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Episode 675: Shinobi - Mission 1
🕑 Added 2025-03-03 12:00:15 +0000 UTCSMOKE BOMB! That's right, Diamond Feit is in the room with you and you had no idea until this very second. That's the power of the Ninja, powers I necessarily channeled as host of this podcast about Sega's premier shadowy assassin franchise, Shinobi.
In typical Retronauts fashion, Stuart Gipp, Thomas Ni©kel, and I put together a retrospective on what we thought was a long-dormant series literally hours before Sony announced a new entry coming this August. Fear not, for there are many Shinobi games to talk about yet; this is but Mission One which addresses the early years of Joe Musashi—and like Joe, we shall return!
For those curious, here's a link to a 2017 Brazillian interview with Yutaka Sugano I mentioned on the air.
Stealth edits by Greg Leahy. Art by Nick Wanserski.
11:53 - Shinobi (Arcade): Continue
22:49 - Shinobi (Arcade): Stage BGM 2
34:02 - Shinobi (Arcade): Boss BGM 1
40:26 - Shinobi (SMS): Bonus (PSG ver.) | Shadow Dancer (Arcade): Train Yard 1
50:26 - Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (SMS): In the Sewers
1:00:08 - Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (MD): Prologue
1:08:28 - The Revenge of Shinobi: The Shinobi
1:16:43 - The Revenge of Shinobi: Labyrinth
1:23:58 - The Revenge of Shinobi: Terrible Beat
1:31:08 - The Revenge of Shinobi: Silence Night
1:38:26 - Shinobi (GG): Rush
1:47:24 - Shinobi II: The Silent Fury: Building 2
Closing - The Revenge of Shinobi: Ninja Step
Comments
Retronauts
it remains up in Japan, at the very least?
Andrew Webb
Looks like the Shinobi Sega Ages game on Switch is delisted.
Stuart Gipp
I’m astonished I haven’t done this yet.
Jason J
Thank you for giving the Master System the respect it deserves in this episode. As the only kid I knew with one, I couldn't get my friends to understand how cool the console was. It supported 3D games, had a larger color palette and better sound capability than the NES, and your Master System collection could be played on a Genesis or Game Gear with an appropriate adapter. As mentioned in the episode, it could even roughly approximate 16-bit titles in the hands of the right developer. Please do a dedicated Master System episode.
Jason J
My childhood dentist had a collection of Vectrex games to play! It's the only place I've ever seen them.
Patrick McClafferty
They had the arcade machines, a few TVs and jungle gym stuff for the real little kids.
Diamond Feit
your orthodontist had VIDEO GAMES?? Never in my life have I experienced a waiting room with anything besides magazines or occasionally comics.
Patrick McClafferty
The original Shinobi was one of a couple arcade machines my orthodontist had in his waiting room in the mid 90s (along with Centipede, Double Dragon and Donkey Kong). Even on free play i never made it far.
