I know this was 7 years ago but thank you for sharing this! First time seeing the arcade version. Funny, first 30ish seconds I was thinking, "wow this game is stingy on crystal balls." Turns out, that's one of the changes for the NES version.
My dad would give my brother & I each $5 worth of quarters & give the arcade attendant $20 to keep an eye on us & that was Saturday nights as a child of divorce in the 80s
It's honestly impressive how close the NES port got to this, especially considering it was developed an external contract developer, TOSE. They also had the brilliant idea of portraying the kidnapping of the princess as a ninja who jumped down and jumped away, as having two ninjas pull a carriage would induce flicker. The former admittedly is more appropriate given the abduction, and just cooler.
When I went on a break in Cornwall I found this in the arcade and you couldn’t get me off it I think it were 20pence for 3 life’s and I would be on it for hours my mum and father new exactly we’re I was and what arcade I was in amazing for it’s time plus a boxing game called ring king wich we’re both out in the 80s they were great times I miss those days 💯👍
You can clearly see where Irem got their inspiration from when they released ‘Ninja Spirit’ in 1988 - also a fantastic game (almost a ‘spiritual successor’ if Taito had released it instead of Irem.)
Never understood this game. Rescue the girl just so she can get kidnapped again ad nauseam? Nah. I'll stick to something more fun like poking my eyes out with dull spoons.
![Arcade Longplay [634] Heavy Barrel](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRy2MLavHVM/mqdefault.jpg)
This game has a seasonal cycle in the background colors. Red trees represent the fall/autumn season and white trees the winter one.
yeah which also represents that how much time the princess was kidnapped... I guess
I know this was 7 years ago but thank you for sharing this! First time seeing the arcade version. Funny, first 30ish seconds I was thinking, "wow this game is stingy on crystal balls." Turns out, that's one of the changes for the NES version.
mashing the star as sword buttons while diagonally jumping
God how i love this game
I've been trying to find this game for so long! Thank you for uploading!
Based on a true story
Funny how Ninja Spirit is so much a copy of this yet so much better.
Pretty good music
the sound is desynched please reupload again
My dad would give my brother & I each $5 worth of quarters & give the arcade attendant $20 to keep an eye on us & that was Saturday nights as a child of divorce in the 80s
It's crazy how this game's sequel "The Legend of Kage 2" on the DS was pretty good.
Did some good expanding of the characters and story, and all that.
+GrayFoxxGaming It has a great spiritual sequel too, Demon Sword/Fudou Myuou Den (the Japan version destroys the US version as it has more content).
Yes.
Still have my copy :)
I used to sneak out of my house to play this at the 7-11 around the corner from my house in 1985
Was not a very popular game in the arcades in the 80's, and it was much was ignored after Sega created Shinobi a few years later.
Did he ever get tire of throwing them stars? Serious athleticism back in the day. Dude could jump higher than Jordan ever could.
he's a ninja... that's a very basic skills, back in the ol times
"Ancient martial arts secrets from the Wuxia". (Geico commercial)
He did it while holding his lady 🤯
This is quietly different from what i played as a kid.
infernal sounds but good action
It's like a martial arts swordplay movie meets Groundhog Day!
Well described the game dude 😁👍🏻
This princess is somehow worse then peach at getting kidnapped
You are playing this with a god mode trainer, yes?
I remember the arcade, it was near impossible to survive more than 30 seconds.
+World of Longplays (cubex55) Good skill there, buddy. Back in my childhood times, me and my cousins got killed several times XD
Ah nostalgia
It's honestly impressive how close the NES port got to this, especially considering it was developed an external contract developer, TOSE. They also had the brilliant idea of portraying the kidnapping of the princess as a ninja who jumped down and jumped away, as having two ninjas pull a carriage would induce flicker. The former admittedly is more appropriate given the abduction, and just cooler.
In the description you say you beat the game 3 times, but you're clearly only on the beginning of Loop 3 when you die
Wow, that major audio desync
Looks like great ninja action!!!!
When I went on a break in Cornwall I found this in the arcade and you couldn’t get me off it I think it were 20pence for 3 life’s and I would be on it for hours my mum and father new exactly we’re I was and what arcade I was in amazing for it’s time plus a boxing game called ring king wich we’re both out in the 80s they were great times I miss those days 💯👍
Missed when arcade games had the 2:39 Sega arcade noise 😂
Just played this game on a tv game plug in pretty fun and I wanted to see how it ends. This game is cool :)
Owwwww the flashes.
looks better than the nes version
You can clearly see where Irem got their inspiration from when they released ‘Ninja Spirit’ in 1988 - also a fantastic game (almost a ‘spiritual successor’ if Taito had released it instead of Irem.)
so technically, this is ninja Mario.
Yup. Pretty violent to that, too.
1984? Isn't it 1985.8.10?
Que ano é esse jogo em ??
It's a similarity to Kung-fu Master. What's the same principle is: Go rescue your lover such as. Never let her out of your sight.
Your video audio is out of sync!
You should do something about the sound.
This look similar to another Nintendo game I can't remember that had infinite enemies respawned too.
Demon Sword?
Ninja Gaiden?
"However..." 😒😒
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Four levels repeated over and over again it reminds me a bit of Taito’s jungle hunt
Isn't this also a Taito game?
Love
I remember convincing my cousin to buy this piece of shit for his birthday, only to beat it within 30 mins of opening it up.
People, people, I was able to pass this game too, I trained for a long time !!! I have video proof!
Thank you for sharing this keep up the good work… K-9 0Ut…
Epilepsiaaaaaaaaa
:-D
Não vídeo game
Seizure-inducing game
Never understood this game. Rescue the girl just so she can get kidnapped again ad nauseam? Nah. I'll stick to something more fun like poking my eyes out with dull spoons.
Also the background is the same they just change colors so cheap......
You don't understand the design philosophy of "looping" arcade games?
@@haseo8244 Donkey Kong didn't even change colors. Why these new fangled youngins these days...
reminds me of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon