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Name: Shinobi series (3 titles)
Revenge of Shinobi (aka Super Shinobi)
Shadow Dancer - The Secret of Shinobi
Shinobi 3 - Return of the Master (aka Super Shinobi 2)
Author/Vendor: Sega
Released: various
Type: Action
Language: English
Premise: A popular series of arcade games involving a Japanese warrior and his faithful hound ported to the Genesis in order to boost the platform's slow sales.
Impressions: Impressive in their day, with neat 2D sidescrolling graphics. Animation is rather limited, but it's the wild gameplay that everybody remembers. The series gets better as it goes, but they're no match for the arcade originals.
Variations: The first game in the series, Shinobi, was released for the Sega Master System in 1987. It is not available for the Genesis so far as is known.
Revenge of Shinobi (1989, aka Super Shinobi - the most faithful "feel" of the original arcade ports, according to the Rage Games writeup - English/Japanese in one cart, set console accordingly)
Shadow Dancer - The Secret of Shinobi (1990, a side story that pits Shinobi against a reptilian evil bent on enslaving New York)
Shinobi 3 - Return of the Master (1993, aka Super Shinobi 2 - fast-paced, challenging, and playable, according to the original Rage Games review)
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