History VideoGame / Spinmaster

* SequentialBoss: The FinalBoss needs to be defeated ''five'' times. Initially a headless Greek statue, the first four phases are randomized per playthrough: an [[AnimateInanimateObject animated vase]] head that summons enemies, a dragon's head that breathes fire, a {{Cyclops}} dead that shakes down boulders, and a {{Medusa}} head that uses EyeBeams. After all four are beaten, Dr. Dogedo arrives in a hovering ship which he attaches to the statue for the last phase.

The game receives a 2010 re-release on the Platform/VirtualConsole.

* GiantMook: There are larger, stronger, and visibly more muscular versions of the game's recurring hooded, lowest-level, mooks who's a head taller than his brethren and can take far more punishment before they go down -- besides attacking with their fists which packs quite a punch.

** [[spoiler:Johnny and Tom rushes at the treasure and is very excited to open it... only to find out that the chest is cursed and the end credits is a shot of the duo being chased by an angry specter accompanied and some ghosts.]]

** The second (of five) phase of Dr. Dogedo's SequentialBoss fight is a dragon's head, attached to a headless statue which then animates itself. Considering the statue is in a set of Greek ruins while the dragon head appears Oriental, the resulting combination is as weird as it sounds.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The underground stage inexplicably have a giant blue ghost as it's boss, one which is large enough to take up a whole chunk of the screen but can be damaged by projectile attacks used by Johnny and Tom. Said ghost can also split itself [[AsteroidsMonster into multiple smaller ghosts]] periodically to overwhelm the players through numbers, where after killing all but one of those smaller ghosts the last one will revert giant-sized. Repeat until it's defeated.

* RedBoxingGloves: There's a power-up that replaces Johnny and Tom's projectile attacks with red boxing gloves that deals far greater damage. There's also a SmartBomb that manifests as [[GiantHandsOfDoom two gigantic hands in boxing gloves]] pounding on every enemy in the area.

* SequentialBoss: The FinalBoss, Dr. Dogedo, needs to be defeated ''five'' times. Initially a headless Greek statue, Dr. Dogedo animates it by piloting a robotic head and attaching himself to the neck, firstly an [[AnimateInanimateObject animated vase]], then a dragon's head, then a {{Cyclops}}, a {{Medusa}}, and finally Dr. Dogedo himself in a hovering ship.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: During his first battle, Dr. Dogedo (taking off on his own mini-plane) will attack Johnny and Tom by throwing massive quantities of bombs, of the CartoonBomb variety, from atop the players.
* UnwillingSuspension: After defeating four of Dr. Dogedo's prior forms in the FinalBoss fight, Dr. Dogedo then drops Mary into the screen, hanging by a rope, where she remains suspended in mid-air while Johnny and Tom fights the villain.

''Spinmaster'' (known as ''Miracle Adventure'' in Japan) is a side-scrolling action game made by Creator/DataEast for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcade.

The main characters also appeared in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game ''Dashin' Desperadoes'' in different roles.[[note]]Tom (the guy wearing a cowboy hat) is called Will there while Johnny (the one in an orange neckerchief and wears a green vest) is named Rick, and the two are rivals rather than team mates[[/note]]

The game receives a 2010 re-release on the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole.

The game receives a2010 re-release on the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole.

An ancient treasure map was divided into five pieces and scattered across the globe, where upon being combined will lead to an uncharted island filled with unlimited wealth. Two treasure hunters, Johnny (P1) and his sidekick Tom (P2), known among their fellow hunters as "Spinmasters" due to their skills in kicking ass using their trusty yo-yos, managed to come across one of the five map pieces. But then a rival treasure-seeker by the name of Dr. Dogedo ([=DePlayne=] in the localized release), having the other four pieces in his possession and seeking the fifth, kidnaps Johnny's girlfriend Mary, and it's up to the spinmasters to retrieve her while chasing after Dr. Dogedo's minions, defeating them and obtaining the other pieces of the map along the way.

* ElementalPunch: Attacking with a weapon rapidly and repeatedly will cause Johnny and Tom to throw a punch enhanced in blue flames. This attack is rare, and given how opponents tend to get clobbered with ranged attacks, seeing the duo punch-out opponents is very unlikely.

