Great game, and great Amiga conversion too. I feel that this game is often overlooked in the evolution of beat 'em ups, as most people just leap straight from Double Dragon to Final Fight, but this was the game which first introduced breakable objects, attack combinations, and grisly game over screens. It deserves way more love.
Never crashed for me, playing it at a friend's house, it was the main reason I wanted an Amiga. Shame the game doesn't have both sound and music at the same time but otherwise a great conversion, certainly a master piece when compared to the Amiga versions of both Double Dragon and Final Fight. In fact probably one of the best scrolling beat-em-ups on the Amiga alongside the excellent conversion of Golden Axe. [edit] Although the timelimit on coop is a bit too fast and therefore can't really enjoy the game unless you use infinite credits (and that requires you to play and lose all but 1 credit by repeatedly jumping down the hole mid way through the first stage. Which is kinda annoying having to do each time you want to play the game. [edit2] Oh and it's a shame the Amiga version has no music for Stages 4, 5 and 6 and instead just repeats the music for Stages 1, 2 and 3 again.
I'm glad, time when we have to throw coins just to play 5 minutes, is over. Good PC. I was so happy back then in mid 90's when PC's got mainstream, and very soon powerful thanks to 3dfx accelerators. I'm so glad, coin-arcade machine era is over.
@IgaKoga lol, nope. It would developed independaly, and same fast. Even if coin machines would not exists at all. Or be completly free. Home consoles would be sufficient.
i'm a 80s baby and i love these retro games and all but i love the funny random game logic where you're walking and suddenly the road ends and there's a bottomless pit/cliff infront of you
I have the soundtrack on Vinyl with the other NES Ninja Gaiden's. Also this game has the greatest "insert coin" screen and Game over death sound. "MOO!"
I used to have it on the Amiga too. Unlike many (perhaps most) arcade game conversions on the Amiga, it was very well done indeed. The music on the Amiga is fantastic.
The future Ninja Gaiden . He was sent to America to kill some demonic cult to gain the right of the Dragon sword etc. Love the game over screen though jesus
Funny how as kids we didn’t even think of arcade games as computers as the graphics looked so unbelievably different than any game running on a computer..
Very true. When I first happened to read about what was inside an arcade machine, and that they were essentially just another type of computer with massive circuit boards of chips inside, it was quite a revelation. Until that point, it didn't occur to me that an arcade machine was based on similar technology to a home computer.
@@nebularain3338 When I said based on similar tech, I meant very broadly speaking. Some home systems like the PC Engine in Japan shared some chips with arcade machines I think, but what I really meant was that they were recognisably computer boards, like the ones in home systems, just the specifics of the chips are different. As I said, I didn't previously have any idea of what they would look like inside.
This was one of my favorite games in the day. Used to play it in the pizzeria under the name NINJA GAIDEN. I'm surprised the Sega Genesis didn't pick it up.
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Yes I played it. It's Like one or two levels. Sega could have gone for this game; should have gone for Bad Dudes and Rastan as well.
Never seen that title before. I remember seeing it as Ninja Gaiden. Used to go down to the Jiffy-mart by my house and pump my allowance into that game.
We also see the Queens in the Round 3 background complete. The Amiga version had the Queen of Clubs have as her bottom half a copy of the Queen of Diamonds. Here the Queen of Clubs is solid.
Jojo references: * stone masks and Wham at 22:35; * Santana(looking a bit more like Baoh) at 23:23; * Kars, aptly next to a wall full of stone masks, at 25:45; * AC-DC, I guess (hardest one to recognise) at 25:56 on the right.
If you can tell here, the "Round 3 Clear" screen has Ryu Hayabusa in a light purple suit, four bunny girl hostesses fawning over him (the next time the Hero has it this good would be "Dragon Quest VIII" I believe) while racking up wins on Roulette. You wonder if the African-American guy is either cheering Ryu on (no doubt because he staked Ryu) or getting concerned Ryu's winning too much (because he's the "pit boss" wanting to make sure no ninja tricks were used at the table).
