Ninja-kun is on a mission. He alone must climb the mountain and enter Demon Castle and clear out its evil inhabitants. He will face enemies along the way, and must eliminate them before he can progress to the second mountain, and on to the castle. When he succeeds, he must start over at the bottom … Read more
Ashura no Shou expands upon the basic gameplay introduced in Ninja-kun, by introducing new exploration concepts and challenging the player to complete 31 stages of action, with branching levels, larger enemies, and boss battles. The game was ported to the MSX and published by HAL Laboratory. It was also ported to the Famicom in 1988. … Read more
This is the third entry in the series of fast-paced ninja action games, and is the last game in the series to be released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Some time has passed since the defeat of Ashtar and the resurrected Jaquio, and Irene Lew has received a new mission to complete. She is to … Read more
A year after the events of the original Ninja Gaiden, a new villain named Ashtar receives word of Jaquio’s defeat. Ashtar uses this opportunity to hatch a new plan to plunge the world into darkness. The ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, hits the trail to destroy all.
Ninja Gaiden begins with a cinematic animation in which 2 ninjas duel to the death; one goes down. It is revealed that the doomed ninja is the father of Ryu Hayabusa. When Ryu learns of this, he embarks on a quest to find out who killed his father and why. This quest takes him to … Read more
In a realm of feudal Japanese folklore the eponymous Ninja Jajamaru-kun must rescue his beloved Princess Sakura from the clutches of a fiendish catfish-faced pirate. Jajamaru-kun begins on the bottom of a three tiered horizontal field. On each level of this field there are two enemies on each tier. The tiers have weak brick ceilings … Read more
The game opens on a vegetative theme: siblings Maru and Cori are sent to bed early for not eating their vegetables, whereupon they drift off to sleep and dream together. Suddenly, a spaceship crashes before them! “Lettuce check it out,” urges Maru. From the ship appears a man dressed as a king. “I yam King … Read more
Ninja Hattori-kun (lit. “Little Ninja Hattori”) is a 1986 video game software developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Family Computer exclusively in Japan. It is based on Fujiko Fujio A’s (the pen name of Motoo Abiko) Japanese manga series of the same name, which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. … Read more
In Ninja Crusaders, a force of alien invaders has descended upon the earth and has wiped out humanity for the most part. Some ninjas survived the onslaught, however, and 2 ninjas in particular named Blade and Talon are assigned to rid the earth of this alien menace. Ninja Crusaders is a side-scrolling action game that … Read more
The Big Apple is being overrun with crime, and the cities children have been mysteriously disappearing. It is up to the Black Manta to rescue the children and stop whomever is behind this. In addition to your ninja skills, you will be able to find additional powers (including invisibility and teleportation) to help you out … Read more