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The Samuri 60-in-1 (or simply Samuri) is a multi-game plug & play device released in 2006. The console's hardware was manufactured by Zechess and its software was developed by Hummer Technology, who are more well known by their previous name Hummer Team. The device uses the VT03 chipset, which is a single-chip Famiclone with extended graphical and audio capabilities developed by V.R. Technology in collaboration with Hummer Technology[1] - it would also be used for the ZDog, another plug & play device produced by Zechess and Hummer Technology and released in the same year as the Samuri, as well as other low-cost plug & play devices by various companies released throughout the 2000s. The device loosely resembles that of an original Xbox controller.

Overview[]

When powered on, the system displays a splash screen featuring Hummer Technology's horse mascot, officially named Simmer Pony, before booting to a built-in game menu named Star Angel, which features its own title screen. This game menu offers 60 minigames, which includes a Star Bank "minigame" that acts as a means to check progress. After completing each minigame, the player gets a star, which is stored in the Star Bank. The game is "completed" once the player gets all 60 stars by completing every game. While most of these minigames are original to the Samuri and utilize the VT03's extended features, a set of minigames are isolated versions of individual acts from The Hummer, a graphical hack of Hummer Team's infamous bootleg Sonic the Hedgehog port for the Famicom, Somari (The only changes the Samuri version features, however, is backgrounds and game graphics, and Dr. Robotnik being referred to as "Evil Ghost" in the manual).

Some of the games featured on the Samuri were later reused for ZDog, albeit with added digitized sounds (using the VT03's enhanced PCM capabilites).

List of games[]

