back to the first, only this time
everything is faster.
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Fighting
games are not my particular forte, but I actually
enjoyed this cheapy smash em up from Firebird.
Unfortunately, I can see all you experienced bashers
being none too impressed with it. But for us less
able in the art of bashing, it's rather a good
game. The graphics and the sound are not really
outstanding, although the speech synthesis is
neat. Overall a super-cheap introduction for those
of you who have not yet dared get involved with
smash em ups, but fancy a quick go.
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Presentation
68%
Pretty straightforward.
Graphics
29%
Large, chunky and lacking in detail.
Sound
39%
Poor speech, music and spot FX.
Hookability
30%
Not a lot to inspire.
Lastability
26%
The four events have little to
hold interest.
Value
For Money 32%
Cheap . . . and nasty.
Overall
28%
Pull your socks up, Firebird.
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Htmlized
by Dimitris
Kiminas (6 Oct 2007)
Only the screenshot from the Shuriken Stars Event existed
in the original review.
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