Arcade Longplay [161] Shinobi

[@DavidZorrilla22]

It is just unbelievable how short the game is comparing with how it felt when I was a little kid, felt like a whole movie back then. Every sound fx and music bring me right back to the arcade at the mall. The most precious memories of how wonderful and simple life was.

[@mechanicalpants]

He's going very fast, most people would move through the levels a bit slower. I have seen videos that are considerably longer and it just feels more enjoyable to watch and a bit more epic in scale like you were describing.

[@carlthomas963]

wow 1988 in Brooklyn... high school corner store!!! Sega, Capcom and Data east made some if the very best arcade games!!! :)

[@DLCOrganization]

I am SO THERE with you on EVERYTHING you just said! And all those companies (along with Konami, SNK, and Taito) were the dominant forces in arcade games during the 1987-1994 period.

[@daTruChosen]

Indeed, until Namco said fuck it all, and came out with Tekken. 16 bit home game systems couldn't render a completely faithful translation/duplication/interpretation of even 2D arcade games, but once the original Tekken came along in late 1994, necessitating the release of the Playstation system, it brought about the beginning of the end of arcade game culture. Yeah, Capcom kept it alive for the remainder of the 20th century with: Darkstalkers (1994); Street Fighter Alpha Warriors Dreams (1995); X-Men: Children of the Atom (1995); Marvel Super Heroes (1995); X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996); Street Fighter vs. Marvel Super Heroes (1997), and Marvel vs. Capcom (1998)... but the living room duels and campaigns in Tekken 2, Soul Blade, Resident Evil, Tekken 3, Golden Eye, Metal Gear Solid, Perfect Dark, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 during the same time period on the Playstation, Nintendo 64, and Sega Dreamcast systems were nothing less than paradigm shifting.

[@TheDutchGhost]

I was always so damn envious of how much better Arcade games looked in comparison to console games.

[@alfaomega5532]

Carl Thomas hahahah yeah man I hear ya there.. 1988 in London @ Tarken’s arcade on Walworth rd. Wicked memories and times!

[@motoryzen]

Awww..I remember these days, playing Shinobi on arcade at Sack n Save when I was a kid.

[@alfaomega5532]

Ah man defo one of my all time favourite arcade games from the 80’s.. Some great memories as a kid hanging about in the arcades or skipping school to play this in the local chip shop!! The game blew my little mind and was way before it’s time! 👌🏿

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

were from by saying school and chip shop sounds like uk. in uk you either had arcade games in seaside resort or your video shop or local chippy by the 90s all virtually vanished.

[@georgenelson4457]

The fact that you just ran through this game like it's no big deal is sick! But it brought back memories😊

[@brandonlee9791]

Yeh weather it is a tool assisted long play, it was some what???. Confusing, but he should do some cool ass dead or alive next???. That would be👍 Epic 👍...

[@TheCodedtestament]

This was such a great game when I played it at the arcade when I was a kid and it still holds up really well after all those years! 

[@Tomgggle]

Cuantos recuerdos de la infancia me trae este juego!! Era uno de mis favoritos, junto al "ghost goblins"

[@CocoSnicker12]

I remember playing this at 7 eleven in 1990. Love the cool music. Good times. I miss the days of seeing all the arcade machines at the donut shops, laundromat, liqour stores, etc.

[@mequetrefe413]

I thought I was a good player for Shinobi until I saw this longplay. You have also done what very few in the world can say they have done: 1. Beat the game on one life 2. Perfect bonus stages 3. End with a score over 300,000 points You did them all in one shot, using only your very first life. Congratulations, and I take my hat off to you, while bowing down to you and saying "I'm not worthy of such greatness!" Outstanding!!!! :)

[@Z_o_r_r_o1267]

300,000 is nothing. I finished with over 600,000. Not many people know you can get a 20,000 point bonus if you only kick, punch or sword.

[@kokoriko999]

@@Z_o_r_r_o1267 Your bullshit smells so bad. Make a video or stfu

[@aodhablackheart]

I'm pretty sure it's tool-assisted.

[@Seiko180]

lol so many pop culture character references in this game Spiderman, Shredder, and even Marilyn Monroe

[@socialvultures4741]

Oh man, this brings back some good memories. Don't think I ever made it to the last level, though.

[@Surfer041]

Ive neever seen someone so good at at the bonus stages. I could never beat the last one.

