Shinobi - Videogame by Sega

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Shinobi

Name: Shinobi
Developer: Sega

Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Sega System 16
Game Specific: Shinobi Pinout
Settings: Shinobi Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 3 [AttackJumpNinja Magic]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Shinobi Description

The Ninja children of the Iga clan were kidnapped by Zeed, a syndication of evil Ninjas and outlaws. Joe Musashi, a master of Ninjutsu amd other martial arts must penetrate single-handedly into the opponent's territory on a mission to rescue the little ones and wipe out the villains.

Shinobi was produced by Sega in 1987.

Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Shinobi was produced include After Burner II, Center Court, Chrono Soldier, DakkoChan Jansoh, After Burner, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Dump Matsumoto, and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.

Shinobi - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.58 (6 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.38

     Overall 'Like': 3.50
     Fun (Social): 2.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.83
     Collector Desire: 3.33

Technical Impressions Score: 3.78

     Gameplay: 4.00
     Graphics: 3.83
     Originality: 3.67
     Sound/Music: 3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

There were possibly two different marquees. The control panel is generic looking with Sega written across it and the buttons are labled with triangular tin.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Tricks 5000 extra points per level for not pressing the Ninja Magic button. 20000 extra points per level for not shooting shurikens or bullets.

The second level can be played in slow motion. Here is how to activate it:
Kill all three spiderman with sword. Then proceed all they way back to the beginning point. The game will now run in slow motion.

Game Introduction

The player goes through five missions, each with three to five scenes. The last scene is always the boss for that mission and a bonus stage follows that, if completed, awards the player one extra life.

Continues are possible on every level except for the last fifth.

Game Play

The player must save all the hostages in each level before leaving the level.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shinobi Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 305 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 104 of these machines are owned by our active Shinobi collectors. And of these, 10 are original dedicated machines, 13 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 81 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Shinobi machine for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with extra Shinobi circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Shinobi. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Shinobi circuit board set.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 71 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Trivia

IShinobiI in Japanese means stealing into spy sneak thief surreptitious visit to house of ill repute.PThe Chinese character displayed on the title screen and in a few other places in the game is the character for Shinobi in Japanese.

Fixes

A common problem with Shinobi boards is that the board works fine, but the game no longer has sound. The problem is caused by a dead or dying battery that is embeded inside the custom glob located on the motherboard. The common fix is to replace the custom glob with a Z80 CPU and update the image found on the B boards A7 ROM. The updated image can be found on many ROM image sites

Legacy

Shinobi (1987)
Shadow Dancer (1989)

Manuals

Shinobi Installation Owners Manual 26 Pages, 3.7 MB File.

Video Clips

Shinobi (Arcade) [Sega] Retro Danuart

SHINOBI (HQ) ARCADE GAME ORIGINAL BOARD

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shinobi Flyer #933
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shinobi Flyer #2961
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shinobi Flyer #5850
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shinobi Flyer #6036
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shinobi Flyer #6041

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