* GiantMook: There are larger, stronger, and visibly more muscular versions of the game's recurring hooded, lowest-level mooks, who's a head taller than his brethren and can take far more punishment before they go down, besides attacking with their fists who deals quite some damage.
* GoombaStomp: Enemies can be defeated by jumping on their heads and stomping them, besides with yo-yos and flunged projectiles.

* LivingStatue: Greece have statues of ancient warriors who comes to life to attack Johnny and Tom. And also, the FinalBoss commanded by Dr. [=Dogedo=].

** [[spoiler:Johnny and Tom proceeds to eagerly open the treasure... only for the chest to be revealed as an explosive booby trap. In a NonFatalExplosions kind of way. Cue a shot of Johnny and Tom having an AshFace.]]

* {{Mummy}}: Egypt is set inside a pyramid, and rather frequently Johnny and Tom will battle mummies sticking out of their sarcophagus.

* PokeThePoodle: Dr. Dogedo is a mad-scientist with his henchmen at his beck-and-call who wants to seek the sacred treasure for his nefarious plan. And what's his plan? He wants to buy out all of the candies and toys so that children from the entire world will be forced into continuous study and healthy balanced meals. Not exactly a heinous deed for a villain like him.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: During his first battle, Dr. Dogedo, taking off on his own mini-plane, will attack Johnny and Tom by throwing massive quanitities of bombs (the CartoonBomb variety) from atop the players.

* GiantMook: There are larger, stronger, and visibly more muscular versions of the game's recurring hooded, lowest-level mooks, who's a head taller than Johnny and Tom and can take far more punishment before they go down, besides attacking with their fists who deals quite some damage.

* HollywoodNatives: South America have spear-throwing natives wearing Incan masks as an enemy type. They're somehow working for Dr. Dogedo, showing up alongside the game's recurring mooks.

** [[spoiler:Johnny and Tom finally, finally found the ultimate treasure at the end, excitedly opens it and they celebrate as they found their newfound treasure.]]

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The underground stage inexplicably have a giant blue ghost (talk about a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere...) as it's boss, one which is large enough to take up a whole chunk of the screen but can be damaged by projectile attacks used by Johnny and Tom. Said ghost can also split itself [[AsteroidsMonster into multiple smaller ghosts]] periodically to overwhelm the players through numbers, where after killing all but one of those smaller ghosts the last one will revert giant-sized. Repeat until it's defeated.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: In the Japanese version, the airport level is set on the United States and is simply called America Airport, but the localized version has it set on Spain and the sign was changed into Madrid Airport. Thing is... the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madrid-Barajas_-_Aerial_photograph.jpg Madrid Airport]] is very different from the one shown in the game, being far smaller than the real deal.

An ancient treasure map was divided into five pieces and scattered across the globe, where upon being combined will lead to an uncharted island filled with unlimited wealth. Two treasure hunters, Johnny (P1) and his sidekick Tom (P2), known among their fellow hunters as "Spinmasters" due to their skills in kicking ass using their trusty yo-yos, managed to come across one of the five map pieces. But then a rival treasure-seeker by the name of Dr. [=Dogedo=], having the other four pieces in his possession and seeking the fifth, kidnaps Johnny's girlfriend Mary, and it's up to the spinmasters to retrieve her while chasing after Dr. [=Dogedo=]'s minions, defeating them and obtaining the other pieces of the map along the way.

* DamselInDistress: Mary, who gets abducted by Dr. [=Dogedo=] and his minions prior to the game, and the subsequent worldwide rescue mission from Johnny and Tom kicks off the plot.

* FlyingOnACloud: Prior to facing the boss in China, Dr. [=Dogedo=] will drop into the stage while riding a cloud to taunt Johnny and Tom. And then leaves as quickly as he pops up as the stage's boss shows up.

* HollywoodNatives: South America have spear-throwing natives wearing Incan masks as an enemy type. They're somehow working for Dr. [=Dogedo=], showing up alongside the game's recurring mooks.

* LosingYourHead: The game's FinalBoss is a giant, ''headless'' statue fought in an ancient Greek ruins, until Dr. [=Dogedo=] arrives in a series of robotic heads, animating it to fight. After each defeat, Dr. [=Dogedo=] switches to a new head, rinse and repeat five times.

* MadScientist: Dr. [=Dogedo=] is technically a treasure hunter himself, but his get-up and his skills with machinery makes him closer to this.

* MultipleEndings: Depending on which map you have chosen after defeating Dr. [=Dogedo=] for the final time.

