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Grab Gold and Blast Lasers in 'Space Ninja'

by Ben Deitz on September 7, 2010 at 05:50 PM

Space Ninja
In the never-ending battle between fantasy and sci-fi, we'll side with the latter every time. (And we'll take a sci-fi con over a renaissance faire any day of the week, thank-you-very-much.) No virtual playground entertains like one inhabited by robots, astronauts, spaceships and ray-guns. With the recent release of 'StarCraft II,' we're jonesing for some free-to-play sci-fi excellence, so we've rounded up some of our recent faves. Fight baddies with helmet-mounted guns and laser ninjas, or help lonely astronauts and grappling hook-equipped robots traverse the galaxy.

Unbeknownst to us, space ninjas LOVE gold. And wall jumping. And, most importantly, they are ninjas in frickin' space. These are the lessons we walked away with after playing the aptly titled action platformer 'Space Ninja.' Players control a pixelated, blue, blocky hero through levels brimming with laser-blasting enemies of various shapes and sizes, as well as gun turrets and bubbling cauldrons of lava. Using the upper three arrow keys for movement, the down key to take a peek at the lower areas of a level and the space bar for blasting, players are charged with killing enemies and grabbing the golden loot sprinkled throughout each stage. Getting used to the wall-jumping mechanic is thankfully easy, as it's not only crucial for survival, but for getting to hidden treasure, as well. The drabness of the levels can grow tiresome, but 'Space Ninja' is definitely fun for brief spurts of acrobatic side-scrolling mania.

Space Ninja


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