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Ninja Hayate
Ninja Hayate
	Japanese arcade flyer of Ninja Hayate
Developer(s)	Taito (arcade version) ; Wolf Team (Mega CD version) ; Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions) ; Malone Films
Publisher(s)	Taito (arcade version) ; Wolf Team ; Renovation ; Sega (Sega CD version) ; Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions) ; Malone Films
Designer(s)	Toei Company
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega CD, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release	Arcade JP: November 1984; Sega CD NA: 1994; PlayStation JP: July 5, 1996; Sega Saturn JP: January 17, 1997;
Genre(s)	Action game, interactive movie
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, alternating turns

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Ninja Hayate (忍者ハヤテ) is a 1984 laserdisc video game first developed and released by Taito and Malone Films for arcades in Japan^[1] and the United States.^[2] The game was later ported to the Sega CD video game console as Revenge of the Ninja in 1994.

Arcade game

The game tells the story of a skilled and daring teenage ninja named Hayate, infiltrating an evil castle 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.

The game draws players to guide 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. Another difference is that some traps are randomly generated, so that the game is not identical every playthrough.^[4]

Home versions

The Sega CD version was published by Renovation Products, Telenet Japan's North American subsidiary. Renovation sent "Master of the Ninja Arts" diplomas to players who mailed them photographic proof that they had beaten the game on hard mode.^[5] Revenge of the Ninja 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, as Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal and Ninja Hayate.^[6]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ninja Hayate on their January 15, 1985 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.^[11] The following month, it was the top-grossing upright/cockpit arcade unit in February 1985.^[12]

GamePro gave the Sega CD version a mixed review, considering the game to be inferior to Dragon's Lair and Time Gal with the gameplay lacking in "dramatics" and with "grainy and soupy looking" graphics. They said players "won't be disappointed" if they "like these types of games" but if they don't, they should avoid the game.^[8] The five reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 32 out of 50 (8, 7, 5, 6 and 6 out of 10), commenting that the gameplay relies more on memorization than anything else. Although positive to game's animation, they said that it is more a treat to watch than to play.^[7]

Legacy

The original arcade version had no music except opening and ending theme. Entire music played on the Sega CD version were newly composed.

References

^ Ninja Hayate at the Killer List of Videogames
^ "Ninja Hayate". GameFAQs. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ GamePro 59 (June 1994)
^ Scullion, Chris (8 December 2021). The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console. White Owl. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5267-4662-7.
^ "Buyers Beware". GamePro. No. 99. IDG. December 1996. p. 26.
^ Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate
^ ^a ^b "Review Crew: Revenge of the Ninja". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 60. Sendai Publishing. July 1994. p. 38.
^ ^a ^b "ProReview: Revenge of the Ninja". GamePro. No. 69. IDG. June 1994. p. 50.
^ Costelloe, Brian (June 1994). "Revenge of the Ninja". Hyper. No. 7. p. 65. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ "Revenge of the Ninja". Joypad (in French). No. 31. May 1994. p. 34.
^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 252. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 January 1985. p. 27.
^ "Best Hit Games 25" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 253. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 1985. p. 25.

External links

Ninja Hayate at Dragon's Lair Project
Ninja Hayate at the Killer List of Videogames
Ninja Hayate at arcade-history

[1] Ninja Hayate at the Killer List of Videogames

[2] "Ninja Hayate". GameFAQs. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[3] GamePro 59 (June 1994)

[4] Scullion, Chris (8 December 2021). The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console. White Owl. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5267-4662-7.

[5] "Buyers Beware". GamePro. No. 99. IDG. December 1996. p. 26.

[6] Interactive Movie Action - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate

[EGM-7] "Review Crew: Revenge of the Ninja". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 60. Sendai Publishing. July 1994. p. 38.

[GamePro-8] "ProReview: Revenge of the Ninja". GamePro. No. 69. IDG. June 1994. p. 50.

[9] Costelloe, Brian (June 1994). "Revenge of the Ninja". Hyper. No. 7. p. 65. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

[10] "Revenge of the Ninja". Joypad (in French). No. 31. May 1994. p. 34.

[11] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 252. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 January 1985. p. 27.

[12] "Best Hit Games 25" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 253. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 1985. p. 25.

