LAST NINJA 3 (C64)
FAQ/Walkthrough by MrPopsicle43
* This FAQ will not work with the Amiga version, as the levels are changed. *
CONTENTS
1. Intro
2. How to Play
3. Controls
4. Walkthrough
5. Ending
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1. Intro
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Last Ninja 3 is the last installment in the famous Last Ninja series for
various home computers. Unlike the previous games, this one has an animated
intro and ending sequence.
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2. How to Play
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In each stage, you walk around the level finding and using items. At the end
of each stage, you use a scroll to enter the boss door. You start off with 5
lives, and get 3 credits. However, they start you back at the beginning of the
level, and they save the amount of lives you started the level with, too. So
if you only have 1 life left, a continue will start you with 1 life, too.
A new element is the bushido meter, represented by the dragon. Bushido is
gained by using a punching, or using the same weapon as the enemy. Leaving a
screen with an enemy undefeated and using a different weapon makes you lose
bushido. At the top-right of the screen is a item finder. When an item is near
you, it will show what item is there. It also changes when an enemy equips a
weapon.
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3. Controls
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The game is played with a keyboard and a joystick.
Joystick (without fire held)
All directions: move
Fire: jump (while moving)
Holding the stick in the opposite direction of where you are facing makes you
walk backwards, not turn around. To turn around, you'll need to circle the
stick until you face the desired direction.
You cannot jump while walking backwards.
Joystick (with fire held)
Left/Up/Right: use weapon. Some have different functions depending on which
direction you push. L/R throw for the shuriken.
Down: always kicks
Left/Right-Down: pick up items
Left/Right-Up: block, makes enemy attacks do less damage
Keyboard:
F1: Toggle music on/off
F3: Switch held item left
F5: Switch held item right
You cannot loop over your items in this game.
F7: Pause
Space: Switch held weapon
Run/Stop: Kill ninja
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4. Walkthrough
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LEVEL 1 - Earth
Go southwest and take the shuriken from the statue. Go northeast and enter
the house and get the gloves. Go northeast twice and get the sword from the
statue. Take the left path up and get the nunchuck piece from the middle.
Go right, northeast, right, then northeast. Get the other nunchuck piece from
the bottom-right tree and then follow the path. Get the claws from the left
hut and then go northeast. Go inside the left hut and get the potion to heal
you. Go right twice, and then northeast twice. Go right and select the gloves.
Climb up the wall to the right. Go right twice and get the lamp. Go left twice
and climb back down. Select the lamp and use it on the barrels. Use the gloves
and climb back up. Go right and use the bomb on the rock. Climb back down
again and go left twice. Jump on the rock and get the scrolls. Go right and
select the scroll and go in the house. Defeat the boss.
LEVEL 2 - Wind
Go northwest and follow the straight path until you reach the lily pad. Get
the bellows from the third door. Pick up the lily pad to push it. Go northwest
and jump across the river using the lily pad. Ignore the lily pad and get the
potion from the second door. Go northeast. Go northwest and get the scroll
near the green building to the right. Go northwest then northeast. Get the
rope from the tree. Go northeast, southeast, then southwest. Follow the linear
path until you see a green vine. Don't use it, it hurts! Go to the second pole
and use the rope to climb down from there. Go right and use the scroll on the
door and beat the boss.
LEVEL 3 - Water
Go northeast and get the scroll from the opening. Go northeast then northwest.
Get the staff from the grass near you. Go northwest, southeast, southwest and
get the shuriken from the machine on the bottom-right. Go northwest and jump
on the bridge. Get the plug from the other side of the bridge. Jump back left
and go southwest. Get the potion from the pot near the middle. Go southeast
and northeast twice. Use the plug on the hole facing the whirlpool. Keep going
northeast until you arrive at a door. Use the scrool and beat the boss.
LEVEL 4 - Fire
Go southeast and get the ladder piece from the box to the left. Use it
whenever you need to climb some rungs. Go southeast and use the gray platform
to continue. Climb the rungs and get the ingot at the end. Climb down from the
left and go northeast. Get the gasmask from the tables at the top-right. Go
all the way back to the lava pool and land on the gray platform. Wear the mask
and go left. Get the powder from the blue pot. Go back and then northwest.
Take the bottom path left and get the potion from the blue pot. Go southwest
twice. Climb the rungs and go back to where you got the gasmask. Go southeast
twice and get the key mold near the middle. Go southeast and get the scroll
from the blue pot. Go southeast and use the bellows on the fireplace to make a
(barely noticeable) fire. Use the key mold on the fire to turn it into a key.
Go southeast twice and open the gate to the right using the parry move. Go
down the stairs using the scroll and beat the boss.
LEVEL 5 - Void
Walk northeast twice and then northwest. Get the potion in the bottom-middle.
Go southwest and get the scroll near the bigger blue star. Keep going until
you arrive at the final boss!
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* If you don't have half bushido or more, go *
* back and fight enemies properly to get it! *
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Select the scroll and he will start throwing shuriken at you. Hold the parry
position to reflect his attacks. Note that there is no graphical
representation of how much damage he has taken. You'll lose half of your power
deflecting the shuriken. After this, you've beaten the game!
..or have you?
Beat him now as you would a boss. Now you've won!
Now watch the ending, press fire, and enter your name in the hiscore table!
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5. Ending
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