Old Games, New Sound: Shinobi 3

[Jedah Doma]

I just saw this on Youtube and loved it. It's a show that takes old games and puts new sound to them (sound effects and music). The first game featured is Shinobi 3. If only this could be done in the actual game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gngQuw-NLE8

[it290]

Hmm... I kinda liked the announcer voice, but if there was ever a game where you wouldn't want to change the music..

[Stormwatch]

Bleh. The music sounds worse than the original.

[JoshF]

Needs to use the dashing strike more.

[Ed Oscuro]

If only this could be done in the actual game.

HLEH HLEH HLUH

yes, Shinobi III needed more of that. o_O

Needs moar no-shuriken mode. Damn you, Sega!

[JoshF]

The non-shuriken mode sucks because you get them back as soon as you pick up an item.

I wonder what that "running in water" sound is.

[Ed Oscuro]

The non-shuriken mode sucks because you get them back as soon as you pick up an item.

Yeah, it needs a dedicated mode like Shadow Dancer has. :(

The no-shuriken bonus in any game but that is pretty lol. Take the original Shinobi arcade game: 'lol u are a pixel too far from the enemy, whiff and bonus destroy!'

[JoshF]

The no-shuriken bonus in any game but that is pretty lol. Take the original Shinobi arcade game: 'lol u are a pixel too far from the enemy, whiff and bonus destroy!'

MD Shadow Dancer had a good scoring system and the no-shuriken bonus was fun because you couldn't mess up in no-shuriken mode. The secret boss bonus is cool too. I don't remember the original Shinobi having a no-shuriken bonus. I used to play Shinobi III to get perfect bonuses but it became too annoying for the reason you mentioned. I think it's impossible to get all perfects anyway because you need to shoot a box in the exploding factory stage. Also there's infinite scoring in Zeed's lair.

[it290]

The no-shuriken bonus in any game but that is pretty lol. Take the original Shinobi arcade game: 'lol u are a pixel too far from the enemy, whiff and bonus destroy!'

Yeah, I suck, but I could only ever get that on 1-1 and 2-1, anyway. Still, a ninja wouldn't be bitchin' about a whiff.

[Ed Oscuro]

I don't remember the original Shinobi having a no-shuriken bonus.

That's because it's practically impossible in most levels I can't really say if it's harder than doing so in Shinobi III - except that you can't simply avoid shurikens; if you're a bit too far from an enemy you'll toss a shuriken (or shoot a projectile, if you've upgraded). Making things worse, of course, are enemies that can be very nasty up close.

Probably not as bad as trying to get all the bonuses in a round of Duke Nukem 2, or the Bonus Bonus in Rise of the Triad (without saving)...

Still, a ninja wouldn't be bitchin' about a whiff.

YOU WILL ONLY BRING GREAT SHAME [/tenchu]

[it290]

Definitely much harder than in Shinobi III; one wrong move and you're dead. I still try to go for it on the levels mentioned above, though, because you get a lot of points for it and it helps in getting extends.

One thing to keep in mind is that you can safely bump into any of the enemies not carrying blades, and also the big Chinese dudes; this is essential at times, particularly when dealing with the handgun-packing guys in prone position.

[Ed Oscuro]

Cool, I'll have that in mind next time I give Shinobi a playthrough.

Is belly bumping the new bullet grazing?

[Jedah Doma]

Bleh. The music sounds worse than the original.

I'd say it's different IMO. It's a nice re-imagining of the music. I like the original music myself, but the Genesis soundchip left a little to be desired.

[undamned]

I've totally thought about this (for ESP Ra.De. in particular). You can buy OST's w/ non-filtered music/sound that I'd love to find a way to throw on an mp3 player or some sort of audio storage device and connected to the sound chips on the PCB so that when a sound/song is addressed on the PCB it plays from the mp3 player. Problems come in regards to overlaying samples and such, but I'm sure somebody could figure it out
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[Necronom]

I just saw this on Youtube and loved it. It's a show that takes old games and puts new sound to them (sound effects and music). The first game featured is Shinobi 3. If only this could be done in the actual game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gngQuw-NLE8

There's a Heavy Metal version of Mame allowing to run classics like Altered Beast with metal remixes of the original tunes as background music (by Megadriver).
I like the idea of remixing old school console games with new sounds and music. Mixing new sounds with graphical filters could result in some quite interesting audiovisual remixes. A hacking tool for doing that would be cool.

[undamned]

There's a Heavy Metal version of Mame allowing to run classics like Altered Beast with metal remixes of the original tunes as background music (by Megadriver).
I like the idea of remixing old school console games with new sounds and music. Mixing new sounds with graphical filters could result in some quite interesting audiovisual remixes. A hacking tool for doing that would be cool.

That's hot. Someone should contact MAME team and see if anyone would pursue a SE/MUSIC replacement app.!
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