Does anyone know why it doesn't load properly on arcade box with 33000 games. I even downloaded the mame file again and added it to mame folder but same result. I get a blue and grey game error screen that basically looks like dos print. Then any button you press just brings you back to the mame games list. Do I need to hook up something like the switch arcade stick for it to recognize a specific game code? Right I just have it hooked directly up to my tv using the ps1 controllers it came with.
I used to think this game was related to Friday the 13th movies or the Splatterhouse game franchise. Damned generic hockey masks. No wonder you don't see them anymore.
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The stage design is incredible, especially for a game in 1980s!!
The mix of beat 'em up and platforming/swinging is amazing!
Great game, and great Amiga conversion too. I feel that this game is often overlooked in the evolution of beat 'em ups, as most people just leap straight from Double Dragon to Final Fight, but this was the game which first introduced breakable objects, attack combinations, and grisly game over screens. It deserves way more love.
it always crashed on amiga
@@Glockhead1 It never crashed for me. I still have my original copy from 1991 and it still works perfectly from start to finish.
Never crashed for me, playing it at a friend's house, it was the main reason I wanted an Amiga. Shame the game doesn't have both sound and music at the same time but otherwise a great conversion, certainly a master piece when compared to the Amiga versions of both Double Dragon and Final Fight. In fact probably one of the best scrolling beat-em-ups on the Amiga alongside the excellent conversion of Golden Axe.
[edit] Although the timelimit on coop is a bit too fast and therefore can't really enjoy the game unless you use infinite credits (and that requires you to play and lose all but 1 credit by repeatedly jumping down the hole mid way through the first stage. Which is kinda annoying having to do each time you want to play the game.
[edit2] Oh and it's a shame the Amiga version has no music for Stages 4, 5 and 6 and instead just repeats the music for Stages 1, 2 and 3 again.
Great game and a killer soundtrack. Remember finishing this in an arcade by repeatedly putting coins in when dead. Happy days.
I'm glad, time when we have to throw coins just to play 5 minutes, is over. Good PC. I was so happy back then in mid 90's when PC's got mainstream, and very soon powerful thanks to 3dfx accelerators. I'm so glad, coin-arcade machine era is over.
@IgaKoga lol, nope.
It would developed independaly, and same fast. Even if coin machines would not exists at all. Or be completly free.
Home consoles would be sufficient.
@IgaKoga respect for greedy rats? Never!
3:55 what else could come out of a Viking themed beer house? A huge sumo wrestler c of course.
i'm a 80s baby and i love these retro games and all but i love the funny random game logic where you're walking and suddenly the road ends and there's a bottomless pit/cliff infront of you
I have the soundtrack on Vinyl with the other NES Ninja Gaiden's. Also this game has the greatest "insert coin" screen and Game over death sound. "MOO!"
I thought that was "NOOOOOOOO!"
Crazy how time flies. Used to go by my friends house after school just to watch him play on his Amiga.
I used to have it on the Amiga too. Unlike many (perhaps most) arcade game conversions on the Amiga, it was very well done indeed. The music on the Amiga is fantastic.
"The guys coming out of the water aren't tall enough to hit him."
"Just give them more abs."
1988 bad tunes man loved this game.
This game's soudtrack is still on my playlist.
The future Ninja Gaiden . He was sent to America to kill some demonic cult to gain the right of the Dragon sword etc. Love the game over screen though jesus
Funny how as kids we didn’t even think of arcade games as computers as the graphics looked so unbelievably different than any game running on a computer..
Very true. When I first happened to read about what was inside an arcade machine, and that they were essentially just another type of computer with massive circuit boards of chips inside, it was quite a revelation. Until that point, it didn't occur to me that an arcade machine was based on similar technology to a home computer.
Arcade games had a lot of extra (and expensive) hardware, which is why they were so powerful, and more advanced than anything on the home market.
@@nebularain3338 When I said based on similar tech, I meant very broadly speaking. Some home systems like the PC Engine in Japan shared some chips with arcade machines I think, but what I really meant was that they were recognisably computer boards, like the ones in home systems, just the specifics of the chips are different. As I said, I didn't previously have any idea of what they would look like inside.
