I played this when I had this on the Lynx, this was my first introduction to Ninja Gaiden. this version is actually called Shadow Warriors. When I played it on NES I was like this is not Ninja Gaiden. I was all confused. Yes this is the arcade virsion. It has the best ending when you die. Similar to Final Fight.
The only time I saw this game was on a cruise ship around '90. It was one of the best side-scrollers out there because you could be so interactive with the environment.
Ninja Gaiden in 4k. I remember this on the old CRT. As kids we always talk about this game with the two ninjas killing the guys with the Jason masks. Played in my local pizzeria in 88.
Played this before the NES version at a liquor store in my hood back in 1988. Was blown away by it. Dude must've had that place as a front for drugs or something because he was always rotating the arcade cabinets...Double Dribble, WWF Superstars, Street Fighter, Rastan, Ninja Gaiden, Jail Break, Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Shinobi in the span of like 15 months. Place wasn't even THAT big lmao.
Funny how on the 2nd stage you fight the L.O.D!, the Road Warriors and the Ironman remix kicked in! Before, "What a Rush"! "Ironman" was the Road Warriors ring entrance music!
Never thought I'd see this classic again. I used to walk across my tiny hometown and pour in quarters, just get my butt kicked🤣🤣🤣. Thank you bringing back so many memories
This was a prime example of how one teensy little thing could make the difference between a beat-'em-up that was a token-munching slog but managable (Final Fight, Double Dragon 2 The Revenge, Crime Fighters) and one which was a nigh-impossible constant nightmare. That thing? _Checkpoints._ Yes, this was one of those games where continuing would literally erase your progress, in some cases a lot of it. In the final level, there's a checkpoint just before *the orange claw fighters.* Y'know, the guys who knock off three bars in A SINGLE HIT? This ensured that only the best of the best of the best had *any chance whatsoever* at going the distance. I saw one player, _lifetime,_ make it to the final boss and get wiped in about ten seconds. If I were an arcade operator, I'd set lives and energy to the maximum (4 and 5, respectively) just out of a sense of basic decency.
Remember playing this in the arcade and when it came out for the nes I was I'm buying it .To my disappointment it was not the same but it ended up being great in its own right.. Don't have the console anymore but I do still have the games in pristine condition 1,2,&3..Though I finally do have the arcade version on my switch after 34 yrs...👍🏼😁 Sweet.....
I remember seeing this game in the arcade back in the day, but only managed to play the NES version which, of course, is vastly different. Do remember that death screen though haha.
Que bien le hizo la NES a este tipo de juegos, lo convirtió en un juego memorable y súper clásico en la historia de los videojuegos. Sólo era un beat 'em up genérico.
When I was in army stationed at Fort Stewart GA, this arcade game was in the pizza shop and I played it everyday. When the game was ported to SNES and all the future versions years later, they all were nothing like the original arcade game……but by then Tenchu: Stealth Assassins came out on PS2 and changed how ninja games were supposed to be made…….to this day Tenchu is the best ninja game ever made when it came to authenticity with weapons and using stealth during gameplay etc..
Dude, I love the Tenchu reference! When old games come up in convos, I'd mention that game but most don't remember it. Tenchu: Wrath if Heaven was awesome too.
I was hoping a remake of Tenchu Stealth Assassins and Wrath Of Heaven would be done on PS5, but I don’t know who own the rights to the games for it to be done.
no joke my buddies dad had the full arcade cabinet in his back porch and we would play the ever living hell out of it. It was the early mid 90's so it wasn't new by any means but it was an actual arcade game in my homies house and that alone was awesome.
I remember playing this in the arcades in the early 90s. Then buying it for the Atari Lynx portable console. I wish they would bring this out with fixed controls. And DLC.
I love this game I used to be on the arcades all the time playing it spending $10 now the best part is now I got the game I'll never have to pay for it now life is good💯
This game reminds me of another old arcade game "Double Dragon" they are so much alike, but in my opinion "Double Dragon" is better. You not only fought gangs all the way through it and main bosses, but it had better moves and you could pick up weapons, that you knocked out of gangs hands or you could find weapons by smashing stuff or putting gang members through the stuff and finding weapons. Plus "Double Dragon" was a challenge and tough to beat, but this "Ninja Gaiden" arcade game was easy as hell to beat. Even as a kid this wouldn't have been a challenge.
I saw this game and played it badly at a mom and pop hot dog and ice cream shop. The continue and game over screen was terrifying to me as a small boy. I sucked at this game and kept saying where’s the damn sword?
Hot game at the Aladdin's Castle arcade back in the day in Burlington North Carolina... Along with Street fighter 2, slamming jam in a few others I should drop many a token...
Of one my favorite (and most memorable) arcade experiences of the ‘80s… in this case, we need to see the player die just once cause that Game Over screen is too good not to show, haha!
My favorite thing about this game is hanging quietly from the Coke sign, waiting for an enemy that dares to tread close, and then kicking the @#&$ out of them across the screen into a phone booth *sMaSh*
doope😂😂😂i lost many quarters on this one, and was super late to school! i got out at 12:30pm but that's not the point, blimpies had all the games, suun!! #smmh #hookie
The original game was… to put it frankly, kinda ugly. A fair amount of pillow shading. Tecmo completely changing the game for the NES and onward was a good thing, though we’ve had some throwbacks.
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