The History of Shinobi part two - arcade console documentary
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- Part two on the history of Sega's iconic ninja series
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An absolutely comprehensive history of the Shinobi games, I didn't know that some of the later games even existed! Great video, keep making more!
Thank You. Glad you enjoyed the content so much. :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries As you know, in Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3, there's a code for Unlimited Shurikens.
Fantastic video mate. Shinobi is forever my fave Arcade game and you did it justice
Thank you Very much. I also enjoy your channel and have for quite a while :-)
ADORED Shinobi 3 and The Revenge of Shinobi. Its amazing that the series would become more beloved after the original game came out and playing them again years later.
It is really good I agree
Back in the day, we bought two games for our Game Gear- Shinobi II: The Silent Fury and Mortal Kombat. We thought Mortal Kombat was going to be the better game, but Shinobi II: The Silent Fury turned out to be superior. Shinobi II: The Silent Fury is an awesome game and I highly recommend it. As for the Sega Genesis, I can easily agree 100% that Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master is one of the best games on the console. It's what I would call a "perfect" Sega Genesis game. Adjustable difficulty, tight controls, pushed graphics and that amazing soundtrack. PatmanQC nailed it with this review.
Thank you very much, shinobi three was fantastic and so was the silent fury
Hey Patman, it seems your channel has some traction going on; you went from ~1K to 37K subs over the last ~year or so ?
Just wanted to congratulate you with your well deserved success; the videos are entertaining and informational and clearly getting better & better !
Thank you, the subscriber count went through the roof over the last couple of months. It's actually slow down now but hopefully will keep on growing. Thank you for the nice words, glad you enjoyed the content
@Dawwwg Online
I second that sentiment. Been a fan of Patman for a while now, and it's been so satisfying to see the channel, and it's quality content, receive the attention it truly deserves.
Here's to another 37K before the end of the year!!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you are awesome dude. keep up the good work and the channel will definitely grow!!!
@@oldschoolcompsci Thank you very much, I hope you're right :-)
@@residentelect Thank you again my friend :-)
I'm inclined to agree regarding Shinobi 3... LOVE that game
It was fantastic
One of my favorite games back then
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The last time I was this early.....Shinobi was still for sale at Toys R Us!
LOL
Your channel has kept me alive during these depressing times.
I say this in 100% honesty
That's very nice of you to say, stay safe
Excellent video from my favorite SEGA gaming series. Shadow Dancer magic animation screen still looks fresh after 30+ plus year. My favorite Shinobi game still remains The Revenge of Shinobi. That one level before you fight Zeed is insane!!
Absolutely, the special-effects were unreal at the time still hold up today
You could get infinite throwing stars in revenge. Go to the settings screen, set the starting number of stars to 00 (double zero) and wait. After some time, they fuse together into the sign for infinity
you gotta set the sound effect to shuriken after you set the amount to 00 thne highlight the shuriken amount again and wait about 5 secs
Mr. Rhythm don’t remember that but clearly you do!
@@johnmp3828 because I've been playing recently
I smile so much while watching these videos. They bring back that feeling I had when I'd just see these games and immediately want to play them :)
That's very nice of you to say, glad I could scratch that nostalgic itch
Love your videos! Keep them coming, I remember the golden age of arcades! South east coast UK
Thank you very much for the nice words. It was a great time in the 80s you were a fan of arcade games
Massive fan I’m 47 still love them! even had my daughter playing gauntlet on mame 15 years ago lol, my two boys love them as well, remember walking into a arcade as soon as walk in and hearing certain ones never forget it
Thank you, I love reading about people passing on their love of videogames kids. Thanks for sharing
I LOVE THIS AWESOME GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And after34 years, I still play it (Shinobi MAME ver.) every week, at least once haha
Thanks so much!!!!!
😁
Yes, it is a fun game
i really like your videos, you do them right, and cut out all that private life junk that other channels put in about the creators of the game. no one gives a damn where a game creator grew up or where he went to grade school. great videos, keep them coming.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the content
I remember playing this game just for a shot at the awesome proto-FPS bonus stage. Easily one of the greatest game series.
It absolutely was :-)
Brilliant work as always Patman, one of the very best youtubers out there 👏👏👊
That is very nice of you to say, thank you very much :-)
I jinxed it Patman, down in New Zealand here we are now on lockdown. BUT. I got your videos to watch so I am a happy man. If you’re ever down this way for a holiday, drinks and a few games of TenPin are on me mate.
Absolutely, sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for the nice words
Superb historical breakdown of another popular video gaming series :). Keep it up and NEVER give up!
I played through the NES Shinobi, the Sega Genesis trilogy and the Game Gear games. The Revenge of Shinobi definitely took up most of my time with this series hahaha!
