Last Ninja 2 (1988)

Last Ninja 2, also known as Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, was released in 1988. The game was published by System 3 Software and created by Mevlüt Dinç, Gary Thornton, and Brian Marshall.

This single-player arcade beat-em-up features isometric 3D graphics. The software utilizes a multi-loader for both 48K and 128K modes and includes beeper music.

The cassette version was priced at £12.99, while the disk version cost £14.99. The game was also released on several other platforms, including Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, PC/DOS, Amiga, Acorn, and Atari ST.

With an average magazine score of 86.34%, the game earned several industry awards, including C+VG Hit, Crash Smash, Sinclair User Classic, The Games Machine Top Score, and Your Sinclair Megagame.

In Russia, the game gained immense popularity through cracked cassette versions from release groups like Plomba Soft and S.S.Captain. There are numerous TR-DOS disk versions available, and Evgeny Sardak created an official Russian translation. Tips and walkthroughs for the title were frequently featured in electronic magazines such as On-Line and ZX News.