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|image = [[File:NinjaHayate arcadeflyer.png|Japanese arcade flyer of ''Ninja Hayate''.]]
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|caption = Japanese arcade flyer of ''Ninja Hayate''.
|caption = Japanese arcade flyer of ''Ninja Hayate''.
|developer = [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] (arcade version)<br>[[Telenet Japan]], [[Wolf Team]] (Mega CD version)<br>Ecseco](Saturn/PS1 versions)
|developer = [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] (arcade version)<br>[[Telenet Japan]], [[Wolf Team]] (Mega CD version)<br>Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions)
|publisher = Taito (arcade version)<br>[[Wolf Team]], [[Renovation]], [[Sega]] (Mega CD version)<br>Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions)
|publisher = Taito (arcade version)<br>[[Wolf Team]], [[Renovation]], [[Sega]] (Mega CD version)<br>Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions)
|designer = [[Toei Animation]]
|designer = [[Toei Animation]]
|release = '''Arcade''' <br> {{vgrelease|JP=1984|NA=1984}} '''Sega CD''' <br> {{vgrelease|WW=1993}}
|release = 1984
|genre = [[Action game]], [[interactive movie]]
|genre = [[Action game]], [[interactive movie]]
|modes = Up to 2 players, alternating turns
|modes = Up to 2 players, alternating turns
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{{nihongo|'''''Ninja Hayate'''''|忍者ハヤテ}} is a {{vgy|1984}} [[laserdisc video game|laserdisc arcade game]] first developed and released by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] in Japan only. The game became better known when it was released in [[North America]] and [[Europe]] for the [[Sega Mega-CD]] as '''''Revenge of the Ninja'''''.
{{nihongo|'''''Ninja Hayate'''''|忍者ハヤテ}} is a {{vgy|1984}} [[laserdisc video game]] first developed and released by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] for [[arcade game|arcades]] in [[Japan]]<ref>{{KLOV game|id=8885|name=Ninja Hayate}}</ref> and the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ninja Hayate|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/568363-ninja-hayate|publisher=[[GameFAQs]]|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> The game was later [[video game port|ported]] to the [[Sega Mega-CD]] [[video game console]] as '''''Revenge of the Ninja''''' in 1993, and was released in Japan, [[North America]], and [[Europe]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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The game will draw players to operate Hayate with a [[joystick]] for moving him around and one button for using weapons through 15 different stages that take place in [[feudal Japan]]-based areas. There are three difficulty levels.
The game will draw players to operate Hayate with a [[joystick]] for moving him around and one button for using weapons through 15 different stages that take place in [[feudal Japan]]-based areas. There are three difficulty levels.


Like [[Don Bluth]]'s ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'', ''Ninja Hayate'' contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them by watching for the warning buzzer and flashing objects (e.g. arrows, buttons, light, etc.); if a player makes a mistake, one life decreases, and when players run out of lives, the game ends.
Like earlier laserdisc games such as [[Don Bluth]]'s ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'', ''Ninja Hayate'' contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them at specific moments, by watching for the warning buzzer (like ''Dragon's Lair'') in addition to flashing objects (e.g. arrows, buttons, light, etc.); if a player makes a mistake, one life decreases, and when players run out of lives, the game ends.


Unlike Don Bluth's laserdisc games, ''Ninja Hayate'' is animated with [[anime]] drawings by [[Toei Animation]].
Unlike Don Bluth's laserdisc games, ''Ninja Hayate'' is animated with [[anime]] drawings by [[Toei Animation]]. Another difference is that the game flashes the buttons that need to be pressed directly on the screen. Sometimes it also flashes multiple possible button presses on screen, indicating different paths that the player can take.


== Ports and related releases ==
== Ports and related releases ==


The ''Revenge of the Ninja'' Sega Mega-CD version was published by [[Renovation Products]], [[Telenet Japan]]t's North American subsidiary; this is the only version released internationally.
The ''Revenge of the Ninja'' Sega Mega-CD version was published by [[Renovation Products]], [[Telenet Japan]]t's North American subsidiary.


