+CyranoJ Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Sort of, kind of, got this working tonight... 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masematte Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 +1 , looks good....but after the rebooteroids release, please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIZZARD77 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Very cool. I played the hell out of this game on my 800xl back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 +1 , looks good....but after the rebooteroids release, please Why? It's already up. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 That was fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I love this game on the A8, I haven't tried the St version yet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janatari Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 WOW - very fast ! Thank you Cyrano! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masematte Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Why? It's already up. Ok !! very fast Edited June 19, 2016 by masematte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I think it's odd how this game is called just "Ninja" on the A8 and it all so has sound Sound FX and Music but not at the same time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarBrett Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Yeah Walter in the states it was called Ninja I believe, as soon as I saw the screenshot then video I was instantly brought back! I remember playing this this on my old Tandy 1000 ? That's one of the other cool things about Retro Gaming, the games you liked/played but forgot about. Definitely the case here Very cool CJ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo-Rio Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 There's a Commodore 64 version of Ninja as well. Very similar (in fact, almost identical) to the Atari version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 The music is dire. I might change it for the pokey music (screw you, sid!) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 The music is dire. I might change it for the pokey music (screw you, sid!) Yes, the Atari 8-bit version music was much better than the ST version (maybe because it is by Rob Hubbard instead of David Whittaker ). I I even like the Pokey version more than the SID version. And don't speak of the Amiga music, that one is even worse than the ST music. Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMalba Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Wow ! Mastertronic's Ninja! I played the tits off this game on the C64 back in the day. One of my all-time favorite titles on the C64 (though I remember throwing knives was a bit challenging). The background detail looks a lot better on your screenshots though, this port must have been enhanced a bit for the ST + Amiga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Yes, the Atari 8-bit version music was much better than the ST version (maybe because it is by Rob Hubbard instead of David Whittaker ). According to ASMA its by Steve Coleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 According to ASMA its by Steve Coleman. According to Atarimania, Steve Coleman is the programmer. According to the Rob Hubbard wiki entry, he did the music for Ninja. According to Lemon64 he did the music for the C64 version. So... No idea on the A8 version . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 According to ASMA its by Steve Coleman. Not according to Chris Abbott who manages licensing Rob Hubbard's music: During the Sidologie kickstarter I had a conversation with Chris Abbott from c64audio.com about including the Jet Set Willy Atari soundtrack. C64 Audio is handling the licensing of many C64 music tracks so he is in direct contact with several C64 composers. When talking about other Rob Hubbard's Atari 8-bit tracks I said that the Atari versions of The Last V8, Thrust and Ninja were not done by Rob but then Chris replied that the Ninja soundtrack was done by Rob because his invoice book said so. Thus it seems his invoice book has a better memory than Rob I've looked into the player code of Ninja and other Rob's Atari music and the Ninja music player is very similar to Rob's other Atari music including The Extirpator (all those players have similar code but not exactly the same). The music players of David Whittaker or Adam Gilmore are completely different from Rob's. So both Ninja and The Extirpator at least build upon Rob's Atari Pokey music player. The ASMA comment about The Extirpator is only that Rob doesn't remember The Extirpator so it is still possible that his did the conversion but that he was never told the title of the game it ended up in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Excellent so there are now 5 a8 Hubbard songs! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDean Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Sort of, kind of, got this working tonight... Ninja-1.pngNinja-2.pngNinja-3.png Love this game, spent hours on the Xe playing it. Thanks Cj now my favorite port to date, apart from Joust which my 7yr old loves to bits. Happy Days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDean Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Why? It's already up. Hi Cj , how do you get up to next level as killed all the ninjas and cant get through trap door above to next level. Is there a button you press as up doesnt work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi Cj , how do you get up to next level as killed all the ninjas and cant get through trap door above to next level. Is there a button you press as up doesnt work. Stand under it, press up. I got all the way to the top floor. You have to line up perfectly, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 This made me dig out my a8 version last night, still one of my favorite a8 budget games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDean Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) [quote name="CyranoJ" post="3540344" timestamp="1467022376 Stand under it, press up. I got all the way to the top floor. You have to line up perfectly, though. Edited July 1, 2016 by AtariDean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDean Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Cheers mate will give it another go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Are multi-buttons supported? I'm trying to remember but I swear there was at least one function that could be done from the keyboard on the ST. There's also an Amiga version. Some might prefer the PAULA audio from that version. Can't remember if it was a straight port of the ST version or if they actually enhanced the graphics slightly too. I'm assuming there's no button selection to toggle the gore. Would be pretty cool if you could select the option to hack off body parts. I know on my 1040STf, my friends and I witnessed it doing this after we had played the ST solid for an entire day and night and it got blazing hot. Never have seen it happen again though. Awesome work, Cyrano! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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