The Legend of Kage

Informations générales

Date de sortie

1 octobre 1985

Plateformes

Commodore C64/128/MAX • Amstrad CPC • ZX Spectrum • MSX • Arcade • Sharp X1

Note IGDB

★★★☆☆ (17 votes)

Genres

Puzzle • Strategy • Hack and slash/Beat 'em up • Arcade

Thèmes

Action • Fantasy

Développeur

Taito

Éditeur

Imagine Software • Nidecom Soft • Taito

Modes de jeu

Single player • Multiplayer • Co-operative

Perspectives du joueur

Side view

Langues

Classifications d'âge

U.S. & CA

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Histoire

The player takes role of the young Iga ninja named Kage ("Shadow") on the mission to rescue Princess Kiri (Kirihime) from the villains Yoshi (Yoshiro Yukikusa) and Yuki (Yukinosuke Kiri). Kage must fight his way through the forest, along the secret passageway, up the fortress wall and through the castle, rescuing her two times (three in the NES version) in order to win the game. Each time the princess is rescued, the seasons change in the game.

Résumé

The Legend of Kage is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary video game home systems in 1986.

The player is armed with a kodachi shortsword and an unlimited amount of shuriken. Grabbing a crystal ball causes the player character's Kage's clothes to change to the next level in colour and thereby attain certain powers (bigger shuriken and/or faster speed); if Kage is hit while in green or orange clothes, he does not die but revert to his normal red clothes. Grabbing a scroll causes Kage to stand still and meditate for several seconds while approaching enemies drop to the ground dead (although the scrolls appear in the arcade version, the crystal balls do not).

This MSX version was brought without a license to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.