And now, the Shinobi metanode.
The protagonist
Classic:
Joe Musashi
'Next' Gen:
Hotsuma
(yeah, OK, and Alex Kidd in that one.)
The enemy
The games (1987-2002)
- Shinobi (Arcade, Sega Master System, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC, Amstrad, C-64, ZX Spectrum, PC Engine, etc.)
- The Cyber Shinobi (Sega Master System)
- Alex Kidd In Shinobi World (Sega Master System)
- Shadow Dancer (Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, etc.)
- Revenge of Shinobi a.k.a. The Super Shinobi (Sega Mega Drive)
- The GG Shinobi (Sega Game Gear)
- The GG Shinobi 2 (Sega Game Gear)
- Shinobi III a.k.a. The Super Shinobi 2 (Sega Mega Drive)
- Shinobi X a.k.a. Shin Shinobi Den (Sega Saturn)
- Shinobi (2002), a new 3D game for the Playstation 2
There is also a game called '
The Revenge of Shinobi' for the
Game Boy Advance, which, although it is officially licensed and bears
Sega and
Overworks's logos, I am loath to include in the list above as it bears no relation to the original
Revenge of Shinobi. (In the same way that most 'sequels' to
John Woo's
Hong Kong blockbusters bear no relation to the originals- i.e. it's a work of shameless
exploitation.) It was developed by the now defunct
3D6 Games.
The list is in approximate chronological order. Some games took a long time to get ported to home consoles or released in different territories, so there might be some mistakes.
Props to Leynos for assistance.