[@verapamil07]

I love the music so much, it's stuck in my head since I played this game for the first time

[@antonydrossos5719]

Nothing pulls me in like watching a playthrough of an old school video game

[@NORMALLYRETRO]

What an AWESOME soundtrack.

[@budkin]

One of the all-time greats!

[@dse763]

Wow, the sound driver of the Syetem 16 in Mame has been changed dramatically !

[@Wardner213]

One of my all time top 5 arcade games here. I miss the old days.....

[@yugen]

Love watching this. Brings me back to when I was 5 or 6 and my grandma would give me quarters to play this at Thriftway along with Quartet 2.

[@Hellwyck]

That'll just be a Quartet machine with 2 players instead of 4.

[@yugen]

Hellwyck ahh interesting. Thanks. My view of the world was quite strange because i thought Jacks (from the game where you bounce the balls into the Jacks) were somehow related to this game because some of the enemies looked like Jacks. It was quite confusing.

[@darrenclements6028]

Shinobi is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING and AWESOMELY AMAZING

[@iamseekingtheway]

I for one can not play better. Seeing you go through 5-2 without being touched was mind blowing!!

[@HughJass-313]

Right! i could never get past those *Flying Ninjas* in the JUNGLE 12:45 i always wondered how a person was able to figure it out... in a arcade setting Good times :]

[@birdfanboi]

the game designers really had a thing for Marilyn Monroe.

[@farhadnejad7409]

Paul Contreras

[@homejonny9326]

Paul Contreras at that time everybody had ;)

[@DominikSobolewski]

This is a bit after that time.

[@cybertek3188]

The Japanese did.

[@ProtoBusterSwrd]

I just noticed something. When Musashi uses ninja magic, he shouts "TERIYAAA!" What's cool about this is that in Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic shouts the same thing in that one scene where he takes out the Egg Golem in the Dark side part of the story. Neat, huh?

[@Hellwyck]

...and they shout the same thing in Crackdown when using the smart bomb.

[@ProtoBusterSwrd]

whoa...

[@boxwi]

@@Hellwyck same sound engineer

[@hardfactsforever]

1987, the golden age of the arcade started when the graphics of the computers and consoles couldnt compete, Shinobi was among the best hits of its time.

[@dannyjingu]

I used to play this is Safeway when I was in jr. high. It was a nice upgrade from Moon Patrol, Time Pilot and Karate Champ.

[@Crillin112]

Yea, when I was about 7 I was able to beat this game on one quarter and without dying. My friend used to bet people at the pizza parlor. Great confidence builder at the time.

[@HughJass-313]

i could never get past the Flying Ninjas in the JUNGLE 12:45 i always wondered how a person was able to figure out that level, in a arcade setting :]

[@budkin]

@@HughJass-313 Answer: I used to watch people that had already done it but the first had to spend a lot of money.

[@HughJass-313]

@@budkin I didn't get good at it until around '94. Well after its PRIME... so no one to learn from. But *GREAT* Memories nonetheless ❤😁❤

[@devilmaycry383]

Japanese 2D era was phenomenal so many great timeless classics.

[@chaseblackman8773]

who ever played this game had alot of practice...this was my shit tho

[@brandonlee9791]

I reckon he must have carpal tunnel, from playing all these long plays??? In reply to Chase Blackman...

[@danielyen9055]

Wow, to not only get through it without losing a life, but to ace each and every single bonus stage as well, amazing.

[@hsatin20]

man i still remember this soundtrack

[@romaqconsertomaquinadelava4113]

Eu era muito viciado passava as fases sem atirar, só no golpe. Hoje 2019 tenho 43 anos ,faz 30 anos atraz. :-)

[@krazyklawz]

I've watched this more than 5 times and I can never get tired of it. I enjoy it very much every time I see it. Your performance on here is perfect.

[@ktrottier95]

i spent more quarters on this game than any other arcade game ever. $5 in quarters at a time and only made it to Lobster at the end of stage 4. the soundtrack is so nostalgic.

[@filmgreatmasterpeace8223]

Yooooooo throwback fr.... I use to play this game everyday after school!!!!!

[@davidrosemale3573]

True arcade classic, Shinobi Forever.

[@MadBoy8734]

Used to love this game. Mission 4, level 2 was as far as I ever got.

[@tomvenice]

I love Shinobi! I was playing it as a teenager with my friends in a bar and now I am playing it almost every day on Mame emulator! It's great!

[@jowellp.r.7577]

Wowww!!im old that was my favorite game.1987.i used to finish this game with one play..now i dont think so🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardhaythorne4632]

That was the 2nd best speed run I ever saw for this game..respect, dude!

