The Ninja

Look at that shitty fuckin' box, look at it!  It's like one of the developers kids drew that shit.  Good job the game is so damn good!

If you remember a while ago I made a post on a shitty master system game called ALF.  Well, in order to get that bad taste out of my mouth, I went and discovered this gem.  The plot of The Ninja is super simple; ninjas have kidnapped a princess, so go wreck their shit.

The game has about 12 or so levels, and in each one you move through, throw knives or shurikens at oncoming ninjas and kill a boss at the end.  Hidden in the stages are some scrolls you need to find so that you actually know where the princess is being kept, and when you do that, you get a shit ending.  The game also likes to mix things up with some levels that involve shit like moving logs on water or stampeding horses and shit like that.

Despite what I said about the ending and box art being a load of shit, the game itself is actually pretty fun.  So go find a copy, it's a good way to kill an hour or two.