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‘Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori’ for N64!
Known as Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon in the States!
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I played this computer game on a Commodore 64 a very young age, and just happened to find the manual while doing some research on the original game.
As it turns out, the original version of this game was published by Epyx for the Commodore PET, Atari and Apple ][ - allegedly, a C64 version was not officially released. That said, it appears someone converted original BASIC version over to the Commodore 64 - and it must have been quite popular with the latter community. See gameplay video for some amazing ASCII action.
Thanks are due to archeogaming for the detailed background on a game I enjoyed in my early years.
Appropriately enough, the original game was developed by a Mountain View, CA company named Automated Simulations, Inc. (per the manual [PDF]) - which itself had layout, type setting and printing work done by companies in Fremont and Sunnyvale, making it a true Silicon Valley-based production.
Bonus tidbit: This was apparently a first game for developer Robert Leyland, who later worked on games such as Star Control, SC2, Toe Jam & Earl, and others (more here.)