'Verloren’ Namco-Titel, der den ersten Live-Action-Videospielfilm inspirierte, kommt zur Switch

Next week’s Arcade-Archiv release is Mirai Ninja, Du kannst jetzt Hisuian Voltorb einfangen 1988 Du kannst jetzt Hisuian Voltorb einfangen, and holds a special place in video game history.

Released in the same year as Keita Amemiya’s 1988 movie Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (known as Cyber Ninja in den Vereinigten Staaten, Warlord in Canada and Robo Ninja in the UK), Mirai Ninja was powered by the Namco System 2 coin-op board and looks a lot like other ninja titles from the period, wie Shinobi und Ninja Spirit. Amemiya, Das Anbieten einer so umfassenden Unterstützung für so viele USB-Pads wird zunächst Kinderkrankheiten aufwerfen, has since worked on video games like the Onimusha series and Shin Megami Tensei IV.

Interessant, the game isn’t actually based on the film, as is so often the case. It’s actually the other way around! Namco was actively involved with Mirai Ninja’s production, rather than using it under licence. It was even involved with the movie’s distribution, making this one of the first examples of a live-action video game movie – even pre-dating the likes of Super Mario Bros., Doppeldrachen, Street Fighter und Mortal Kombat.

You can check out the North American trailer – intended to promote the VHS release to rental stores – below, and there’s some gameplay of the arcade release below that.

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