Bonus lives
Note: A controller with an auto-fire option is recommended. Locate the round tree on the right side of the first screen of level 1. Eliminate the first Ninja that appears. Approach the tree and shoot it for approximately fifteen minutes. Complete the level with 0% to receive ten lives and a large amount of bonus points.
Bonus points
Get a hit ratio of 100% and you will receive a massive 50000 points bonus.
Scroll Locations
- Scroll one is found on the first round after killing the transforming Ninja.
- Scroll two is found on round four, shoot the bottom of the statue five times.
- Scroll three is on round six. Cross the last bridge on the left and walk strait to the tree above the first samurai home next to the wall.
- Scroll four is on round 8. Go into the top of the last garden on the right and repeat the process you used to find scroll three.
- The final scroll is found on stage nine. Keep to one side while reaching the top of the wall but don't kill the ninja immediately. Wait for a while and the green scroll will appear. Collect this and you will receive instructions on how to enter the temple.
Continue (Japanese version only)
On the Game Over screen, don't press anything. The game will return to the Sega Mark III logo; during the logo, press x5, x3 (if playing as Player 1) or x3, x5 (if playing as Player 2). When you start the game you will continue from the stage you died on.
Secret message (Japanese version only)
During the title screen, press . A secret message will appear: うどんこ こんどう, which is pronounced "Udon-ko Kondou", which has no obvious meaning.
Action Replay codes
- 00CDC009
- Infinite lives (keeps showing 9)
- 00CEA301
- Invincibility (disable the code to collect scrolls)
See the main page for The Ninja (ザ・ニンジャ, 忍者, 인자)