You'd think it would be hard to do an online time-waster type game about being a ninja. Surprisingly, Ninja Rampage does just that. The game is incredibly simple; your ninja character really only has a few moves: jump, crouch, walk, and stab with your sword. But for all that, the game still manages to move quickly and is fun. Ninja Rampage plays sort of like a side-scroller, except that each level is one static screen. Your goal is to move from the left side of the screen through the right side without getting killed by guards or booby-traps.
There is no apparent limit to the number of times you can die and try again, which is the right decision for a time waster. It makes it that much harder to stop playing when you know that you can try just one more time to solve a particularly frustrating level.
For a little ninja fun on your lunch break, you could do worse than Ninja Rampage.
