This is WHY you should play these games on MAME and NOT on consoles, you don't have to mess with this stupid minor details because you are playing just the SAME game directly from the arcade. MAME rules
Revenge of Shinobi on the Sega Genesis featured homages to Godzilla, Spider-man and Batman. That could spell a lawsuit these days. Which may explain why it's taken this long to see Revenge of Shinobi on any compilation or online service. It's actually my favorite of the 2D Shinobi games.
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
There was a trick, I think you had to put Altered Beast in the Genesis, pull the cartridge out with the power still on, then put in Revenge of Shinobi and hit reset. It would be the Japanese version instead (The Super Shinobi) and the only real difference would be the boss after Spiderman actually being Batman instead of the man-bat-thing that it was in the US version.
@Karlott: That's RIGHT!!! I remember using that trick on Ghouls N Ghosts, Rambo 3, and several other games. You could get some strange things to happen if you did it right.
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
@Showmeyomoves!: Italian Spider-Man was made in the past couple years as a parody of things like Japanese Spider-Man. They've even made 10 short episodes of the show. So it gets the unfair advantage of trying to be hilariously bad.
The most obvious nod is probably Italian Spider-Man riding the motorcycle, much like undisguised Japanese Spider-Man riding a motorcycle in the intro you posted.
@bangbangblah: He doesn't and he isn't. It appears info about the Hulk being in the game is possibly sourced from Wikipedia.
I've just checked the original Version 1.00 Super Shinobi, and what happens is You fight an Arnie/Terminator looking guy, who gradually goes greener as you hit him, then the top of the body explodes to reveal the endoskeleton. Not really a Hulk at all.
@bangbangblah: It's Neo Zeed, they can hire anyone and everyone almost or at the very least brainwash them.
They probably rival Mishima co for a game corp.
You guys know REAL men wear pink right?
If any thing Captain Falcon and the pink Gundam told us, you can wear pink AND kickass.
I mean I hate to be the guy to piss of the muscular guy wearing Pink.
@VX: Did it once... asked a really, really.. no i mean REALLY muscular guy how the hell he wipes his ass with his arms in a permanent 45 degree angle...
thank god he wasn't fast, i ran my light-up-with-every-step turtle shoes home damn hasty that day..
@D-K, it's not butter? no way!: Well, when I see ignorance, I usually like to call it out. There are other ways to express distaste for the palette swap than calling it "gay" because it just happens to be pink. It's general stupidity like this that keep me away from playing most games online.
@Zephrit: It's general stupidity like this (perfectnumpty) that makes me say Kotaku should implement a "Nominate!" button..
Nominate for the banhammer, that is. So while i agree with the overall sentiment, your execution does little to relieve the site of ignorance, it actually calls attention to said attention-whore..
Take solace in the fact he will remain a virgin and insecure for a long time till adolescence hits.. Karma's a champ!
@people: Sorry, should of made it clearer what i was referencing, it was indeed that b3ta meme thing.
I'm not homophobic either, I don't really care about peoples' sexual orientation- Whatever floats your boat, man- more-so whether they're a douche bag or not.
D-K, it's not butter? no way! promoted this comment
Edited by Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue at 08/08/09 3:20 PM
Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue was starred
Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue was unstarred
@Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue: Wow that was obscure.. hehe..
Hell, i guess i judged too hastily.. seeing as i'm a fan of subtle random references
still... my bad bro..
Oh hey maybe now you guys could get like the first Phantasy Star on there or something? Having every game except the first is kind of silly, don't you agree... KONAMI? WTF is my Contra? (And bring back Hard Corps)
08/11/09
08/10/09
08/10/09
I have this version.
08/10/09
08/10/09
OMG Yes! I forgot about that. Good times.
08/10/09
08/10/09
08/10/09
08/10/09
08/10/09
08/10/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
Give me my 3 mins back.
08/09/09
08/09/09
The most obvious nod is probably Italian Spider-Man riding the motorcycle, much like undisguised Japanese Spider-Man riding a motorcycle in the intro you posted.
08/09/09
08/08/09
That isn't right.
.....Or is it?
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
@bangbangblah: He doesn't and he isn't. It appears info about the Hulk being in the game is possibly sourced from Wikipedia.
I've just checked the original Version 1.00 Super Shinobi, and what happens is You fight an Arnie/Terminator looking guy, who gradually goes greener as you hit him, then the top of the body explodes to reveal the endoskeleton. Not really a Hulk at all.
08/08/09
They probably rival Mishima co for a game corp.
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
*quiver*
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/09/09
08/09/09
well.. i guess that could be relatively old in ze gaming community..
08/08/09
If any thing Captain Falcon and the pink Gundam told us, you can wear pink AND kickass.
I mean I hate to be the guy to piss of the muscular guy wearing Pink.
08/08/09
thank god he wasn't fast, i ran my light-up-with-every-step turtle shoes home damn hasty that day..
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
08/08/09
Grow up...
08/08/09
=) just having a laugh..
08/08/09
08/08/09
Nominate for the banhammer, that is. So while i agree with the overall sentiment, your execution does little to relieve the site of ignorance, it actually calls attention to said attention-whore..
Take solace in the fact he will remain a virgin and insecure for a long time till adolescence hits.. Karma's a champ!
08/08/09
I'm not homophobic either, I don't really care about peoples' sexual orientation- Whatever floats your boat, man- more-so whether they're a douche bag or not.
08/08/09
Hell, i guess i judged too hastily.. seeing as i'm a fan of subtle random references
still... my bad bro..
08/08/09