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+|developer = [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] (arcade version) <br> [[Wolf Team]] (Mega CD version) <br> Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions) <br> [[Toei Company|Malone Films]]
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+|publisher = Taito (arcade version) <br> [[Wolf Team]] <br> [[Renovation Products|Renovation]] <br> [[Sega]] (Sega CD version) <br> Ecseco (Saturn/PS1 versions) <br> [[Toei Company|Malone Films]]
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 {{nihongo|'''''Ninja Hayate'''''|忍者ハヤテ}} is a [[1984 in video gaming|1984]] [[laserdisc video game]] first developed and released by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] and [[Toei Company|Malone Films]] 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 [[Porting#Porting in gaming|ported]] to the [[Sega CD]] [[video game console]] as '''''Revenge of the Ninja''''' in 1994.
-== Arcade game ==
+==Arcade game==
 The game tells the story of a skilled and daring teenage [[ninja]] named Hayate, infiltrating an evil castle in an attempt to rescue a princess he loves.<ref>''[[GamePro]]'' 59 (June 1994)</ref> 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.
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 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.
+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. Another difference is that some traps are [[randomly generated]], so that the game is not identical every playthrough.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scullion|first1=Chris|title=The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console|date=8 December 2021|publisher=White Owl|isbn=978-1-5267-4662-7|page=250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W-VVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250|language=en}}</ref>
-== Home versions ==
+==Home versions==
 The Sega CD version was published by [[Renovation Products]], [[Telenet Japan]]'s North American subsidiary. Renovation sent "Master of the Ninja Arts" diplomas to players who mailed them photographic proof that they had beaten the game on hard mode.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Buyers Beware|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=99|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=December 1996|page=26}}</ref> ''Revenge of the Ninja'' 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, 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>
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 In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Ninja Hayate'' on their January 15, 1985 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=252|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 January 1985|page=27|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850115p.pdf#page=14}}</ref> The following month, it was the top-grossing upright/cockpit arcade unit in [[1985 in video games|February 1985]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=253|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 February 1985|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850201p.pdf#page=13}}</ref>
-''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Sega CD version a mixed review, considering the game to be inferior to ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' and ''[[Time Gal]]'' with the gameplay lacking in "dramatics" and with "grainy and soupy looking" graphics. They said players "won't be disappointed" if they "like these types of games" but if they don't, they should avoid the game.<ref name="GamePro">{{cite magazine|title=ProReview: Revenge of the Ninja|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=69|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=June 1994|page=50}}</ref> The five reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' gave it a 32 out of 50 (8, 7, 5, 6 and 6 out of 10), commenting that the gameplay relies "more on memorization than anything else. Nice animation though." They said it "is more a treat to watch than to play."<ref name="EGM">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Revenge of the Ninja |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=60|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=July 1994|page=38}}</ref>
+''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Sega CD version a mixed review, considering the game to be inferior to ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' and ''[[Time Gal]]'' with the gameplay lacking in "dramatics" and with "grainy and soupy looking" graphics. They said players "won't be disappointed" if they "like these types of games" but if they don't, they should avoid the game.<ref name="GamePro">{{cite magazine|title=ProReview: Revenge of the Ninja|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=69|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=June 1994|page=50}}</ref> The five reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' gave it a 32 out of 50 (8, 7, 5, 6 and 6 out of 10), commenting that the gameplay relies more on memorization than anything else. Although positive to game's animation, they said that it is more a treat to watch than to play.<ref name="EGM">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Revenge of the Ninja|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=60|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=July 1994|page=38}}</ref>
-== Legacy ==
+==Legacy==
 The original arcade version had no music except opening and ending theme. Entire music played on the Sega CD version were newly composed.
-== See also ==
+==See also==
-*''[[The Legend of Kage]]''
+* ''[[The Legend of Kage]]''
-*''[[Time Gal]]''
+* ''[[Time Gal]]''
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
 * ''[http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/nh.asp Ninja Hayate]'' at Dragon's Lair Project
 * {{KLOV game|id=8885|name=Ninja Hayate}}
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 [[Category:1984 video games]]
 [[Category:Arcade video games]]
+[[Category:Full motion video based games]]
 [[Category:Interactive movie video games]]
 [[Category:LaserDisc video games]]
-[[Category:Video games about ninja]]
+[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
+[[Category:Multiplayer hotseat games]]
 [[Category:PlayStation (console) games]]
 [[Category:Sega CD games]]
 [[Category:Sega Saturn games]]
 [[Category:Telenet Japan games]]
+[[Category:Toei Animation video game projects]]
+[[Category:Video games about ninja]]
 [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
+[[Category:Video games set in castles]]
 [[Category:Video games set in feudal Japan]]
-[[Category:Full motion video based games]]
-[[Category:Toei Animation video game projects]]

Publication	Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly	32/50^[7]
GamePro	3.5/5^[8]
Hyper	32%^[9]
Joypad	80%^[10]