** The second (of five) phase of Dr. [=Dogedo=]'s SequentialBoss fight is a dragon's head, attached to a headless statue which then animates itself. Considering the statue is in a set of Greek ruins while the dragon head appears Oriental, the resulting combination is as weird as it sounds.

* PokeThePoodle: Dr. [=Dogedo=] is a mad-scientist with his henchmen at his beck-and-call who wants to seek the sacred treasure for his nefarious plan. And what's his plan? He wants to buy out all of the candies and toys so that children from the entire world will be forced into continuous study and healthy balanced meals. Not exactly a heinous deed for a villain like him.

* SequentialBoss: The FinalBoss, Dr. [=Dogedo=], needs to be defeated ''five'' times. Initially a headless Greek statue, Dr. [=Dogedo=] animates it by piloting a robotic head and attaching himself to the neck, firstly an [[AnimateInanimateObject animated vase]], then a dragon's head, then a {{Cyclops}}, a {{Medusa}}, and finally Dr. [=Dogedo=] himself in a hovering ship.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: During his first battle, Dr. [=Dogedo=], taking off on his own mini-plane, will attack Johnny and Tom by throwing massive quanitities of bombs (the CartoonBomb variety) from atop the players.
* UnwillingSuspension: After defeating four of Dr. [=Dogedo=]'s prior forms in the FinalBoss fight, Dr. [=Dogedo=] then drops Mary into the screen, hanging by a rope, where she remains suspended in mid-air while Johnny and Tom fights the villain.
* WeWillMeetAgain: The final threat of Dr. [=Dogedo=] after his defeat in the last stage, is an exasperated "I'll get you for this!" as his hover-pod crashes out of the screen. The game doesn't have a follow-up though, what happens to [=Dogedo=] afterwards is unknown.

An ancient treasure map was divided into five pieces and scattered across the globe, where upon being combined will lead to an uncharted island filled with unlimited wealth. Two treasure hunters, Johnny (P1) and his sidekick Tom (P2), known among their fellow hunters as "Spinmasters" due to their skills in kicking ass using their trusty yo-yos, managed to come across one of the five map pieces. But then a rival treasure-seeker by the name of Dr. [=DePlayne=], having the other four pieces in his possession and seeking the fifth, kidnaps Johnny's girlfriend Mary, and it's up to the spinmasters to retrieve her while chasing after Dr. [=DePlayne=]'s minions, defeating them and obtaining the other pieces of the map along the way.

* DamselInDistress: Mary, who gets abducted by Dr. [=DePlayne=] and his minions prior to the game, and the subsequent worldwide rescue mission from Johnny and Tom kicks off the plot.

* FlyingOnACloud: Prior to facing the boss in China, Dr. [=DePlayne=] will drop into the stage while riding a cloud to taunt Johnny and Tom. And then leaves as quickly as he pops up as the stage's boss shows up.

* HollywoodNatives: South America have spear-throwing natives wearing Incan masks as an enemy type. They're somehow working for Dr. [=DePlayne=], showing up alongside the game's recurring mooks.

* LivingStatue: Greece have statues of ancient warriors who comes to life to attack Johnny and Tom. And also, the FinalBoss commanded by Dr. [=DePlayne=].
* LosingYourHead: The game's FinalBoss is a giant, ''headless'' statue fought in an ancient Greek ruins, until Dr. [=DePlayne=] arrives in a series of robotic heads, animating it to fight. After each defeat, Dr. [=DePlayne=] switches to a new head, rinse and repeat five times.

* MadScientist: Dr. [=DePlayne=] is technically a treasure hunter himself, but his get-up and his skills with machinery makes him closer to this.

* MultipleEndings: Depending on which map you have chosen after defeating Dr. [=DePlayne=] for the final time.

** The second (of five) phase of Dr. [=DePlayne=]'s SequentialBoss fight is a dragon's head, attached to a headless statue which then animates itself. Considering the statue is in a set of Greek ruins while the dragon head appears Oriental, the resulting combination is as weird as it sounds.

* PokeThePoodle: Dr. [=DePlayne=] is a mad-scientist with his henchmen at his beck-and-call who wants to seek the sacred treasure for his nefarious plan. And what's his plan? He wants to buy out all of the candies and toys so that children from the entire world will be forced into continuous study and healthy balanced meals. Not exactly a heinous deed for a villain like him.

