Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master cover

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master 1993

Released: July 23, 1993
Genres: Platform · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Linux · Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · PC · Mac
Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
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Where to buy

Digital: Steam
In a collection: Sega Genesis Classics

Steam Nintendo PlayStation Xbox

Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics

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Is it still worth playing?

Joe Musashi comes down from the mountains of Japan to face the crime syndicate Neo Zeed once more, in this 1993 action platformer for the Genesis. Thought defeated two years before, it is back under a man known only as the Shadow Master. He gains a dash, a running slash, a jump kick and a block he can use at any time, and he can jump off walls and grapple along ceilings. The levels keep changing style, with a stage on horseback, one on a surfboard, a vertical mountain climb and a cave of goop, and the final stage has narrow electrified walls and ceilings. It was delayed from 1992 to rework the gameplay, and it is the direct sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi. Levels that keep changing how you move still give it variety.