This game was also later converted by Ecseco to the [[Sega Saturn]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. These versions were released only in Japan as part of a double bill with ''[[Time Gal]]'', another animated laserdisc arcade game conversion made by Taito. The double bill was released as '''''Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal and Ninja Hayate'''''.<ref>[http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn5/inter-timeninja.htm Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate]</ref>
This game was also later converted by Ecseco to the [[Sega Saturn]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. These versions were released only in Japan as part of a double bill with ''[[Time Gal]]'', another animated laserdisc arcade game conversion made by Taito. The double bill was released as '''''Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal and Ninja Hayate'''''.<ref>[http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn5/inter-timeninja.htm Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate]</ref>

== Music ==
The game's [[video game music|battle music]] may have been [[sampling (music)|sampled]] by [[The Immortals (band)|The Immortals]] in their [[techno]] hit "[[Mortal Kombat: The Album|Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome)]]", the theme song to the [[Mortal Kombat (film)|1995 film adaptation]] of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taito|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Taito/|publisher=[[WhoSampled]]|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:17, 29 July 2012

Japanese arcade flyer of Ninja Hayate.
Japanese arcade flyer of Ninja Hayate.
Developer(s)Taito (arcade version)
Telenet Japan, Wolf Team (Mega CD version)
Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions)
Publisher(s)Taito (arcade version)
Wolf Team, Renovation, Sega (Mega CD version)
Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions)
Designer(s)Toei Animation
Platform(s)Arcade, Sega Mega CD, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
ReleaseArcade
Sega CD
Genre(s)Action game, interactive movie
Mode(s)Up to 2 players, alternating turns

Ninja Hayate (忍者ハヤテ) is a Template:Vgy laserdisc video game first developed and released by Taito for arcades in Japan[1] and the United States.[2] The game was later ported to the Sega Mega-CD video game console as Revenge of the Ninja in 1993, and was released in Japan, North America, and Europe.

Plot

The game tells the story of a skilled and daring teenage ninja named Hayate, whose father has been killed by the evil Lougi, infiltrating the villain's Castle of Evil in an attempt to rescue a princess he loves.[3] Hayate must survive a collection of deathtraps and defeat a variety of mythological creatures and other adversaries on his quest to save the princess and destroy the castle.

Gameplay

The game will draw players to operate Hayate with a joystick for moving him around and one button for using weapons through 15 different stages that take place in feudal Japan-based areas. There are three difficulty levels.

Like earlier laserdisc games such as Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair, Ninja Hayate contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them at specific moments, by watching for the warning buzzer (like Dragon's Lair) in addition to flashing objects (e.g. arrows, buttons, light, etc.); if a player makes a mistake, one life decreases, and when players run out of lives, the game ends.

Unlike Don Bluth's laserdisc games, Ninja Hayate is animated with anime drawings by Toei Animation. Another difference is that the game flashes the buttons that need to be pressed directly on the screen. Sometimes it also flashes multiple possible button presses on screen, indicating different paths that the player can take.

Ports and related releases

The Revenge of the Ninja Sega Mega-CD version was published by Renovation Products, Telenet Japant's North American subsidiary.

This game was also later converted by Ecseco to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. These versions were released only in Japan as part of a double bill with Time Gal, another animated laserdisc arcade game conversion made by Taito. The double bill was released as Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal and Ninja Hayate.[4]

Music

The game's battle music may have been sampled by The Immortals in their techno hit "Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome)", the theme song to the 1995 film adaptation of Mortal Kombat.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ninja Hayate at the Killer List of Videogames
  2. ^ "Ninja Hayate". GameFAQs. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ^ GamePro 59 (June 1994)
  4. ^ Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate
  5. ^ "Taito". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2 June 2012.

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