Ninja Master

The player controls a ninja who must pass 4 different skill tests that repeat periodically. A minimum score must be achieved to pass the test and move on to the next, otherwise the game ends; the player has three attempts at each test.

In the first test, the ninja is standing in the center of the screen and arrows are shot at him from four possible directions and at various speeds. The arrows must be shot on the fly with an arm or a leg. The second test takes place in an arena with an audience and advertising banners. The player has to smash a board with a karate chop; the test is to accumulate enough force by quickly waving the controls.

Ninja Master was the tenth best-selling video game in the United Kingdom for 1986, across all platforms. It appeared in the top ten best-selling ZX Spectrum games charts for four straight months in Sinclair User, peaking at number five. Despite its strong sales, the game received mostly negative reviews. The editors for Sinclar User gave it one star out of five and concluded that it was "[p]oor quality" and "[not] the Exploding Fist type game it may seem.

Avoid". Ken McMahon, reviewer for the Commodore User magazine, disliked the game so much that he gave it the unusual 0/10 rating. 64, where reviewers summed it up as "cheap and nasty" and gave it an overall 28% rating. Your Commodore reviewer found that "the game has no lasting appeal, and even at the budget price, cannot be recommended".