Revenge of the shinobi a game I owned & could never beat stage 7.

Graphics: They look great for the era, areas, enemies & Musashi look good despite it being dated now. I liked the details for some stages like the waterfalls, high way etc.

Sound: 10 Composed by Yuzo Koshiro, the person who also did the streets of rage & Dragon slayer soundtracks, it sounds great that you'll want to turn it up, especially the boss music.

Replayability: I did replay it a few times to get the better ending & look for hidden crates for power ups as they're hidden in each area.

Story:5 It's pretty basic, you're Joe Musashi & Neo Zeed has kidnapped your girlfriend Naoko who you have to save going through 8 stages.

Difficulty:10 It's a solid game with difficult jumps, enemies, obstacles that can instantly kill you or the knock back which is as bad as in Castlevania.


You'll be dying a lot to reach the end goal because you mistimed a jump or got overwhelmed by enemies or trying to figure out the bosses attack patterns, especially later ones.

Each stage has a couple of areas to go through before you fight a boss, they start off pretty short but later stages you'll be trying to get past each one quickly or look for hidden crates to get health or shurikens.

I admit I used the infinite shuriken cheat since you will run out quickly.

I'm glad I was able to find it on here & finish it which I didn't get the chance to do in my youth.


I'd recommend this game & it's sequel Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master. I'd love a sequel or a HD remaster/ remake of these games.