Thank you very much, I appreciate the nice words. Glad you enjoyed my content so much. Revenge Took up a lot of my time as well :-)
You're welcome :).Yes, I'm sure that we all wanted to exact some revenge at some point with that particular game hahaha! That nasty long jump by the sea is BRUTAL!
GREAT video friend. Shinobi is so classic. Shinobi 3 on Genesis is one of my favourite Genesis games, probably the best in the series, maybe the best Genesis game, the 3D port on NDS is excellent. Shinobi on PS2 though very hard is absolutely incredible. I'd love an HD remaster of that one..
Thank you very much. And HD remaster would be fantastic
You do not disappoint, my friend. Great info about my fav game franchise, and I'll be re-watching again and again. Thanks for your quality videos! Keep up the great work!
Excellent TH-cam name :-) thanks for the nice words, glad you enjoyed it
This is a great history lesson. I was introduced to Shinobi decades ago on the Spectrum. I never realised that version was ported to the MSX.
I had Revenge of Shinobi for Megadrive and a local arcade had Shadow Dancer which I loved. I was always puzzled as to why the master system version was based on the arcade but the megadrive version was completely different.
Great work, keep it up!
Thanks for the nice words. My only thought was the master system couldn't pull off such an impressive version like the Genesis? I don't really know
Great video Pat. I have a lot of fond memories for that quarter muncher. I still play these games today on my Switch. Can’t wait to see the next video.
Thank you. It's a great series of games
Hi I am loving your vids. I am from Australian and I had Shadow Dancer for the Master System. I think you didn’t put that in. I am love the series please keep doing. :)
Greetings from the USA.I did not talk about any of the other conversions because the video was already 23 minutes long and was actually the second part. Perhaps another video I can showcase all of the different shadow dancer conversions. Thanks for the nice words
Shinobi 3 still looks gorgeous, Joe's got possibly the most badass ninja run animation in gaming history here 😎👍🏼
Absolutely, it still holds up
I remember my friend bringing Shadow Dancer over , I finished it first night I played it. Awesome video as always dude.
Excellent playing my friend. Thanks for the nice words
One of my favorites! Thanks for such a thorough retrospective!!!
Thank you very much, I appreciate the nice words
thank you for including the hilarious stuff they had to keep taking out and re-releasing XD as well as the later PS2 games which was the particular Shinobi of my youth and after watching this video, I now really wanna see Platinum games do their take on the PS2 era shinobi XD
Absolutely, thanks for watching. I appreciate it
Shinobi 3 was my favorite, I still have that game today.
So do I, it's a great game
Big fan of the Shinobi series here, and also a fan of your work. All the best to you.
That's very nice of you to say, Glad you enjoy my content
Awesome two parter man, I really enjoyed it!
Fantastic, glad you enjoyed both videos. :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Your critiques of games are always fair and balanced, and that's why I enjoy your videos. Also, your compilation of all relevant game titles and ports are exhaustive, and I appreciate that. Keep up the good work!
@@trueno8663 Thank you very much, I really appreciate the nice words. I'm glad you enjoyed the content so much :-)
This was a great history video of one of the best ninja games of all time. I hope we get a new Shinobi game in the future. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
That would be fantastic if we did. Thank you for the nice words
And that is where the Media Glitch theme song comes from. The Revenge of Shinobi is the best video game.
Love your breakdowns man,brings back great memories 😍
That's great, thanks for the nice words
Fantastic video!! Great job covering all the games!! That Genesis version of Shinobi 1 looks awesome!
Thank you very much, I appreciate the nice words
Thanks for mentioning the megadrive port.
The music just rocks so hard, nice bass and beats
There is no way I couldn't mention it, it's fantastic :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Apparantly it had been in development for a long time. The guy also has more levels completed, but never released to the public. Sega should just pay this guy to complete the game, then release the cartridge with some special collector items like a t-shirt, posert, etc.
I really think that at some point big companies will start releasing new games on old formats like cartridges.
We're not there quite yet, but it will happen, or at least that's what I like to think
Thank you for such a thorough doc. It's great to see others sharing my appreciation for old arcade classics :D
I recall the golden age of arcades very well and it was a great time to grow up. Thanks for the nice words :-)
Another excellent video, which provided a detailed insight into one of the more well-known games. Once again, great work
Thank you very much glad you enjoyed it
Was the very first Arcade game I completed at the cost of about £3 it was at my local sports centre I hate sports and only went to play this. Sadly the sports centre has gone now and a new housing estate is being built there. Great video well done my only problem would be is I can only like it once Thank you
Thank you very much, I appreciate the nice words
Great review, nice that you included the phenomenal demo of the Shinobi MD homebrew! In Revenge of Shinobi there's actually more known characters many people overlook: The Terminator turns green like the Hulk before transforming back to the Terminator metallic skeleton and besides Rambo there are also Bruce Lee look-a-like enemies.