This was one of my favorite games in the day. Used to play it in the pizzeria under the name NINJA GAIDEN. I'm surprised the Sega Genesis didn't pick it up.
Technos did actually develop a version for the Genesis, but it was never finished, unfortunately. Footage of the game exists online :)
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Yes I played it. It's Like one or two levels. Sega could have gone for this game; should have gone for Bad Dudes and Rastan as well.
@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Technos? You mean Tecmo?
I love the sound effects
Never seen that title before. I remember seeing it as Ninja Gaiden. Used to go down to the Jiffy-mart by my house and pump my allowance into that game.
This is the Japan version.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 No, it isn't. It is the European version. The Japanese version was named Ninja Ryukenden.
What an amazing game
That mural behind the last bad guy!
We also see the Queens in the Round 3 background complete. The Amiga version had the Queen of Clubs have as her bottom half a copy of the Queen of Diamonds. Here the Queen of Clubs is solid.
Classic game...great👍
Featuring the Iron Man song from Black Sabbath, and the Unicron theme music from The Transformers movie.
Rabbit And Arrow, Jenny
#stratch #hotel
Jojo references:
* stone masks and Wham at 22:35;
* Santana(looking a bit more like Baoh) at 23:23;
* Kars, aptly next to a wall full of stone masks, at 25:45;
* AC-DC, I guess (hardest one to recognise) at 25:56 on the right.
This was another I could play free at a local low-key neighborhood arcde in Dayton Ohio
Классные игры раньше делали конечно
Ah, New York in the late 80s, when half the city dressed like Jason Vorhees and ninjas fished drugs out of 55 gallon drums.
It was a magical time.
Well Jason was popular back then.
If you can tell here, the "Round 3 Clear" screen has Ryu Hayabusa in a light purple suit, four bunny girl hostesses fawning over him (the next time the Hero has it this good would be "Dragon Quest VIII" I believe) while racking up wins on Roulette. You wonder if the African-American guy is either cheering Ryu on (no doubt because he staked Ryu) or getting concerned Ryu's winning too much (because he's the "pit boss" wanting to make sure no ninja tricks were used at the table).
It's not Ryu Hayabusa in this version. That character was only in the NES games.
@@nebularain3338 Oh? I had thought that retroactively applied to the arcade version too.
@@theodorehsu5023 Nope. They're just nameless ninjas in the arcade game.
Old Nerd supporting 👍😉
Wait a min round 6 were those jojo references?!?
nice gameplay and good chanel I subscribe
man now I want some IceCe Crem
This is Ninja Gaiden, isn't it?
Yes 🙂
Yes, but in Europe it was called Shadow Warriors since the word "Ninja" had lead to controversy in the UK at the time.
Europe was so paranoid back then.
Funny … they seem to have a jojo reference in level 6 (which would fit with the manga episodes released same year).
Game is on the Miyoo
Great machine btw
Does anyone know why it doesn't load properly on arcade box with 33000 games. I even downloaded the mame file again and added it to mame folder but same result. I get a blue and grey game error screen that basically looks like dos print. Then any button you press just brings you back to the mame games list. Do I need to hook up something like the switch arcade stick for it to recognize a specific game code? Right I just have it hooked directly up to my tv using the ps1 controllers it came with.
Guess in Japan this was shadow warriors
In the U.S. ninja gaiden
Where can I get the this arcade version of the APK for my box arcade emu
The music played while fighting the two tall bosses sounds like Black Sabbath's Iron Man.
It was supposed to: the two tall guys were portraying pro wrestling tag team Road Warriors, who actually used Iron Man as their entrance theme.
31:05 Was it necessary to show it?☹️
I used to think this game was related to Friday the 13th movies or the Splatterhouse game franchise. Damned generic hockey masks. No wonder you don't see them anymore.
My furite game
Ninja gaiden with a different name.
I USE TO CALL THIS GAME : NINJA ZZZZZZZZ 😂😂
忍者龍劍傳嗎？
4:43 Dont they have traffic lights in that city? Wtf.
saludos
The boss is a joke
Ce l'ho su Amiga 500
i had that on amiga sadly it always crashed(original game no bootleg)
You play more master.