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title Ninja Master's - haoh-ninpo-cho
set name ninjamas
manufacturer ADK / SNK
year 1996
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / Versus (hof)
driver status good
driver source neodrvr.c
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rating

68.2% after 77 votes
 
BIOS neogeo
display
colour emulation good
palette 0
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 59.185606Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
data
version added .034b05
last change(s) .109 .079u2 .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sp-s2.sp1  131072  9036d879  neogeo    4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 
sp-s.sp1  131072  c7f2fa45  neogeo    09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd 
usa_2slt.bin  131072  e72943de  neogeo    5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb 
sp-e.sp1  131072  2723a5b5  neogeo    5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 
asia-s3.rom  131072  91b64be3  neogeo    720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 
vs-bios.rom  131072  f0e8f27d  neogeo    ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 
sp-j2.rom  131072  acede59c  neogeo    b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 
sp1.jipan.1024  131072  9fb0abe4  neogeo    18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d 
217-p1.bin  1048576  3e97ed69  ninjamas    336bcae375a5109945d11356503bf0d9f4a9a50a 
217-p2.bin  2097152  191fca88  ninjamas    e318e5931704779bbe461719a5eeeba89bd83a5d 
217-s1.bin  131072  8ff782f0  ninjamas    90099c154357042ba658d4ef6abe4d9335bb7172 
sfix.sfix  131072  c2ea0cfd  neogeo    fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 
000-lo.lo  131072  5a86cff2  neogeo    5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a 
sm1.sm1  131072  94416d67  neogeo    42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf 
217-m1.bin  131072  d00fb2af  ninjamas    6bcaa52e1641cc24288e1f22f4dc98e8d8921b90 
217-v1.bin  4194304  1c34e013  ninjamas    5368e413d2188c4fd063b6bb7d5f498ff83ea812 
217-v2.bin  2097152  22f1c681  ninjamas    09da03b2e63d180e55173ff25e8735c4162f027b 
217-c1.bin  4194304  5fe97bc4  ninjamas    d76c955d83baa2b9fd24222a9b2852947b7b92f0 
217-c2.bin  4194304  886e0d66  ninjamas    d407e1525e4ebe996e14f6e5c0396a10f736a50d 
217-c3.bin  4194304  59e8525f  ninjamas    19f602c71545d6c021dc72e112d3a8b8efe7a9b7 
217-c4.bin  4194304  8521add2  ninjamas    0d1a6f2979302c4c282e31ff334d2d887aec74f7 
217-c5.bin  4194304  fb1896e5  ninjamas    777a8caa9ebdbddf89e3d5ab650c94a55228ce54 
217-c6.bin  4194304  1c98c54b  ninjamas    cb1cad161d9b9f2f5a7cf8ae4d6d35b51acf90f5 
217-c7.bin  4194304  8b0ede2e  ninjamas    ea632ac98291ddac95441b7fe2349974b2da8a42 
217-c8.bin  4194304  a085bb61  ninjamas    6a3e9e6ba96072b8849b407f2b24103dc0852259 
cabinet art
cabinet ninjamas.png
marquee ninjamas.png
control panel ninjamas.png
flyer ninjamas.png
PCB neogeo.png
additional information
info 0.34b5 [?]

Neo-Geo

WIP:
  • 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms.
  • 0.35b12: Changed description to 'Ninja Master's - haoh-ninpo-cho'.
  • 0.35b9: Added missing sound1 rom ($0).
  • 0.34b5: Added Ninja Masters (ADK 1996).
LEVELS: 12

Other Emulators:
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Romset: 42240 kb / 14 files / 16.77 zip
history Ninja Master's - Haoh Ninpou-chou (c) 1996 SNK / ADK.


Criminally overlooked and combo-friendly medieval Japanese fighter with great animation. Ten selectable characters and two end bosses.


- TECHNICAL -


SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware

Game ID : 0217


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4

=> [A] Light punch, [B] Strong punch, [C] Light kick, [D] Strong kick


- TRIVIA -


Released in May 1996.


The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Supreme Ninja Arts Scroll'.


The main design, as well as some of the special moves of the character 'Karasu' seem to be quite inspired by the main character of the 1994 movie hit 'The Crow' which was in turn, based on the graphical novel of the same name by James O. Barr (Even the name 'Karasu' stands as the Japanese word for "crow"!). :)


The character 'Nobunaga' is based on the real Japanese warrior 'Nobunaga Oda' who, during Japan's medieval period, overthrew the Ashikaga shogunate and ended a long period of internal strife by uniting half of Japan's provinces under his rule. In doing so he paved the way for the reunification of the country under the Tokugawa shogunate in the following century. His merciless use of power as well as his skill as a military strategist made him one of the most powerful & feared leaders in Japan. The image of him in the game as a warrior who wields the demons power may have been some sort of a criticism to his eager embrace of Western culture, religion & technology.


