14th June 2011, 1:13 AM
TurboGrafx-16
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Ninja Spirit (PC Engine mode) - This Irem classic is a good game, but it's also really short. I was stuck before on the gauntlet before the final boss, but with some help from the internet I figured out the trick to that area, so I was able to finish the game now. The final boss was pretty lame, barely put up a fight... oh well. Sure, the game's incredibly short (someone good at this game could probably beat it in fifteen minutes or something), with just seven medium-length levels, but still it's a good game. It's too much fun to play to dislike, short or no.
The graphics are great and varied, first. Every stage looks great, and some look fantastic, like the one with the clouds, or the one with the giant moon. Really impressive stuff for an early TG16 game. The music is okay, but nothing too incredible. The action is varied, and all four weapons are useful at different times. It's great that you can just switch between them and don't have to choose. Enemies die with satisfying explosions, and there are a nice variety of types of them. It is frustrating that some enemies can kill you in one hit while others only take off one of your five hit points, but the game doesn't really tell you which is which until you get killed by some from the former group, but oh well, this is a game of memorization and that is just one more element of it.
Overall it's a good game for sure, yes it's very short but it's quite fun while it lasts and it's fun to play through, with its nice graphics and fun, action-packed gameplay. You can walk on ceilings, use multiple weapons, get clones that increase your firepower, and more. :)
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Ninja Spirit (PC Engine mode) - This Irem classic is a good game, but it's also really short. I was stuck before on the gauntlet before the final boss, but with some help from the internet I figured out the trick to that area, so I was able to finish the game now. The final boss was pretty lame, barely put up a fight... oh well. Sure, the game's incredibly short (someone good at this game could probably beat it in fifteen minutes or something), with just seven medium-length levels, but still it's a good game. It's too much fun to play to dislike, short or no.
The graphics are great and varied, first. Every stage looks great, and some look fantastic, like the one with the clouds, or the one with the giant moon. Really impressive stuff for an early TG16 game. The music is okay, but nothing too incredible. The action is varied, and all four weapons are useful at different times. It's great that you can just switch between them and don't have to choose. Enemies die with satisfying explosions, and there are a nice variety of types of them. It is frustrating that some enemies can kill you in one hit while others only take off one of your five hit points, but the game doesn't really tell you which is which until you get killed by some from the former group, but oh well, this is a game of memorization and that is just one more element of it.
Overall it's a good game for sure, yes it's very short but it's quite fun while it lasts and it's fun to play through, with its nice graphics and fun, action-packed gameplay. You can walk on ceilings, use multiple weapons, get clones that increase your firepower, and more. :)