The NES Shinobi is a port of Sega's arcade game and very similar to the Master System version in terms of play mechanics and graphic design (right down to the inclusion of a life gauge), but nowhere near as polished and very buggy. Still, it does have some semblance of an actual ending, which the Master System version lacked.
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Stage Select#
Press Down, Down, Left, Right, Up, Up, Start at the title screen.
(Source: GameFAQs (alex cross))
Unused Music#
The soundtrack for the NES Shinobi has eleven tracks (all of them renditions of music from the arcade and Master System versions), but only four are actually played in-game: the standard stage music (BGM2), the bonus stage theme (BGM1), the stage clear theme, and the ending/game over theme.
The unused tracks are as follows, with the titles taken from the Legend of Joe Musashi album:
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BGM3 |
Played in Mission 2-1 in the arcade version. The NES version uses BGM2 (originally the Mission 1-2 theme) for every stage, including boss battles. |
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BGM4 |
Played in Mission 2-2 in the arcade version and in the bonus stages in the Master System version. |
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Boss 1 |
The standard boss theme of the arcade and Master System versions. |
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Boss 2 |
The boss theme for the Black Turtle helicopter battle in the arcade version. |
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Mission Clear |
Played in the arcade version when the player defeats a boss, and in the Master System version as the standard stage clear theme. |
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Bonus Stage |
The NES version uses BGM1 (originally the Mission 1-1 theme) for the bonus stages. |
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Miss |
Played in the Master System version whenever the player dies (i.e., a "miss" in Japanese gaming terminology). |
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The Shinobi series | |
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Master System |
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Amstrad CPC |
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ZX Spectrum |
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Amiga |
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NES |
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TurboGrafx-16 |
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Genesis |
The Revenge of Shinobi (Prototype) • Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Prototypes) |
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Sega Saturn |
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PlayStation 2 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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