HSC Season 1: Week 4 : Shinobi

brianon

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobi_(video_game)

KLOV: http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9516

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ROMSet: shinobi

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Default Settings.

- Last day is Sunday 24th February 2013.

General Rules:

- Highest score wins.

- No savestates, savestate practices, etc. during the round.

- MAME INP recordings are encouraged but optional.

- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the game screen.

- Use of autofire or other non-standard hacks within MAME or your PC's OS are not allowed.

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*There will be an extra point for the furthest stage reached*

Shinobi is available on XBLA and Wii VC. Both versions are ok to use for this competition. Screenshots required as usual.

Current standings...
1. urbanledge (13)
2. brianon (10)
2. sengoku (6)
4. dr bob (3)
4. o1s1n (3)
6. eddhorse (2)
7. keithgeo (1)
7. CathalDublin (1)

List of games is ...
Dig Dug
Kung Fu Master
Smash TV
Smash TV
Mikie
Pac-land
Ghosts'n Goblins
Bubble Bobble

krudler

Ha cool haven't played Shinobi in years, Galaxian was bastard hard, hope Bubble Bobble comes up next, something Im actually good at :pac:

Dr Bob

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I love Shinobi but I'm terrible at it!

I take it its 1 credit,
I've never rely played it.
Think I had it on the megadrive and It was rock

I take it its 1 credit,
I've never rely played it.
Think I had it on the megadrive and It was rock

brianon

urbanledge wrote: »

I take it its 1 credit,
I've never rely played it.
Think I had it on the megadrive and It was rock

1C ofc

o1s1n

urbanledge wrote: »

I take it its 1 credit,
I've never rely played it.
Think I had it on the megadrive and It was rock

The original arcade version wasn't released on the Megadrive (you probably had The Revenge of Shinobi - which is also pretty tough!)

yeah your right,
it was revenge!
I was only a nipper too

krudler

Which one is the one with the dog? is that Shadow Dancer?

CathalDublin

I like this actually
Hadn't played Shinobi since the C64 version back in the eighties.
Whats a good score?

eddhorse

Have to reconfig my controls as my fire button was using my shinobi
When that was wasted i could fire normally...

First in with a bad score :

Dr Bob

ngggg, forgotten how much I suck at this
35010

eddhorse

Dr Bob wrote: »

ngggg, forgotten how much I suck at this
35010

Good job, level 2 haha. I do love this game

CathalDublin

krudler wrote: »

Galaxian was bastard hard, hope Bubble Bobble comes up next, something Im actually good at :pac:

Whats your high score on BB?
See if I want to vote it for next week

44090 - at least I progress at this game, can get to the 1st boss without loosing a life, Some Ninja one kick in the leg and he's dead lol
tip - to skip the continue countdown press 2P

eddhorse

Should do Qbert next http://m.kotaku.com/5984937/a-man-has-played-qbert-for-over-80-hours-to-break-a-30+year-world-record

o1s1n

Great game, I haven't really played too much of it up until now. Can really see where Shadow Dancer on the Megadrive got it's whole gameplay mechanic.

43470

Level 1 boss is a pain in the ass. Hadn't a clue where I was going at the start of level 2.

o1s1n

Ah, finally figured out where to go on level 2!

51020

o1s1n

52310

That's me for the night

CathalDublin

o1s1n wrote: »

Great game, I haven't really played too much of it up until now. Can really see where Shadow Dancer on the Megadrive got it's whole gameplay mechanic.

43470

Level 1 boss is a pain in the ass. Hadn't a clue where I was going at the start of level 2.

1 boss is easy once you master him, walk to crack from top of wall closest him, just keep jumping/shooting when 1st set of flames are about to hit you use your shinobi, then just stay there jumping/shooting and he should be dead before he gets to shoot again




Is there any significance in shooting the boss at the end of each stage before he legs it?

52970

krudler

**** me does this game have the most infuriating first boss ever?!

Dr Bob

53470 middle of 2-2

definitely a lot of patterns to memorise for this one , its nice though I like shinobi but probably wouldn't be playing it this much normally.
You can manipulate what bonus you get from the hostages depending on what (I think) the last 3 digits of your score is ....

o1s1n

I've found the end of level time bonus really adds a lot. Been trying to fly through the levels as fast as possible.

Looking forward to giving this another go tonight.

krudler

Gotta say I'm enjoying playing games in a an old school manner i,e for score not for say plot or cinematics like we play games these days. Can bomb through the first level of this in fairly quick time but the boss is a pain in the hole, twice i've riddled him in seconds mostly I die quickly, its the timing of the jump/shuriken throwing that gets me I keep twatting him in the chest. this is fun

o1s1n

Focus on dodging the fireballs first and remembering their pattern. Better to stay alive than to get the hits in. He's quite easy when you do it like that.

