Ninja

Ninja
Game
Published	1 October 2004
Credits
Author	Paul Allen Panks
Reception
Events	IFComp 2004 36th of 36 IFComp 2005 36th of 36
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Adventure
Location	City
Tag	RPG
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Cruel
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	BASIC
System	MS-DOS
License	Freeware
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How it begins

You’re a lone ninja whose mission is to steal a rare golden idol from a rival Shinto shrine. You must do this while being pursued by an evil ninja, who seeks to capture you and prevent you from succeeding in your mission.

Trivia and Comments

• The only obvious difference between the 2004 and 2005 versions is the addition of a small puzzle involving a dragon.
• This is the only game ever to be entered twice in The Annual IF Competition. Although this breaks the rule about entering a previously-released game, it seems that nobody much cared, possibly because it placed last in both the years it was entered.

Versions

IF Comp 2004 version

Date: 1 October 2004

• Ninja v1.30 (Paul Allen Panks; 01-Oct-2004; MS-DOS).
  • IF Comp 2004: 36th place of 36 entries.

IF Comp 2005 version

Date: 1 October 2005

• Ninja II (Paul Allen Panks as "Dunric"; 01-Oct-2005; MS-DOS).
  • IF Comp 2005: 36th place of 36 entries.

Links

General info

• Ninja v1.30 (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Ninja II (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

For Ninja v1.30:

• Ninja - at SPAG.
• Ninja v1.30 - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

For Ninja II:

• Ninja II - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Ninja}}. This will display as Ninja (Paul Allen Panks; 2004; BASIC; MS-DOS).

Date: 1 October 2004

Date: 1 October 2005