* SequentialBoss: The FinalBoss, Dr. [=DePlayne=], needs to be defeated ''five'' times. Initially a headless Greek statue, Dr. [=DePlayne=] animates it by piloting a robotic head and attaching himself to the neck, firstly an [[AnimateInanimateObject animated vase]], then a dragon's head, then a {{Cyclops}}, a {{Medusa}}, and finally Dr. [=DePlayne=] himself in a hovering ship.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: During his first battle, Dr. [=DePlayne=], taking off on his own mini-plane, will attack Johnny and Tom by throwing massive quanitities of bombs (the CartoonBomb variety) from atop the players.
* UnwillingSuspension: After defeating four of Dr. [=DePlayne=]'s prior forms in the FinalBoss fight, Dr. [=DePlayne=] then drops Mary into the screen, hanging by a rope, where she remains suspended in mid-air while Johnny and Tom fights the villain.
* WeWillMeetAgain: The final threat of Dr. [=DePlayne=] after his defeat in the last stage, is an exasperated "I'll get you for this!" as his hover-pod crashes out of the screen. The game doesn't have a follow-up though, what happens to [=DePlayne=] afterwards is unknown.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: In the Japanese version, the airport level is set on the United States (named America Airport) which is not exactly an issue in of itself, but the localized version has it set on Spain which is noted via the sign that says Madrid Airport. Except... the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madrid-Barajas_-_Aerial_photograph.jpg Madrid Airport]] is very different from the one shown in the game, being far smaller than the real deal.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: In the Japanese version, the airport level is set on the United States (named America Airport) which is not exactly an issue in of itself, but the localized version has it set on Spain which is noted via the sign that says Madrid Airport. The problem is that the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madrid-Barajas_-_Aerial_photograph.jpg Madrid Airport]] is very different from the one shown in the game, being far smaller than the real deal.

* ThinlyVeiledCountryChange: In the Japanese version, the airport level is set on the United States (named America Airport) which is not exactly an issue in of itself, but the localized version has it set on Spain which is noted via the sign that says Madrid Airport. The problem is that the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madrid-Barajas_-_Aerial_photograph.jpg Madrid Airport]] is very different from the one shown in the game, being far smaller than the real deal.

** [[spoiler:Johnny and Tom finally, finally found the ultimate treasure at the end, excitedly opens it and they celebrate as they found their newfound treasure]]

* GainaxEnding: How the game concludes itself. [[spoiler:After defeating Dr. [=DePlayne=], Johnny and Tom finally, finally found the ultimate treasure at the end, excitedly opens it... only for the chest to be revealed as an explosive booby trap. In a NonFatalExplosions kind of way. Cue a shot of Johnny and Tom having an AshFace and the credits roll]].

* PokeThePoodle: Dr. [=DePlayne=] is a mad-scientist with his henchmen at his beck-and-call who wants to seek the sacred treasure for his nefarious plan. And what's his plan? He wants to buy out all of the candies and toys so that children from the entire world will be forced into continuous study and healthy balanced meals. Not exactly a heinous deed for a supposed villain like him.

* MadScientist: Dr. DePlayne is technically a treasure hunter himself, but his get-up and his skills with machinery makes him closer to this.

* PokeThePoodle: Dr. DePlayne is a mad-scientist with his henchmen at his beck-and-call who wants to seek the sacred treasure for his nefarious plan. And what's his plan? He wants to buy out all of the candies and toys so that children from the entire world will be forced into continuous study and healthy balanced meals. Not exactly a heinous deed for a villain like him.

* ElementalPunch: Attacking with a weapon rapidly and repeatedly will have a chance for Johnny and Tom to throw a punch enhanced in blue flames. This attack is rare, and given how opponents tend to get clobbered with ranged attacks, this attack will unlikely to connect.

The main characters also appeared in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game ''Dashin' Desperadoes'' in different roles.[[note]]Tom (cowboy) is called Will there while Johnny (a blonde adventurer) is named Rick, and the two are rivals rather than team mates[[/note]]

The main characters also appeared in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game ''Dashin' Desperadoes'' in different roles.

''Spinmaster'' is a side-scrolling action game made by Creator/DataEast for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcade.

''Spinmaster'' is a side-scrolling action game made by Creator/DataEast for the arcade.

The game receives a 2010 re-release on the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole.

* RecycledCharacterDesign: Johnny and Tom are redesigned sprites from the player characters of the earlier [=DataEast=] game, ''Dashin' Desperadoes''.