Treat it like a bullet hell shmup

krudler

you can kick him if you're close enough too, few clatters in the head and he goes down. the bonus level is a good score hoover if you get a perfect, had over 45k by the 2nd stage doing that.

CathalDublin

I can't finish that bonus round, I swear its running faster than the YouTube vid I watched online, can get up to 40k by the end of the bonus stage, the 3rd mission with the divers with swords is impossible

krudler

CathalDublin wrote: »

I can't finish that bonus round, I swear its running faster than the YouTube vid I watched online, can get up to 40k by the end of the bonus stage, the 3rd mission with the divers with swords is impossible

if its mame you're running on have a look in the dipswitches and see if there's an option to slow it down? I know some games have bullet speed you can adjust maybe this has something similar

krudler

krudler wrote: »

if its mame you're running on have a look in the dipswitches and see if there's an option to slow it down? I know some games have bullet speed you can adjust maybe this has something similar

Ah here,leave it out

brianon

Now where'd I put that banhammer ?

unky chop chop

Giving this a whirl tonight.Hard a sh1t as I remembered.

76640 is what reads on that distorted dubious image...was in a rush:)


got near end of level with those feckin scuba diving knife wielding buggers.
Got the bonus stage as well.

o1s1n

Did pretty bad on the bonus level, but decided to go on and managed to get to level 3

63340

unky chop chop

I think the bonus stage is the winner in this game....seems to pump up score by a massive amount + time bonuses as well
It'a the chopper at the end of level 2 isn't it..worse then the first boss!!!

o1s1n

I cleared the bonus stage, got an extra life but it didn't seem to do anything too big to my score? Unless I'm doing something wrong of course!

Got up to level 3 with 3 lives but lost them all unfortunately.


66670

krudler

urbanledge wrote: »

Ah here,leave it out

I meant if it was sped up when it shouldn't have been sorry

krudler

64950, not too bad I guess, the bonus stage is the job for points

sengoku

I got to the end of the Water/Bollard level and I was taken out by a Ninja Diver (for want of a better term). I could just see the final boss, the helicopter, hanging about in the top right corner of the screen; I was almost at the boss level.

79710

Put a good few credits into this last night,
Now this is a good game!
I also cleared the bonus stage and got no points?
Few things Ive noticed.
you get a 5000 point bonus for not using your special power
The frogman bit is a piece of piss,walk up to the edge crouch and keep milling the ninja stars,When they pop up you'll kick them in the face.
you can also see there shadow in the water so you know where they are.
I find the helicopter boss easier than the big dude.Just focus on hitting it and when the ninja's get to you use your special and by the time the ninjas spawn again you should have taking the chopper out.
I got somewhere around 95000.Will post pic later.
I like they way it says in the score table how many credits you used!

brianon

urbanledge wrote: »

I like they way it says in the score table how many credits you used!

Dammit. Gonna take me ages to photoshop my score now.

TechnoFreek

How many levels in this game?

TechnoFreek

TechnoFreek wrote: »

How many levels in this game?

5
Great info here
http://hardcoregaming101.net/shinobi/shinobi.htm

o1s1n

urbanledge wrote: »

you get a 5000 point bonus for not using your special power

You have a special power?! I thought that 5000 bonus I kept getting was for finishing the levels really fast

krudler

o1s1n wrote: »

You have a special power?! I thought that 5000 bonus I kept getting was for finishing the levels really fast

yeah your shinobi thingy, i keep them until the bosses, dead handy for the first one it takes half his energy if you hit it at the right time

104930,
Im home from work early tomorrow,
I'm one coining this bitch

sengoku

Three sneaky ninjas appear at the of level 3-1 and ambushed me.

106530

brianon

Leaderboard
sengoku 106530
urbanledge 104930
unky chop chop 76640
o1s1n 66670
krudler 64950
dr bob 53470
eddhorse 15090

Remember to add your game pick for the week.

sengoku

sengoku wrote: »

Three sneaky ninjas appear at the of level 3-1 and ambushed me.

Thats how far i got too.
I think 2 more appear near the door!

CathalDublin

To add to my post earlier

Will have a few more credits tonight
Next week bubble bobble

o1s1n

Got up to that scuba diver level. Didn't beat the top score, but at least beat my previous one

brianon

Leaderboard
sengoku 106530
urbanledge 104930
unky chop chop 76640
o1s1n 71800
krudler 64950
dr bob 53470
CathalDublin 52970
eddhorse 15090

o1s1n

TechnoFreek

Right battle between sengoku and urbanledge for the top spot.