[@majicwar]

You played very well... Whenever I look at this video, I remeber my childhood when I was a kid and play this game... I love it!! Have fun!!

[@Davtwan]

Making the ending have the tone of a backstory was... a decision. :B

[@falcosirrus8620]

Man i loved this game. Will have to try find me a way to get an arcade perfect version to play it again.

[@MrChrispreve]

Just the best arcade game ever!

[@mgreen27]

Great job in getting the perfect in the bonus stage. That last ninja that popped out would have gotten me. :o)

[@samuel5591]

Respect to your ninja skills man. Playing this as an adult and this shit is way harder than I remember! Don't think I ever clocked it and, looking at that final boss, probably never will.

[@Parasmunt]

What i loved about this was the different colours of ninja, they each had different moves - that fired my imagination as a kid... Especially because you only really see the blue ninja in full action in the last few stages.

[@mechanicalpants]

Totally agree, multi-coloured Ninja's are such a cool concept, it kind of makes it more story/movie like having the distinct enemies and variations to their attacks.

[@Koexistence13]

Finished this on 1 quarter 2 lives back in the day. Was able to do almost all levels without using a throwing star. Except bosses tho. Bought this very version for my Sega master system? I think it was called. One before the Genesis. It was OK for a home system back then. A better game for the master system was Kenseiden I think it was called. Japanese samurai game. Loved that game

[@WillScarlet1991]

@cubex55 Fair enough :) - btw, congrats on that 4th bonus stage; never seen anyone complete that, ever :)

[@martinigasalini6039]

It's fucked up on the Sega Master system, all you got was "The End" and that was it, you didn't even get that little ending you saw here.....I was crushed as a kid when I only saw that :(...

[@LeShark75]

The stage two music never gets old.

[@TheSpook313]

I still get that bonus stage theme stuck in my head today.

[@hightest6669]

Damn dude you slaughtered this game and sooo fast, wow.

[@melaniel.4269]

It's easy doing that when you use an Emulator with TAS Features. Should be pretty well known by now, that World of Longplays doesn't do legit playthroughs.

[@MrSRArter]

WELCOME TO BONUS STAGE

[@pepsicola6951]

This dude is beyond ridiculous; extremely accurate

[@unknown_amazing_chap4480]

I am proud and honoured to say that l played this game in the arcade in the 80's and now I am playing it on my cell phone! I am Ninja!

[@ShrekWallBee]

i remember playing the arcade version of this game at Bromley Collage but i never got the time to finish the game

[@Hellwyck]

Is that like Bromley College?

[@jons44]

Amazing quality!!!!!! Thank you so much for the upload. Very well done.

[@jacarter79]

I played this game for years on the arcades when I was a kid. Never seen it played so perfectly though. Thanks for the post as I never did see the ending to this game.

[@alexo1226]

Jersey !! Corner bodega 26st central ave dope game awesome memories 👍🏼🔥👍🏼🔥 dude you like shinobi master .lmao thx for sharing 💪🏽💯💪🏽💯

[@spencergreen8409]

The last time I see this game was 35 years ago and I still remembered the music.

[@veronicalemus4816]

Qué recuerdos me trae este juego cuando yo era más joven jugaba en una papelería este juego y gastada bastante monedas en Shinobi fue el mejor juego que yo jugué

[@HughJass-313]

❤😁❤ A mi tambien!!

[@DreFromMaine8472]

I played this in the arcade back in the day

[@neoecw7463]

dude you are wonderfull no failed no death

[@saulocpp]

I never thought such a perfect play was possible.

[@chrisnizer1885]

One of the best classic games of all time. As soon as I got a Super Retrocade I loaded Shinobi onto it and I STILL haven't gotten a perfect score on the challenge stage! No worries though, it's an awesome classic game. Thanks for the video!

[@TheDutchGhost]

What do you think of its successors such as Shadow Dancer, the Game Gear games, and the 16-bit games? Trying to figure out for myself what the best Shinobi games are.

[@chrisnizer1885]

@@TheDutchGhost Shinobi is the only one I've ever played so I couldn't really give an opinion on the other's. I like the classic, 8-bit stuff pretty much exclusively. Played a couple Wii games once or twice and that was pretty cool. Sorry, wish I could give you some insight my friend. Thanks again for the video buddy!

[@maugustyniak]

Next time I rescue a ligated girl, I hope she ascends shortly and provides me with points.

