Last Ninja, The
 

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Review

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i have fond memories of these on commodore 64 (i had all 3 games on there :D)

Nice review marko...

But after playing the game...it's just not for me..

Way too hard to learn games like this..

What da....???? :blink:

Check this......

http://www.martinzurlinden.de/c64/gallery1...adance1024.html

......for everyone who liked Last Ninja....

I bought all 3 of the LN games when they came out originally for the C64, the best of the bunch in my opinion is LN2. When it was released here in the UK in 1988 it shipped with a pullover cloth ninja mask and a rubber Shuriken! Being the silly sort of teenagers me and my mates were, we donned are masks and shuriken stars and went for a walk round town. We thought it was funny, needless to say the police didn't!!

I disagree with the opening comment in the review however, that LN was the best C64 game. That would be doing a dis-service to such classics as Ballblazer,The Eidolon, Mecenary and The Sentinel. It was a true classic though and I would highly recommend it, although the control system is little tricky to start with, after some perseverence it's very rewarding game.

As a side note, there was also a game based on the same engine also released by System 3 for the C64 called Vendetta. I would recommend it to anyone who has a C64 emu and has completed the LN series of games.

Check this link out for yourselves.

http://www.c64unlimited.net/games/v/...a/vendetta.htm

Nice one

When i start the last ninja 1 it comes up with "select graphics" and tandy is the only one dat works but the screen just gos black. please help me.

if you want to truly play these properly, download winvice and get disk images of the games :)

I think you should see this picture:
Last ninja meets the Sims

LOL

LAST NINJA ? :ph34r: Shurijukeeeeen !!!!!
one of the phattest games!!!!
the first part had great garden graphix.
the second game played in Ny? or another big town.
the third part...... uh. sorry no time, got to :ph34r: play it!!!!!

Whats with this ESA business? I want this game!!!

:bye: This is great. I remember having last ninja 2 (I belive it was) for the commadore 64. Unfortunately it stopped after having a crockodile in the sewers with molotov coctails if my mind serves me right. Good to have it back.
But im still not getting into the controls. Anyone got the button layout for me? :ph34r:

I have this game on commodore 64.I even have still commodore 64 the games werent on the cd s but on cassetes cool i even have usagi jojimbo i have lots games on comodore 64 and its still running.Those were the games it takes u to complete game even 4 years i ve played last ninja 3 or 2 years and i didnt complete games those games were hard u must be expert in the game if u want to complete.Here s a site with reviews,covers....and there should be contacts on commodore 64 games,revews,covers... heres the site.

This game is milestone of computer games,
i hardly finished LN1 and 2 when i was at my 10s
my favorite is LN 2 after Ln1 and 2 the firm maked a game hat have parts from 1 and 2 together i remember how i swear them clearly.
I dont recomend anyone to play that game anymore i also wont!
Becouse if u play that game the magic from our memories will be dispelled after we played.....
:ph34r:

I said "one of the best" and i doub that someone who played it back then on C64 can denie this.

I also agree with gameguru - this should not be played !!!!

Magic will exist in our minds and it is unwise to dispell it :ph34r:

for me what stood out in LN2 on C64 was the music, the best i've ever heard in a computer game (ever!) :ph34r:

A geeky note: LN is far from being the first isometric game. British software company Ultimate developed an isometric technique named 'filmation' for ZX spectrum games like Alien8 or Knight Lore.
cheers

Ok, after reading the review and looking for any readme files, I have to ask: What are the keyboard controls here, for LN1? I know how to make the guy run, but I have no idea whatsoever, how to make him jump or fight or anything but run.

EDIT:

CONTROLS FOR LN2:

Numpad 1-9 (except 5) movement


Shift numpad 4, 6 or 8 punch
Shift numpad 2 kick
Shift numpad 1 or 3 pick up
Shift numpad 7 or 9 pick up/push (?????)

:D Hi. I downloaded this game cause I like ninja games. But please specify what the controls are and please tell me how to resolve the first areas.

I will be very pleased if someone would help me. :sos:

Thank you. :D

Already posted - in the last post before yours.

Good games, especially the first part, but far from being between the best, even if the videogame magazines told otherwise. Remember Turrican or Maniac Mansion. LN hardly plays in the same league.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 17 2007, 02:50 AM) [snapback]299780[/snapback]</div>Your oppinion, and I will not challenge that, but in my opinion, comparing MM and LN is like comparing the movies Terminator and Fried Green Tomatoes. It's just unfair to both the movies.

Mighty Midget is right - these are really diffent games.

I remember playing the first part on my C64 ... I think i need to get a decent joystick ... some arcade style for all these old-school games I used to play on C64 ...

Was LN3 ported to PC ??

no bob, it wasn't. still prefer playing the c64 versions using PSPVice to relieve the memories on the move :). my nan still has the c64 anyway so i might ask to have it at some point in the future (it even has the 1541 disk drive :P)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Little talker @ May 3 2006, 10:46 AM) [snapback]228184[/snapback]</div>Yeah, i remember those games, guess i'm little geeky too. I also guess i got carried away when reviewing this. Still, isometric view wasn't much used back then. Never mind.

I never got into LN3 and i tried more than once. I walked all across the first level, trying to do whatever i couldpossibly think of but without luck. I found all the weapons but don't know what to do to finish the level.

As for Vendetta, i had that game, and it seemed fantastic when first saw it, but also couldn't figure out what to do and i also tryed more than once. Only the fist four screen. I couldn't fire no weapons too, only used hands and knife. There was something blinking in each screen that made me wonder, but still no success...

Since the pack got splitted into the two separate games, this thread just became the thread for the first part. :D