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Shadow Warriors

Game Mechanics

The player embodies a ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, through his journey to the United States to find his father's murderer. The game features the specific features of the game of combat to progress: levels with horizontal scrolling, waves of uninterrupted enemies, 2D environments with a slight depth, end-of-level bosses and a two-player mode (this is the only episode of the series to offer such a mode).

One of the features of Shadow Warriors is due to the variety of movements available to the hero, which allow him to move with ease (and style) in the decor: among other things, a perilous jump forward or back, a lateral jump that also allows to reach the upper platforms or the "Penix Backflip" (returned rear jump by taking on a wall). Given the sometimes high number of enemies present simultaneously, the possibility of moving quickly around and above enemies is particularly useful. The attack movements consist of a rapid chain of foot/poing, a 'sautated' projection ("Flying Neck Throw") and a special 'tourbillon' shot. The character can also hang on elements of the decor to give footstrokes attached to the front or back.

Shadow Warriors includes 6 game levels (New York, Las Vegas, etc.), each with small singularities: flight session on evacuation pipes, moving in the middle of the roadway (there must be avoided cars), passing on an air track, etc. The array of enemies is quite characteristic of the genre without being very varied (blacks, bikers, giant wrestlers, sumotoris). The decors have many destructive elements (straws, telephone booths, advertising panels, trash); they conceal life potions or power ups, including a sword; it is the only weapon used by the character (for a limited time).

Like other episodes of the series, the game difficulty is known to be high. The screen on has remained famous to stage the particularly sadistic death of the hero: the chained body, a circular saw is inexorably close to its bust during the count-to-rebours (we really see the saw turning only in the micro versions).