Saboteur! Brings 8-Bit Retro Ninja Action To The Switch eShop Next Week

Meh too outdated for my taste though I'm sure the UK people in here would like it though. It's from the age of the ZX Spectrum after all, a platform way before my time.

I checked it out on the eShop but I am not truly interested. That era of gaming doesn't hold as much appeal for me as it used to, though the graphics and gameplay doesn't look too bad.

Good gosh! I had it for the Amstrad CPC on a compilation of games from the same studio. All of them looked like Spectrum games but there was some memorable stuff on there but pretty sure this wasn't one of them. The sequel where you play the ninja's sister was better

Huh. The Messenger is a ninja action game made by a studio called Sabotage. Sounds very similar to this.

The "retro filters" look cool though...

Loved this back in the day, dont need it again

I had this on the Amstrad as part of a Compilation called ‘Durrell Big Four’
It had this along with Turbo Esprite (not to be confused with the Gremln Game), Critical Mass, and Combat Lynx.
All very good games at the time
Also next week “Break Thru” is being released as Part of Johnny Turbo’s Arcade. Another fantastic retro game

Now I can kick dogs on the go

Loved my Spectrum. Here's hoping for Bak 2 Skool and Starquake updates.
Guess Bully covers the former though.

I have it on my Amstrad CPC 6128 too.

Had this on my C64 and liked it, but I can think of other games from that system that I'd like to see before this one.

Like Turrican and the Last Ninja (and quite a few others).

I had tingles reading this article! Saboteur was one of my favourite games on the ZX Spectrum, it was so atmospheric right from the start when you arrive on the dinghy. (Hold on... Saboteur is Snake's dad?)

Finding the train and the helicopter in the article screenshot felt like real, amazing events - simpler times and game pleasures back then!
And I think I'll leave this for memories, it could never feel the same now.

Still have my Speccy and C64, legendary 8 bit Micros.

Wake me up when a Barbarian Compilation is avalaible

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...but I admit that the sequel (one of the very first 'metroidvanias' I ever played) is quite superior.

Okay I absolutely love Spectrum games, they're my first memories... ever. I even helped crowd fund the ZX Spectrum Next. So yeah this is a game for me!

Blimey, the ZX-81 mode is very clever! Bravo.

I am all about retro gaming but visually this is something that I cannot cope nowadays +8bit visuals with a better pallets of colors is my minimum

Nice. I’ll definitely be adding this.

Thought maybe it was the 2010 game when I first glanced the title of the article. This is a bit past my time, but it looks decent.

@OfNullAndVoid yeah the last ninja games,myth and the turrican series would be great on switch

@OfNullAndVoid Turrican blew my mind back in the day.

Also remember Sabotuer being amazing as you could chose when to drop into the level. That was cool as a kid.

Instant purchase for me, this was easily one of my favourite games on the spectrum. Brilliant!

To whom it may concern, feel free to bring Speccy and C64 games to Switch. (Amstrad not so much )

What 11 said. Almost exactly. Not so keen on turrican though.

I would rather a virtual console like on Wii, and a working Last Ninja 3 would be nice, rather than the rubbish they dropped on Wii.

@GrailUK Oi, Don’t dis Amstrad 😜

@Gerald Hehe. Alan Sugar can sod off and take his 3" discs with him! (Aww it's like being back at school!)

@GrailUK ha ha, nice one, enjoy your 2 colour Speccy Games 😂

@Gerald

Won’t be able to resist this. Loved it on the Spectrum. Piece of gaming history.

I played it on the commodore plus4....yes I was one of those kids

Definitely getting this. The original game was fantastic on the Spectrum and this has got expanded areas/new content added so I'm sold

@Axelay71 I still curse the day I gave my ZX Spectrum to my cousin. He never used it and one day it was gone.

I never played it back in the day, I had an MSX and the nearest I was to a Speccy was the hdsjkjgfy ports they made, but I've enjoyed the Spectrum titles in Rare Replay so far and with all the extras and the price of this release, plus the good rep, I'll definitely buy it.

Not good mate, get on EBay get yourself another speccy most have composite conversions as well for a little extra:)

@Park_Triolo

Not good mate, get on EBay get yourself another Speccy most have composite conversions for a little extra also a site called the future was 8 bit sell SD card devices for Speccy as well.

If it was updated, Yes. AS it is, No. The game is clunky and really difficult. I only played it back then because they stole the loading screen from The Revenge of the Ninja movie.

Love the idea of having different filters for the different systems, so you can get it to look like C64, Spectrum or CPC.

Now if only someone would do the Last Ninja games...