To celebrate the original Ninja Gaiden’s 30th birthday, Philip Summers has created his own 20-page strategy guide for the game, full of maps, tips and gorgeous illustrations.
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I’m in love. It’s available for a name-your-price download here.
He also did one for Contra earlier in the year if that’s more your style.
Via Super Punch.
DISCUSSION
This reminds me of the stellar clay Mario 64 level recreations from this article over on AV Club: https://news.avclub.com/these-gorgeous-clay-recreations-of-mario-64-levels-are-1828106936
I’m not one of the original tweeters, but I did track down a copy and it’s just incredible. This and the other hacks they had to develop to get screenshots for strategy guides and magazines back in the day are a fascinating bit of video game history.