1996-2018 System 3
Platforms: PC, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSX, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 + others
Also known as: “The Last Ninja – Return to Lin Fen Island”
When you think of System 3, The Last Ninja series probably comes to mind – along with memories of frustrating lake crossings and those infamous mud pits in the first game. Despite the therapy I needed after that segment, the series was iconic. But when the third instalment was released in 1991, many thought it marked the end. Not quite!
Attempts were made to try and bring a 4th game to the Commodore 64, thanks to Jon Wells, but System 3 were not interested at this point in time and didn’t allow the project to continue.
Just a few years later though (around 1997 time), there was a change of heart, and the time was now right to resurrect the franchise and continue the series once more on modern platforms. At the start, an isometric style game similar to the original series, and graphically similar to the Little Big Adventure series with inspiration from the Oddworld series. Continue reading