The character 'Goemon' is based on Ishikawa Goemon, the most famous thief in Japan on the Edo era (about 400 years ago) known to steal large sums of money from bad people and give the money to the poor. In other words, he was Japan's very own version of Robin Hood!


The character 'Sasuke' seems inspired on Sarutobi Sasuke, a famous legendary ninja with a strong sense of justice created in Tachikawa literature at the end of the Meiji period. Another source of inspiration may have been 'Ninja Kamui' an old anime series whose main character Kamui was an incredibly skilled ninja who wanted to abandon his ways as a killer thus becoming a 'nukenin' (runaway ninja) and marked for death by his own clan that vows to pursue and eliminate him.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Play As Ranmaru And Nobunaga (Player 1) : Highlight Kamui and press Left, Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up, Right, Down, Right, Up and hit C+D.


* Play As Ranmaru And Nobunaga (Player 2) : Highlight Sasuke and press Right, Down, Right, Up, Right, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up and hit C+D.


* Time Attack Mode : At the character select screen, highlight Kamui and press Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Right(x4), Up, C+D. Now choose your character.


* Successfully complete the game with a single credit within 8:30:00 minutes and the game shows you how to execute your character's 'finisher' move!


- STAFF -
  • Producer & Planner : Hiroyuki Toda
  • Chief planner : Kazuhiro Shibata
  • Planners : Visitor Y. Oni, M-Honda
  • System programmers : Eiji Fukatsu, Makio Chiba
  • Sound programmer : Makio Chiba
  • Desgin tool programmer : Ryu Hiroyuki
  • Total adviser : K. Sakanishi
  • Chief programmer -main- program : Teruaki Shirasawa
  • Chief sprite designer : K. Hakamata
  • Sprite designers : Gensan, Hideyuki Yamada, Yokoo, Muneki Shiraishi, H. Ozono, Tohru Okamura, West-Maison, Takahiro Arahata, Mitsugu.T, Shigechi, Ruc, Hirotaka Orita, Syoichi Satoh, H. Hasegawa-CRM, Kei Kuramochi, Hitoshi Aoki, Ben, Yukari Shinozaki
  • Scroll designers : Shinji Moriyama (as 'Sinji Moriyama'), Masako Sato, Kaori Kumagai, Kazunori Uchiumi
  • Demo designers : M. Mitsuya, Sinku
  • Sound : Hiroaki Kujirai, Y. Watanabe, Hiroaki Shimizu, Takeshi Muramatu
  • Sound effects : Kujirai Type-02
  • * Character Voices :
  • Sasuke : Kabao Kikkawa
  • Tenho : Shinobu Sekimoto
  • Kamui, Raiga, Unzen : Masahiko Yano
  • Natsume, Narration : Mayumi Minoda
  • Kasumi : Masami Katou
  • Goemon : T. Mukaiyama
  • Houoh : Yoshikatsu Fujio
  • Karasu : Kouichi Koba
  • Ranmaru : Yasue Ishii
  • Nobunaga : Masao Harada
  • Market Research : Yukio Gotou
  • Public Information : Taguchi-1, Satsuki Ito, Sugi Yamaki Yotaka, Kayo Yamagata
  • Quality Control : Showgatsu Nagata, Masao Tachikawa, Kiyotaka, Takagi, Uma
  • Executive Producer : Kazuo Arai
  • BGM : Back Of My Mind, H. Kujirai
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • SNK Neo-Geo CD (1996)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=ninja-master's-haoh-ninpou-chou&page=detail&id=1783&o=2
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code comments
00000000:10C021:0000009A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:10C007:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Boss Code:Reset for cancel
  The Boss selection cheat must be activated
  on the character selection screen.
00000001:10C017:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Goto to First Boss Now!
00000001:10C017:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Goto to Final Boss Now!
00000001:10C017:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Goto Ending Now!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100050:000000D0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000001:100050:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All Energy Now! PL1
00000000:1000AE:00000060:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Power PL1
00000001:1000AE:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All Power Now! PL1
00000000:1000AE:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have No Power PL1
62000001:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Character PL1:Free player selection - Use on the selection screen. It works, but doesn't show anything before select.
00010001:10C044:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Ranmaru
00010001:10C044:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Nobunaga
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:101050:000000D0:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000001:101050:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All Energy Now! PL2
00000000:1010AE:00000060:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Power PL2
00000001:1010AE:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All Power Now! PL2
00000000:1010AE:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have No Power PL2
62000001:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Character PL2:Free player selection - Use on the selection screen. It works, but doesn't show anything before select.
00010001:10C084:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Ranmaru
00010001:10C084:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Nobunaga
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Cartridge/NeoGeo Type:Enable it DURING the neogeo bios booting sequence. If you miss the boot sequence reset and THEN enable it. The Home (NEOGEO) setting may open up other aspects of the game or it may even make
00010000:10FD82:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Arcade (MVS)
00010000:10FD82:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Home (NEOGEO)
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