shinobi 3 Sega Genesis - Megadrive

Ninja games during the 16-bit era were far better than today’s new gaming technology, and Shinobi series was the best in the genre.

Back in the days during the 16-bit era, I was extremely hooked in Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master on my shiny black Sega Megadrive. Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master is a Ninja side-scrolling action platformer that conquered the genre for a long time. Released in 1993, Shinobi 3 was highly praised by gamers and game critics.

A Ninja Surfer... Literally

Shinobi Riding a Horse

Shinobi in attack form

Graphics were superb for a 16-bit machine. Shinobi 3 used a semi 3-D textures on the background and well detailed characters. The Main Ninja charater was pretty awesome and the enemy designs were outstanding especially the Bosses. Sound mixes were pretty impressive as well. But Shinobi 3’s crown is in the Gameplay.

The Gameplay is extremely fun and challenging. There are only 8 missions in the game but saving the game is non-existent during the Sega 16-bit era, some stages are quite hard to finish and some bosses are impossible to defeat. You’ll get to run and slash your enemies in half, ride horses and ride a surf board while you vanquish ninja enemies and robots. If you are not quite into sidescroller action games, you may spend weeks or even a month to master all Shinobi 3 levels.

Return of the Ninja Master has a high replay value, no matter how many times you finish the game, you will still play it again and again. Even though I own an Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS and an upgraded PC…. I’m still playing Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master on my Sega Genesis Emulator.

Sega Genesis Collection

Good Ol’ Casual Games for Hardcore Gamers

16-Bit era was the best “Historical” time i have ever experienced. Short but hard was the name of the game back then, no save features, continues are very limited and cheat codes were extremely handy. During the 16-Bit wars i pledged myself to my ever loving Sega Genesis console.

I still remember the days when i got highly hooked in Shinobi 3 – The Return of the Ninja Master, Golden Axe Trilogy and more Sega Titles… I spent massive hours just to finish each and every last one of my game title collection.

Years have passed and gaming began to evolve more and more…..

I missed the old days. Thankfully Sega had a brilliant idea to relive that 16-bit history (Legally) into the next-gen consoles. Here comes Sega Genesis Collection for the PSP.

The Games:

Most of my favorites are here, Shinobi, Sonic, Golden Axe Trilogy, the very funny Altered Beast, and many more. This classic compilation is extremely addictive especially for a PSP game heck i even forgot i was playing Crisis Core *lol*

Plus there are tons of unlockables like interviews, games etc, etc…

This game compilation is perfect for everyone… well except for those stupid gamers who are into lots of eye-candy.. Sega Genesis Collection is for True Hardcore Gamers, the only bad side here is Bare-Knuckle titles are missing (A.K.A Streets of Rage)

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