I knew about the incredible hulk reference but was not aware of the Bruce Lee look-alike. Thanks for the nice words in the
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Coincidentally the Switch version of Shinobi that has some added features just went on sale today on the eShop!
I have to say Shinobi X from what I've seen looks like a very underrated game that deserves more praise. This isn't quite the complete history however as you forgot to mention not just the computer ports of Shadow Dancer but the Master System version which is supposed to be closer to the arcade game than the MD version. So I guess there's room for a update to this video? 😁
I love Shinobi games but that one hit thing always made me smash the controller.
It was a bit frustrating at times
The one-hit-death became antiquated the moment video games moved past the "endless loop/play for a high score" phase.
All time best Ninja game series!
Thank you
Was waiting for this always good stuff.
Hope you and family are staying safe.
Thank you very much, stay safe please :-)
Nice job as always - really enjoy your arcade history videos.
Thank you very much for the nice words:-)
Great content again Sir, I love your format and delivery. Just wondering if you'll cover the Wonder Boy games at any point in the future? Thanks again and please stay safe.
That one has been rattling around in my head for a while so yes I'm sure I will cover it :-) thanks for the nice words and you also stay safe
Good retrospective patmanqc
Thank you very much :-)
Job Welldone Shinobi is my favourite arcade game 👍🏾
Thank you very much
In Guatemala we only knew the first arcade, i can't believe i've missed those sequels! ☹
Oh man, i was so focused on this video that i didn't even noticed how long it was 😊 thank you, thank you, thank you for this wonderful video.
Hope you can do a video about Desert Assault - Data East.
Just found your channel! Being an 80s kids these doc's are awsome! Subbed 👍
Awesome! Thank you! Glad you like the content
I got to play shadow dancer, revenge of shinobi, and shinobi 3,and thanks for part 2 of this history lesson.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries your welcome. 😀👍🎮
The Game Gear Shinobi was a classic imo. Very underrated handheld game
I agree 100%
Jvonte 07 I could swear I had Shinobi 2 on Game Gear
I had rented the early 2000s shinobi from my local video store. There was one hell of a difficulty spike on that one.
Oh absolutely it was terrible
Really enjoyed this and didn't know about the PS2 sequel or the 3DS version. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
Another excellent video!
Thank you very much
The protagonist in the PS2 shinobi game could be one of Joe's descendants or a member of his clan
Shinobi 3 has one of the best game soundtracks of all time.
The game is a masterpiece on all fronts
Great channel and videos! I watch all your new videos when you release them. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much, I appreciate the nice words
Somehow I finished the Genesis Shadow Dancer as a kid. But that Statue of Liberty elevator level still gives me nightmares.
LOL, that was a bit tough
I loved the game Shinobi 2002 version on the PS2 despite it being a difficult game. Whenever I get the PS5, I would get to play it again.
It was very difficult in my opinion
Stil a shinobi fan i have al the games And i have al sega consoles sega forever i hop stil to this day that day make a new sega console.greatings from Amsterdam from Holland.
Sounds like you are a big fan :-) never met anybody from Amsterdam, greetings from the USA
Awesome 👏 many thanks PatmanQC
Absolutely, thanks for watching :-)
an excellect part two documentary, sir!
Thank you very much
I had Shadow Dancer for Sega MD as a kid. Loved that game, but it was so difficult.
Difficult but very rewarding, persistance us key and the game is fairly paced getting you further every attempt
Which is what makes a great and addicting game
@@keiranninjaspirit yeah, I think I completed about 70% of the game or so. Tried it again recently and couldn't get very far. Don't have as much free time nowadays to replay the same levels many times to improve my skills. Still the game is very fun.
Thanks for the details. I got this game on release month back then, so lucked out with the Spider-Man, Batman and Godzilla characters intact. 4:10 Surprised they changed the game.
Excellent,That one is a bit of a collectors item
The name shadow dancer just makes me think of the Andy Gibb song maybe sega should have licensed it
LOL, I had forgotten about that song
Loved the sequel the one with the dog
Yes, I enjoyed shadow dancer as well
Do you want us to ask you which arcade games we want to hear about next? If so, can you do Street Fighter, Tekken, or Cruisin' USA next?😀
Never knew that there was a homebrew version out there.. cool!
It is fantastic, Download it and try it out
I beat the original Shinobi on PS2 and the final levels are a nightmare. The final castle has almost no floors, and you are forced to jump from wall to wall and dash from enemy to enemy to advance. One mistake and it's instant death.
Wow that sounds ridiculously hard. Good job though
Great video thanks for the memory
Thank you very much
No unlimited shuriken in Revenge? Poppycock, just need to go to options and set your shuriken count to 00 and wait a few seconds. It will then turn into the infinite symbol and boom unlimited shuriken.
