The Revenge of Shinobi

What you have to do is go around killing enemies with "kunai", or throwing knives, and find the exits on each level.

You can also find power pack upgrades by breaking boxes - though some are booby-trapped with bombs.

Once you touch an upgrade, your knives turn into fire and you have a ninja sword.

Extra knives and health are also sometimes in these boxes.

There are eight zones to pass through on the map, each having three levels, with a boss at the last level of each zone.

Standard enemies vary from ordinary WW2 type soldiers, shooting rifles, machineguns and throwing stick grenades - to ninjas with shurikens throwing stars, katana swords and chigiriki-type flail weapons.

Some types of enemies only appear in specific environments.

The environments are kept in similar style within a zone, starting out in a traditional rural town and forest area with ninjas and attack dogs, next into a modern city with an airport and factories, defended mainly by soldiers, moving onto a highway with almost frogger-style jumping to avoid cars, soldiers and jumping enemies disguised in nun-outfits (nun-jas?), next into an entertainment districts on rooftops and backstreets with ballet-dancing enemies, escaping on a train (riding on top of course, a shinobi won't buy tickets) to a harbour with more soldiers and cannon towers, and ultimately to the island where the final boss of the Neo Zeed bandit resides.

The zone bosses varied with each release, as there were licensing issues preventing their free use - initially several well known cinematic characters were used: Godzilla, Batman, Terminator and Spiderman, bu

The Revenge of Shinobi for Sega Genesis is currently worth €32.54 loose, €50.08 complete in box, and €145.27 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

The Revenge of Shinobi has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For The Revenge of Shinobi, loose is €32.54 and CIB is €50.08 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of The Revenge of Shinobi is currently worth €32.54 loose, versus €34.97 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.