Revenge of the Ninja is the U.S. release of the Japanese arcade game, Ninja Hayate.  Originally released on the Sega CD, the title saw a Japan-only Playstation and Saturn release as part of a double packaged Time Gal and Ninja Hayate.

<p> The player guides Hayate through the "Castle of Evil" avoiding dubious traps and fighting various enemies such as "the fire breathing Marco Killmore, the Wolves of Seidenfeld," and "the Immortal Skeleton Warriors of the Undead."<br /><br />The gameplay is in the format of an interactive movie where the player has a limited amount of time to hit the right commands from the prompts on screen.  The success or failure of completing these quick-time events will determine the set of animation you will receive, which will either depict Hayate delving further into the castle or humorously being squished between a wall of spikes.  The player earns a score for how well  they can run through each level and time the button presses.  <br /><br />If players were able to master the game and complete the game on hard mode, the publisher Renovation Products, Inc. would supply the player with a "Master of Ninja Arts" degree.</p>

Time Gal must save the world by traveling through time and stopping an evil thief from using a time traveling device  in order to become the supreme leader of his time. This game was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1985 and later ported to the Sega CD.

<h2>Overview</h2><p>Inspired by <a href="/full-motion-video/3015-604/" data-ref-id="3015-604">FMV</a> <a href="//www.giantbomb.com/cinematic-games/3015-4700/" data-ref-id="3015-4700">laserdisc games</a> such as <a href="/dragons-lair/3030-23/" data-ref-id="3030-23">Dragon's Lair</a> and <a href="//www.giantbomb.com/revenge-of-the-ninja/3030-2389/" data-ref-id="3030-2389">Ninja Hayate</a>, Time Gal is a similarly structured <a href="//www.giantbomb.com/arcade/3045-84/" data-ref-id="3045-84">arcade </a>action-adventure filled with fully animated <a href="//www.giantbomb.com/cutscene/3015-22/" data-ref-id="3015-22">cutscenes </a>and sequences. Players must lead <a href="/reika-kirishima/3005-7498/" data-ref-id="3005-7498">Reika Kirishima</a> through sixteen unique time periods and stop the evil Luda in his task to change history and gain power in his own time. As in Dragon's Lair, the player must think and react quickly to on-screen prompts in order to successfully guide Reika through each time period and face dangers such as dinosaurs in 70,000,000 BC and killer robots in the year 4000 AD.</p><p>Time Gal features animation produced by <a href="/japan/3035-37/" data-ref-id="3035-37">Japanese</a> studio <a href="/toei-animation/3010-439/" data-ref-id="3010-439">Toei Animation</a>, the studio responsible for numerous popular <a href="/games-based-on-anime/3015-765/" data-ref-id="3015-765">anime</a> series and movies including the <a href="/dragon-ball/3025-971/" data-ref-id="3025-971">Dragon Ball</a> franchise. The art and animation style is typical for mid to late 80's Japanese animation. The game was later ported to the <a href="/sega-cd/3045-29/" data-ref-id="3045-29">Sega CD</a> and saw a Western release in April of 1993.</p><p> </p>