It's the Law of Inverse Ninja Strength. The more ninjas there are, the less powerful they are to the point of being pure fodder; meanwhile a single ninja is unstoppable-even if that ninja is Chris Farley.
I never noticed that in level two, one of the cars delivering ninjas to their doom is a porsche 911. Possibly the only time in the history of anything that ninjas and porsches have collaborated. Gotta love the 80s.
Ah, I remember this game. When I was a kid, there was a videogame shop in the mall my mother used to do her weekly grocery shopping. I used to hang out in that shop, and right near the door, they had two arcade machines, the one was Street Fighter II Champion Edition - the first versus fighter I ever played - and on the other side was this game. I mostly went there to play Street Fighter, but when the older, skilled kids who had the money and ability to play for hours were hogging the machine, I'd play this game instead.
INSERT COIN? Naughty kids in my hood would insert a curled up wire in the COIN slot and dupe the machine into thinking coins had been inserted. Thanx for childhood memories.
If a Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja was an actual movie adaptation during the late 80's, JCVD and Michael Dudikoff would make perfect partners in the movie.
@@Albert8044 Well... Actor homages as Blade & Striker would be a little too close to home for their roles, and plus Van Damme isn't American enough which would later ruin Guile in Street Fighter - The Ultimate Battle, unless you want to watch Double Impact to see an unofficial Bad Dudes film starring Van Damme. The actors I was thinking more for Blade & Striker were Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze.
If you remember the movie American Ninja 4 with Michael Dudikoff and David Bradley, I see them as an influence to Blade and Striker from Bad Dudes if a video game movie adaptation was possible.
Great game, questionable ending. President Ronnie, the Dudes sacrificed their bodies to save you, yet your reward for them is to go out for a burger? *Cris Carter voice* C'mon man! *Cris Carter voice*. The Dudes deserve a Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Congressional resolution honoring them, and/or even a book or movie deal chronicling their quest to rescue you! That would be a much better ending.
Considering the Dudes were recruited by questioning their “badness” - which they feel the need to reaffirm at the end of every level - I’m pretty sure they were being strung along from the beginning.
Maybe he did give them special awards and everything, and the burger was merely an offer for lunch. After all, during the ending, notice how you have ranks outside the White House; maybe it is an award ceremony, and President Ronnie just wasn't finished with his burger.
love how the women casually jogs and then pauses to look back and then repeat until I get a hurricane kick to my face! lol I grew up with this game, memories forever in my mind
Thank you Data East Arcade Classics on Wii for having the arcade version on you. Yes the NES version is cool, and I own it too, but the speech on that, the guy hardly sounds like he's Bad.
Olá, boa tarde. É um grande jogo, já conhecia o jogo da arcada em 1988, eram 2 créditos com uma moeda de 25 escudos. Para mim, este jogo ultrapassa muitos dos jogos de agora; é impressionante como o jogador conhece as táticas de derrotar os inimigos. Deve conhecer o jogo de trás para a frente. PARABÉNS... 👍👏
Foi bem o que eu pensei... O cara manja muito, quando eu era moleque a primeira vez que cheguei nessa parte do caminhão 0:46 foi uma emoção que nunca vou me esquecer, era um poder de processamento que me marcou, tantos inimigos de uma vez só. E no chefe, sonhava em conseguir fazer aquele PORRADÃO de fogo e vencê-lo, nunca consegui !
I had a paper route back in 1989-1994 ..!!! I spent almost all my earnings on this game, Street fighter 2 , and Ninja turtles at the walmart arcade . lol I never go past the Green ninja in the sewer that multiplied himself..
Dios mio, que cursilada de trama, y pensar que alguna vez estuve enviciado, de verdad que cuan ingenuo fuí... En cierto sentido me sigue gustando, solo que ahora empatizando con los ninjas. En cualquier caso es nostálgico y se agradece la subida
The martial arts craze was really something back then. The US President is kidnapped by ninjas and the only thing the secret service does is send two karate fighters to rescue him. Silly, but we still love it
This game was my obsession . My mother would send me to the post office, I do exactly as she instructed .... BUT pass by the arcade and come back home 5 hours later
I remember my Brother being so good on this game . He only needed 1 Quarter to rescue Ronald Regan . Of course he played it everyday on his job for hours !
It does the same thing in the NES version except the president in that one is modeled after George H. W. Bush since it came out after he was elected. This version came out while Ronald Regan was still in office.
