Ninja Games is the topic of Episode 64.  Brent and Rob select tracks from games like Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, and The Legend of Kage, and in doing so, discover a very prominent “coming of age” theme throughout.  NOTE: Brent and Rob mispronounce Kage like the English “cage,” when it’s actually the Japanese word for shadow, pronounced “ka-gey.”  ANOTHER NOTE: There was a little bit of a technical problem with this episode and all the vocal stuff has a hiss to it, but fortunately, the music tracks are clean and good to go.  Full track listing below.

Game – Composer – Song – Company – Console – Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

Ninja Gaiden Shadow – Ryuichi Nitta, Mayuko Okamura, Don (arr.) – Intro – Tecmo – Game Boy – 1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project – Kozo Nakamura, Yuichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita – Scene 1 – Konami – NES – 1992

3 Ninjas Kick Back – Richard Joseph, Jason Page – gameplay – Psygnosis – Genesis – 1994

The Legend of Kage – Hisayoshi Ogura – BGM 1 (Main Theme) “Bridge!” – Taito – arcade (Japan) – 1985

The Revenge of Shinobi – Yuzo Koshiro – Long Distance – Sega – Genesis – 1989

Shadow of the Ninja – Iku Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanishi – Stage 1 – Natsume – NES – 1990

Ninja-Kun: Ashura no Shou – Tsutomu Fuzisawa – Ending Theme – UPL – Famicom – 1988

Zen: Intergalactic Ninja – Junichiro Kaneda (J_Kane), Kozo Nakamura (Nakamur), Ayako Nishigaki (Ayachan), Yuichi Sakakura (Sakagon), T_Tommy (Tomoya Tomita (?)) – Acidic Forest – Konami – NES – 1993

Zool: Ninja of the ‘Nth’ Dimension – Patrick Phelan – Worlds 2 & 6 (Music ~ Carnival) – GameTek – Genesis – 1993

Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake – Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto, Tomoya Tomita – Water Moon Cliffs – Konami – Super Famicom – 1995

Ninja Spirit – Masahiko Ishida – Dark Blue (Stage 6) – Irem – TurboGrafx-16 – 1990

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master – Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama – Solitary – Sega – Genesis – 1993

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom – Hiroshi Miyazaki (Miya), Kaori Nakabai, L. Shigeno – Closing Credits – Tecmo – NES – 1991

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi – Keisuke Tsukahara (Tsukachan) – Stages 3-2 & 5-1 – Sega – Genesis – 1990

Shinobi – unknown – Bonus Stage – Sega – Sega Master System – 1988