Sasuke vs. Commander

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Sasuke vs. Commander is a 1980 fixed shooter video game developed by Tose and published by SNK for arcades. In contrast to the outer-space theme of most fixed shooters of the era, Sasuke vs. Commander is set in a magical world with ninja-like enemies and alternative waves of simple attackers and more powerful bosses. It is the first game to be developed by Tose, who would go on to become a prolific work-for-contract developer that would remain uncredited for most of its career. Sasuke vs. Commander was popular in Japan; according to Game Machine, it was in 10th place overall in 1981 grosses, tied with the older, but still popular, Space Invaders and Missile Command. It is historically notable as among the earliest examples of recurring boss fights. The player controls Sasuke, a ninja dressed in blue who moves left and right across the bottom of a vertically oriented screen and throws kunai. The game alternates between two types of levels, and the player begins the game with three extra lives and the ability to only throw one kunai at a time. The first level type, the ninja stage, takes place on a background portraying two large trees on the left and right edges of the screen with a road between them leading to a Japanese castle in the distance. Groups of ninjas dressed in red appear in puffs of smoke and attack Sasuke by throwing shuriken down the length of the screen at him while leaping back and forth between the trees, moving closer and closer to Sasuke with each successive leap and giving the player less time to react to their unpredictable shuriken attacks. Sasuke is killed and loses one of his lives if the shuriken strike him, but he can either dodge the shuriken or throw kunai at them, with the second option being risky because kunai will sometimes destroy and fly through the shuriken, and other times be destroyed by the shuriken as they fly through Sasuke's kunai.