  1. Kangaroo Fighter - A fighting game with 4 rounds with different opponents: a bear, a gorilla, an ostrich, and a kangaroo. In this game, you're the kangaroo with boxing gloves that can kick and use its Joey as a projectile attack.
  2. Tomatina - A shooting game where you throw tomatoes at people. The music is a rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. This game is known as Venice Mugs on the ZDog.
  3. Speed Hummer - The Hummer (variant of Somari, specifically the Sonic & Knuckles 5 version of the game). This version differs from the version featured on the Super New Year Cart 15-in-1, making modifications to the level graphics. The game starts in Green Hill Zone Act 1.
  4. Big Crab - Play as a crab snipping off snakes' heads, so they don't eat your children.
  5. Hummer Star: Isolated version of the Star Light Zone Act 3 level in The Hummer (which features Dr. Robotnik as a boss).
  6. Jelly Motor Boat - Play as Pink Jelly on a chair inside a flooded house, your goal is to bounce Hummer to the right side of the screen in similar fashion to the Game & Watch game, Fire.
  7. Sky Zoo - A vertical 2D shooter where you play as Panda shooting at flying clones of Hummer, Pink Jelly, and ZDog.
  8. Cute Heads - Similar to Bejeweled, you swap around the heads of various reoccuring characters, if you make a row of 3 heads, they explode, and new heads fill their place, you can press the B button if no rows can be created, You can also collect diamonds as they represent lives. When you are on your last life, the Final Zone theme from Somari will play. This game is also on the ZDog.
  9. Drumfire - Launch Hummer from barrel-to-barrel until you reach the treehouse.
  10. Big Hammer - A girl is on a stack of various objects, you play as a hammer knocking down objects until no more are left. The game is similar to the traditional Japanese toy Daruma Otoshi.
  11. San Fermin - A top-down game where you run and dodge bulls in order to make it to the end.
  12. Greedy Frog - You play as a frog, your goal is to catch a specific number of flies flying around the screen before time runs out. This game is also on the ZDog, and is renamed to Fly Eater.
  13. Duck Runaway - Similar to Duck Hunt, you control a cursor and shoot the ducks, the ducks also lay eggs if they haven't been shot for a while, which leads you to lose 50 points. Shoot the required amount of ducks to win the round. This game's origins can be traced back to the Super New Year 15 in 1 cartridge. This game is also on the ZDog.
  14. Fruit War - Control Pink Jelly as he tries to throw fruit from a great distance at Hummer. If Hummer hits Jelly enough times, you lose, but you win if you hit Hummer enough times.
  15. Matching - This is a memory matching game. Match all pairs of tiles of Hummer, ZDog, Panda, Chicken, Duck, and Pink Jelly to win.
  16. Puppy Saver - Multiple dogs are trying to fall of a table, you control a hand to grab them and put them in a basket under a time limit. If you put enough dogs in the basket, you win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  17. Seals - Control Hummer as he throws a beach ball for a seal to catch on its nose. If the seal catches it enough times, you win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  18. Hummer Hero: Isolated version of the Spring Yard Zone Act 3 level in The Hummer (which features Dr. Robotnik as a boss).
  19. Country Road: You control a car as it dodges other cars and moose in order to get to the end and arrive at West Virginia.
  20. Hummer Tunnel: Isolated version of the Spring Yard Zone Act 2 level in The Hummer.
  21. Volley Ball: You play as Hummer up against a pink Hummer in a game of Volley Ball. You must score a certain amount of points to win.
  22. Lion vs Zebra: You control a lion where it bites off chunks of a zebra. Bite the zebra enough to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  23. Harpoon: You control a harpoon stabbing fish and turning them into bones. Stab enough fish to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  24. Catch Kitty: You control a hand as it destroys multiple flying versions of Pink Jelly. Like Tomatina, this game uses Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as its music of choice. Defeat enough Pink Jellies while avoiding a mosquito to win.
  25. Hummer Snow: The Hummer hack that starts in Marble Zone Act 2.
  26. Lobster: The same as Big Crab, but now you're a lobster snipping off tentacles of an octopus in order to protect and save your children. This game is also on the ZDog.
  27. Hummer Final: The Hummer hack that starts in Labyrinth Zone Act 3, where you will fight Dr. Robotnik.
  28. Moose & Water: You control a moose as it tries to drink water while avoiding being eaten by a crocodile. Drink enough water to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  29. Egypt: The same as Tomatina, except you're in Egypt as you shoot tomatoes or fireballs at Sarcophagi.
  30. Hummer Marble: The Hummer hack that starts in Marble Zone Act 1.
  31. Butter Fly: You play as a feather swatter as you swat butterflies and avoid a wasp. Swat enough butterflies to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  32. Hummer Hill: The Hummer hack starts in Green Hill Zone Act 2.
  33. Screamer: Same as Tomatina and Egypt, but you now shoot tomatoes or fireballs at demons. Shoot enough demons to win.
  34. Gorilla Hunt: You basically just control a cursor and shoot gorillas. Shoot enough gorillas to win.
  35. Bear Fighter: The animal fighting game, except you are playing as a bear, as he can do attacks, like biting and using his belly as an attack.
  36. Hummer Yard: The Hummer hack that starts in Spring Yard Zone Act 1.
  37. Ostrich Fighter: Same as Bear Fighter, but now you are playing as an ostrich, as it can do attacks like pecking with its beak and laying eggs.
  38. Living Room: Same as Big Hammer, but now you are knocking down blocks to try and get Hummer down.
  39. Hummer Bomb: The Hummer hack that starts in Star Light Zone Act 2.
  40. Beach Ball: The same as Volley Ball, but now you're outside on the beach, making it beach ball.
  41. Bear Hunt: Same as Gorilla Hunt, but now you're shooting bears. Shoot enough bears to win.
  42. Hummer Swim: The Hummer hack that starts in Labyrinth Zone Act 1.
  43. Samurai: You play as a samurai chopping watermelons and apples with your katana, while dodging ninja stars (shuriken). Chop enough fruit to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  44. Angel Choir: A game where you play as the girl butterfly fairy-like character who appears on the title screen of the console making notes in order to play songs like London Bridge, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Jingle Bells. Get enough points after playing the song to continue or get a game over.
  45. Cross Street: This game plays like Frogger, only you are crossing down instead of up. You play as ZDog trying to get to the other side of the road while trying to not get run over by a car. Cross the street enough times to win. This game is also on the ZDog.
  46. Hummer Night: The Hummer hack that starts in Star Light Zone Act 1.
  47. Kangaroo Hunt: Same as Gorilla Hunt and Bear Hunt, but now you are shooting kangaroos. Shoot enough kangaroos to win.
  48. Air Combat: Another vertical 2D shooter, where you control a spaceship firing at other ships collecting power-ups and eventually defeating a boss.
  49. Ice Skating: Same as San Fermin, but now you are in Antartica, where you must skate while avoiding penguins in order to make it to the butterfly girl.
  50. Deer Hunt: Same as Moose & Water, but now you're the crocodile eating the moose that are drinking water. Eat enough moose to win.
  51. Juggling Stunts: You are a blue mouse juggling balls to get points. Juggle enough balls to win.
  52. Ostrich Hunt: Same as the aforementioned Hunt games, but now you are shooting ostriches. Shoot enough ostriches to win.
  53. Hummer Hole: The Hummer hack that starts in Marble Zone Act 3, where you will fight Dr. Robotnik.
  54. Gorilla Fighter: The animal fighting game, but now you play as the gorilla which he can do attacks like punching and kicking.
  55. China Wall: Same as Tomatina, Egypt, and Screamer, except you are shooting tomatoes or fireballs at people on the Great Wall of China.
  56. Hummer Fall: The Hummer hack that starts in Star Light Zone Act 3 again, where you will fight Dr. Robotnik.
  57. Diplopod War: You play as a green crab shooting small green crabs at tiny lobsters, and eventually, you will face a boss, which is a big lobster. This game is also on the ZDog.
  58. Ice Bricks: Same as Big Hammer and Living Room, but now you're knocking down ice blocks to let penguins down.
  59. Crazy Cats: You play as a boy up against a girl in red, picking lots of Pink Jellies, you have to try and not get the last Pink Jelly, otherwise it will attack you and give you a Game Over and let the girl get him instead. This game is also on the ZDog, only it's called Mad Dogs and features ZDog instead of Pink Jelly.
  60. Star Bank: This isn't a game but rather a means to check how many stars you have. When you complete a game you get a star in the Star Bank, which don't do anything other than make the caterpillar on the title screens of these games evolve into a girl butterfly.

Trivia[]

  • The manual seems to be based on an early version of the Samuri. There are several differences between the games in the manual and the games that actually released. For example, the manual has Mad Dogs instead of Crazy Cats.
  • The system's design is near identical to the "TV Joystick" plug & play systems released by Timetop.
  • The Hummer levels don't have Special Stage as its own dedicated stage, you can only play Special Stage if you get 50 rings in a level and complete it. Green Hill Zone Act 3, Labyrinth Zone Act 2 and Final Zone are all stages that are not available to play. Final Zone is featured in the manual for Hummer Final.
  • The victory music used for the games designed for the VT03's extended mode is a shortened version of the victory theme from Donkey Kong Country 4, which is a Famicom port of Donkey Kong Country made by Hummer Team.
  • The game selection menu music resembles the song D.I.S.C.O. by Ottawan.
  • An earlier version of the Samuri mispells the Star Bank as "Start Bank". This version also lacks a hidden version screen.

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Personal correspondence with Hummer Cheng, head of Hummer Technology

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