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WHEN NINJAS RULED THE POP CULTURE LANDSCAPE, SHINOBI AMAZED ARCADE-GOERS AND BLEW MINDS ON THE MEGA DRIVE. WITH JOE MUSASHI COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT, WE LOOK BACK AT HOW THIS CLASSIC ACTION SERIES HAS CHANGED OVER NEARLY FOUR DECADES

IN 1986, JUST FIVE MONTHS AFTER ATARI REBOOTED ITS SPRINT SERIES OF TOP-DOWN RACERS WITH SUPER SPRINT, THE COIN-OP GIANT DECIDED TO RUSH BACK TO THE TRACK. JOIN RETRO GAMER ON THE STARTING GRID AS WE DISCOVER HOW CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT KEPT THE WHEELS TURNING

DIVING INTO DINAMIC SOFTWARE’S PUNISHINGLY DIFFICULT NAVY MOVES WAS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART BUT ITS CHALLENGING MIX OF FAST-PACED WATER ACTION, FRENETIC SHOOTING AND A DOLLOP OF DERRING-DO HAS HELPED TO MAKE THIS SPANISH GAME SOMETHING OF A CULT FAVOURITE

AFTER THE RELEASE OF DOOM, FOR A WHILE THERE WAS ONE NAME TO SUM UP SIMILAR GAMES: DOOM CLONE. THIS EVEN APPLIED TO GAMES LIKE DESCENT, EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY THING IT HAD IN COMMON WITH DOOM WAS ITS FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE

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