Shadow Dancer (Arcade) Speedrun in

If you want to see more Shadow Dancer (Arcade), please check my no shuriken playthrough: • Shadow Dancer (Arcade)...
No death, could be a sub 10 : 50 if I managed to get the jump over the shielded enemy in the 4-3 stage and get the huge trick that despawns at least a dozen of enemies, including the annoying pink ninjas. Beat the previous WR by 1 min 17 sec.
Timer starts after Insert coin & Start, timer ends with the last hit on the Final Boss (when her lifebar completely disappears). Dipswitches shown at the end (Normal difficulty).
Awesome game, much better than the Mega Drive/Genesis version IMO in basically every possible way. More fun for regular playthroughs/1CCs, for speedruns and even for the No Shuriken challenge.
Unfortunately not many people run it due to it being an arcade-only game (the Master System port is terrible).
Played on December 1st 2021.
No save states, no turbo/autofire, no cheats

[@rush1er]

My question is... how come people in the 80's always hanging out in the sewers?

[@obiiWan7]

They hang out at even weirder places nowadays

[@silvanopreziosi7266]

Maybe 4 goonies stuff 😂

[@mouhsine5651]

when games were so simple and when it did not take 10 years to make them due to constant delays and shit and with no DLC greed...btw awesome speed run 😀

[@michaelsetiyawan]

Before Sonic, the ninja was quite popular

[@steveschu]

Dude disrespect my childhood beating this game I was only able to play via arcade. Nice job. :)

[@joemullaley6531]

wow this is totally different from the genesis version

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

It's better, both are awesome though.

[@olivierjansen694]

Best en boss scream ever

[@brunopierre3]

Superb, both capture and gameplay!

[@cedric9478]

Amazing run congratulations

[@obiiWan7]

Thank you

[@mrkingj2104]

Вот это настоящий ниндзя!

[@pogonomyrmexrugosus6240]

What was with the 80's obsession with ninjas?

[@matamarcianos7596]

Martial arts, cool costumes, action-packed... they had all to succeed

[@Nikko137]

Exactly!!! I mean why did It stop??

[@tr909love]

This can be done way faster. You lost so much time at the last boss and some ninjas.

[@Severinnoable]

But were is The Black turtle helicópter?

[@ultimolevel5433]

Very good 👏👏👏

[@guilhermencb]

All that trouble to see a shuttle launch...

[@mikr0bi]

Used to be in the arcade room I was same pro than you. I am thinking on nearly 50 that I am buying a cheap handheld game and pushing this game.

[@triplemasterpiece5765]

Minute 5:00 the best part of the game was the ninja magic

[@el_benja]

I just heard “onto oto tohoto totooh “

[@x_ZoNeX_x]

Dahora demais ✌😉

[@shiranuihd3182]

Such a beautiful action game. and in typical Shinobi fame, the end is absolute shit 😂

[@steliosioannou4996]

that game was the Shinobi 2 in real!no imagination at all,a bad copyright only for money!!

[@vural5991]

Mrs/Mr.Perfect 👏🏽

[@vural5991]

ULTIMATE!!!

[@DarksparkNecrobat]

One question; Can someone please translate on what he said on 7:40-7:44,8:50-8:54,and 9:16-9:20 ?

[@Darth_Victrus]

lol

[@Kyo.11]

I guess it's a mantra from buddhism, get an indian at your local store and ask him.

[@one_step_sideways]

​@@Kyo.11comment so ignorant i am not sure if it's even bait or not

[@Georgiacatcrimson]

I can see you lost the Bonus Stages on purpose.

[@sefanon-3351]

"The end" Holy shit that was brutal

[@Kyo.11]

Every hit is a fart

[@ICyNirva]

This kind of...😂😂😂

[@richardleandro4508]

(C) SEGA 1989-1991

[@clionelascendant8305]

Esta horrible si lo comparamos con su versión del Sega genesis

[@anibaldk]

This game is nowhere near a worthy continuation of Shinobi. Having said that: well done!!

[@obiiWan7]

Personally, I'd say it's a contender for the best in the series (and this is my favorite game franchise)

[@redvenomweb]

@@obiiWan7 I think Genesis/Megadrive version is far superior. Faster, better looking, better music... the whole package.

[@tsav8449]

@@redvenomweb you're joking,right?

[@redvenomweb]

@@tsav8449 Absolutely not. The arcade version is slow and clunky compared to the Genesis version.

[@generalkawasaki9485]

@@redvenomweb back then I was disappointed not having the real arcade conversion, but now I am happy it is different and they didn't make a watered down arcade excuse. The music is absolutely outstanding, but I never liked the stage design. Level II boss looks like they were to program a train boss just like the arcade counterpart, as you can see there are railway tracks in the graphics, but probably the system capabilities couldn't handle it so they turned it into a generic wall monster. Also I hated it that every enemy dissolves into one puff of smoke and every human boss explodes, that's so stupid and unrewarding.