[@airtioteclint]

This the best Shinobi video on youtube. Props.

[@ruffnek2072]

Used to f..kin love this game when I was a kid

[@HughJass-313]

i could never get past the Flying Ninjas in the JUNGLE 12:45 i always wondered how a person was skilled enough to do it. *NO CONTINUES* on the final Mission!! :]

[@alansmithee183]

I know right? That no continue on level 5 was straight up evil!

[@ClydeolaBrandyDudley]

Wow...you ever you are that played this game...you are a champ!! When I used to play this game, I could never get passed the 2nd level!! Whoo-wee! You are good!

[@dariusandrews5148]

I remember playing this in the 90s

[@RuthlessAvocado1]

Never played this game but it looks absolutely BEAST.

[@iJaski]

Awesome performance.

[@TheRaymond774]

mission 1 finish welcome to bonus stage i love it when he says that truley a master picec use to play this at the local arcades years ago i have this on mame on pc i love it besides shadow dancer can never get to old to play this game and im 35

[@stradlemonkey444]

"You Failed!" ...Thanks dad. Again. :)

[@sunzuz8153]

Cardboard Box Shinobi? Why no Shino-A!

[@thetruth1862]

I never could get past the 3rd stage , did I not know about the special power

[@Loader2K1]

Not in my wildest dreams could I EVER beat this game in just a little over 15 minutes. In fact, if it wasn't for MAME cheats, I would have never saw the end of this game. Monty Mole, you are a gaming god.

[@TimelordR]

You have done well in the ways of the Ninja. Great job in beating the game!

[@mixkidttb]

They don't only have Spider Man on there. They also have Godzilla, Rambo, and Batman

[@brandonlee9791]

I think you mean shredder in reply 2 Terrance Byars🤭🤭🤭...

[@carlospgprzgmz9731]

Mis memorias regresan con este juego, jugadte perfecto

[@helitoftere]

Mon dieu que de bons souvenirs avec ce jeu d'arcade. Le nombre d'heures que j'ai passé dessus. Et l'argent dépensé aussi du coup 😅 Je culpabilise pour toutes les pièces que mon père me donnait à l'époque pour ça 😞

[@ninjax1983]

Ah this game brings back memories when I first played it back then :)

[@AaronShowbiz]

The bad guy climbing the wall at 0:54 looks like Spider Man at first :P

[@Hellwyck]

It is

[@francisromero6300]

Qué máquina. Yo no llegaba tan lejos. Qué recuerdos!!!

[@playboyjalen04]

One of my all time favorites sea was on point back then can't believe how short the missions were they outdid themselves with shadow dancer

[@James-78]

One of my favorites and great soundtrack as well

[@exretrobyexeler0433]

I've beaten this game a shitload of times, but never this fast, well done. Interesting playing style..

[@McRemmyBaby]

@7:58 - 8:07 was INTENSE 😂💯

[@Intuder1980]

great memories that was the era of really super videos game the kid really enjoy

[@craigjohnson8279]

I loved this game back in the day.

[@djfrijoles]

great play through. Very much enjoyed it with my dinner and coconut rum drink

[@rpgking85]

everytime he goes to the next stage it looks like hes dancing through the door :P

[@DelMotoVidss]

mortal kombat and shinobi 2 best games on the megadrive

[@MrBillybathgate5]

one of the best games ever invented .

[@eltipochulo]

I could never beat it with one life. Your a soldier !!!

[@AaronBruceLadner]

This Version has all the Missions written in Japanese. In English, They are as Follows: Mission 1: PURSUE THE TERRORISTS Mission 2: ENTER THE ENEMY'S HIDEOUT Mission 3: ATTACK THE LOGISTIC BASE Mission 4: DESTROY THE ENEMY NINJA GROUP Mission 5: DEFEAT THE "BEHIND-THE-SCENE" NINJA

[@giantatt25]

only thing that sucks about this game is that you cant take the machine gun you gained to the next level

[@micowoods9534]

LastguardianRocket76 fam that would make it very easy

[@laurajmolina]

At hyperspace arcade I played this game and this was hard

[@joegeorgakis]

how many times did you have to edit this to complete all the bonus levels... WELL DONE!!!

[@lordmidi9202]

btw you can unlock this game in the Mega Drive / Genesis Collection on PS3

[@noicewally2605]

that's how I played this game

[@johnmatlock8629]

This game should be on the Nintendo switch.