Shadow of the Ninja

Shadow of the Ninja
Developer(s)	Natsume
Publisher(s)	NA Natsume EU Taito
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	Famicom JP August 10, 1990 NA January, 1991 EU July 25, 1991 Virtual Console NA June 14, 2010 EU July 9, 2010
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player, Co-op (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FFQE01, FFQM01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

In Shadow of the Ninja (Blue Shadow in Europe) it's the year 2029 A.D. and a madman controls the largest city in America. When reports have reached the Emperor Garuda, he feels an inner chill, for he knows the invaders are ninja!

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Problems

This title does not have any additional game-specific problems.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Shadow of the Ninja since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-8445

5.0

Δ

5.0-20135 (current)

Δ

Δ

Δ

Δ

Δ

2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-8445	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Works OK. Requires EFB2RAM.	JMC47