Thanks for uploading this, it brings back so many memories! By the way, what other game/s has Karnov been in? I recognise the character but I can't place where I know him from.
Conservation of Ninjutsu: In any martial arts fight, there is only a finite amount of ninjutsu available to each side in a given encounter. As a result, one Ninja is a deadly threat, but an army of them are cannon fodder.
They're good ninjas but they just aren't bad enough. The BAD DUDES grew up on the hardcore streets of America Town USA State. You want to know how the cold war ended? I've got two words for you: one starts with B and the other starts with D.
Joguei isso nos anos de 1990 e 1991 e hoje é 11/09/2023. Lembro-me exatamente dos anos, porque na cidade onde joguei isso, no fliperama local, eu acabara de me mudar exatamente em dezembro de 1990. Nas fases, por si só, não tinha tanto problema. Só qdo os vilões se amontoavam e cercavam, ou vinham de baixo ou de cima (dependendo de onde estivesse). Na fase da floresta, a quarta fase, tinham os cães (que apareciam até na primeira fase). Aquele ninja vermelho era visado, pois ele deixava itens, como as armas, o relógio e as lifes. O grande desafio era enfrentar os chefes , chamados lá de mestres. Eu lutava assim: desferia uma voadora (ou chute saltando) e recuava, pra depois dar outro ataque. Variava também com chutes normais, golpes de nunchako (aqueles dois bastões unidos pela corrente) ou faca (dependendo do que tivesse) e aquele soco especial. Este, chamado lá de soco energético, inspirava cuidados, porque requeria aproximação do inimigo. Aproximar-se dos vilões de fases requeria cautela e, geralmente quem fazia isso melhor eram os gamers mais habilidosos e/ou mais experientes. Isso, eu fazia mais contra o primeiro chefe (o cuspidor de fogo), o grandalhão da floresta, o do trem (da kusarigama - corrente com foice) e o da caverna ( o careca de bastão). Contra o segundo, da fase do treminhão, eu acionava o soco flamejante e esperava ele chegar ali na cabine. Quando chegava eu soltava o golpe e agachado desferia os golpes nele. O nunchako, apesar de ter a vantagem de poder usar mais à distância, no caso dele a faca era melhor, mais rápida. Eu no teto da cabine e ele no capô, de frente ao para brisa. Fácil desferir as facadas na cara dele, que é baixinho. Contra o chefe da terceira fase, a das galerias de esgoto, esperava ele completar as multiplicações, com um soco energético pronto. Quando todos os clones se materializavam de fato, eu desferia um soco, que matava vários, mas não todos. Aí eu terminava de acabar com os demais. O terceiro chefe, por si só, não era tão ruim. O problema era a arte dele de se multiplicar. Era, visualmente, um ninja como aqueles comuns, mas usava roupa verde. A partir do trem, aparecia outra versão do primeiro chefe, só que de pele mais escura. Lá na última fase, antes de enfrentar o temido Dragon Ninja, o último vilão, ainda tinha que enfrentar os clones de todos os chefes derrotados. No andar de baixo tinham o gordão de pele mais escura e um clone do quarto chefe, mas de arnadura dourada. Depois de subir o elevador, ainda tinha que enfrentar os demais chefes, um por um. Pior: o risco de não chegar ao líder máximo, era grande. Passei por tudo isso, só que qdo cheguei no Dragon Ninja, perdi. Até hoje não me conformo. Depois disso, não joguei mais este jogo. Logo depois, levaram a máquina para outro fliperama, pra dar lugar a outra máquina.
Questo titolo non e mai presente nelle classifiche dei giochi arcade che hanno fatto storia, il perché non si capisce. Ci giocavo da bambino in sala giochi,adesso lo tengo sulla pandora x 3d, un bel gran gioco, mi piace parecchio.
How come the action button does punches when there's nobody in range, but ALWAYS kicks instead if there's someone close enough to be hit? Excluding the charged punch, of course.
I remember whole awesomeness of that game :)) it even now have more power than all pcs and playstation in the world :)) how can some arcade games be so AWSOMLY COOL??? it's some kind of magic...
"I'm the bad DUDES" > Ninjas get kidnap the president while the dude declaring himself as 'i'm bad' > It has female ninjas in arcade version unlike NES port
Not a great game by any means, even for its time. But an integral part of my childhood. And even though the gameplay is as repetitive as can be, the visuals are still neat 30+ years after its release.
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