A great arcade game on the AMIGA
Shinobi was a fun but hard game for the Amiga.If you get hit by an enemy attack just ONCE,your character will die and you have a limited number of lives.Your character is a ninja who can throw shurikens(he has an unlimited supply of them) and when he's close to enemies he can swipe at them with his kitana.Your character can also jump too and will need to use his jumping skills to dodge attacks or to get over objects.
The game makes you progress through the levels in a patient manner.Some of the enemies will be ninja who will appear out of nowhere and will try to attack you and some enemies will shoot at you or will hide in the water and will leap up and try to attack you when you're off guard.There's also boss fights and I remember battling against a helicopter that shot rockets at you that travelled towards you at awkward angles and you had to jump over or between them(and remember getting hit once is instant death).
The most important thing is the game is fun to play.I played this game at the arcades and the AMIGA version represents the arcade version very well.The graphics have a nice artstyle and the music was kinda catchy.I like how enemy ninja wore different colored costumes and the environments had a nice mix of urban,oriential,military bases etc.I like how the enemies that hid under-water wore scuba diving gear and I liked those enemies who had pony tails and carried those arabian style swords.
Overalll Shinobi was a fun and nicely presented game for it's time,but it's a bit hard.