You beat me to it. Loved this game as a kid. I still have the original cartridge... with all of the pop culture.
@@PowerfulBorn true gamers never toss the good stuff
@@Warfare316 Agreed. I still have my Mystic Defender cartridge. A game for the Genesis that actually had a nude woman in it. It really was a great game.
I wish Sega would do a collection of all of the Shinobi games (especially the original one).
I agree, that would be fantastic
There was blood in Shinobi before the Saturn version, mate. Shinobi 3 had blood spurts when you killed enemies also!
Great job. Let's do it
Thank you :-)
GG Shinobi reminds me of a certain show about colored spandex heroes.
GO GO NINJA RANGERS!
Shadow Dancer ninja action at its finest.
Absolutely :-)
1:58
Why did I laugh so hard at this?
Shinobi III was reviewed twice I remember as the early copy they got was not up to scratch so they did a new version. Still like Revenge of Shinobi more even though I only ever finished it once.
I was not aware of the early copies not being up to snuff. Thanks for the info
I love shinobi series even the shinobi game for PlayStation 2
It's fun But it's hard in my opinion
Watch movies on Sega Genesis in the 199 0 93 '96 I mean 95 I mean 95 on 2nd Genesis snuggle one and two and three that I can remember I remember having seen the snow before today very hot ninja game it's cool cool games if it's on PlayStation 3 or 2 I will definitely will buy it and play it
Games look fun. Coincidentally, Silent Fury also sounds like me after an order of salsa. Heyoooooooo 🤣
Great documentary.
Thank you
The arcade port to the genesis at the end 👌🏻
It really is looking fantastic
cool to see the 3DS get some shine on here. I loved the 3DS game once I got the mechanics down.
Question Patman: will you ever revisit Outrun? I ask because one of my favorite games on the Genesis was Outrun 2019. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that one.
Yes that's one series and I need to go back to. I didn't cover turbo outrun or out runners or even the newer outrun games.
I'm pretty sure the ninja in Wreck-it Ralph is supposed to either be Noob Saibot or just a generic ninja goon. Because I don't know what a heroic character like Joe Musashi would be doing at Bad-guys Anonymous.
Could be
Where’s Shadow Dancer on Sega Master System? It was a great port of the arcade game, hard as hell though!
The only conversion of shadow dancer I covered was for the Genesis I didn't cover any of the home computer ports or the master system version but perhaps I will in the future video
now I'm hoping i can find a digital copy for one of my systems.. that first one i wouldn't mind playing again
It still fantastic
I love nighshade so much. Dash, jump dash, double jump, kick kick slash haha! I was playing hard difficulty with the different characters, I would just marry her, she is so beautiful. Got it at launch for my 21st birthday.
I had a lot of fun playing it
There was a mobile version of shinobi that was clearly based on the arcade original but you had to control a lady ninja instead of joe
Hold on a second there. Joe Musashi never appeared in Wreck-It Ralph. Looks like some random ninja from some unknown game. Musashi was many things, but video game villain isn't one of them. Other than that, well done on the retrospective. You think you can do Ninja Gaiden next? That would be awesome.
I was hesitant to put it in their but a lot of people seem to think that is Joe which is why I included it. I will do ninja gaiden At some point
Obi-Wan Shinobi! You're our only hope!
LOL
Shinobi was so damn smooth when it released. It was some next-gen shit.
It was, the animation the gameplay everything was so smooth
Awesome it is a great game series.
It sure is
Love this channel!
Fantastic, glad you enjoyed It
Patman, do you think 'Strider' is a 'Shinobi' game too? I've always thought it was. Anyhow, thank you for another great review~!
I believe it is, at least the same genre. Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
0:35 Shadow Dancer aka Shinobi With A Dog
great video
Thank you very much
I should have mentioned both Shinobi games for mobiles that were released a few years ago, one of them is not that good, but the other is a full remake of the original arcade game with sprites based on the Playstation 2 version.
I knew of them didn't feel like it was necessary to include them
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries In my opinion they are more interesting Sega licensed Shinobi games than the GBA one.
I remember owning the Tiger handheld version. Yeah, that wasn't very good. Honestly, I had trouble getting into any of their handheld games.
There is only one Tiger handheld game that kept my interest and that was the bowling game they put out
Two things:
1) the demon boss in shinobi 2 is actually based on Devilman.
2) the ninja in wreck it Ralph is actually Smoke from mortal kombat.
There has been some conflicting reports about who would actually was. If it was smoke, why wasn't he smoking?
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries because they couldn't do a one to one Cameo of him or kano, so they had to have similar stand ins. Though now that I look at him, he's a bit more like Noob Saibot.