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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ニンジャウォーリアーズ) is a beat-'em-up originally developed by [[Taito]] for the arcades. It was brought to the [[PC Engine]] in 1989 exclusively for Japan.
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The game is set in a dystopian future where Banglar, the President of the United States in 1993, has declared martial law nationwide. A group of anarchist scientists led by Mulk decide that it is time to revolt against the government. Knowing full well that fighting the military themselves would be suicidal, the scientists create two powerful androids to carry out the mission for them. The robots, code-named "Kunoichi" (red female) and "Ninja" (blue male), are sent by the scientists to end Banglar's tyranny once and for all.
  
 
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Playable characters are two androids called Kunoichi (female ninja, red color) and Ninja (male ninja, blue color). Both characters play identically.
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The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up, and only single player is available in this version. Players take control of Kunoichi or Ninja and fight wave after wave of Banglar forces, and the player's character can be chosen by pressing {{Select}} on the title screen. Both characters play identically. The ninjas move with {{left}} and {{right}} and jump with {{up}}. They crouch with {{down}} and can walk while crouching with {{downleft}} and {{downright}}. Some stages have stairs, which are ascended with {{upleft}} and {{upright}} and descended with {{downleft}} and {{downright}}.
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The ninjas attack with a short-range kunai slash with {{II}}. Holding {{II}} guards, which can deflect certain attacks. Jumping while guarding somersaults. The ninjas can also throw long-range shurikens with {{I}}. The shurikens are limited in supply; some of the tougher enemies reward the player with 5 shurikens when defeated.
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The ninjas have health meters that empty as they take damage from foes. As their health goes down, their skin and clothing tears away, revealing the robots underneath. The ninjas are destroyed after losing all of their health, but they can be revived if the player has credits remaining, of which they have a total of four. Stages are also timed, and the ninjas are destroyed if time runs out. The ninjas start over with full health, 30 shurikens, and 300 seconds of time at the beginning of each stage and after reviving.
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The options menu allows the player to change the playable characters' colours as well as increase the time limit to 360 seconds and change difficulty.
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===Stages===
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==Production credits==

Revision as of 12:09, 20 February 2024

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The Ninja Warriors
System(s): PC Engine, Virtual Console (Wii)
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Action































Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
PC Engine
JP 		¥6,2006,200 TP01002
Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		600pts600
CERO: B
Non-NEC versions
Arcade
Arcade
Commodore Amiga
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
Atari ST
Atari ST
Commodore 64
Commodore 64
Sega Mega-CD
Mega-CD
ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum

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The Ninja Warriors (ニンジャウォーリアーズ) is a beat-'em-up originally developed by Taito for the arcades. It was brought to the PC Engine in 1989 exclusively for Japan.

Story

The game is set in a dystopian future where Banglar, the President of the United States in 1993, has declared martial law nationwide. A group of anarchist scientists led by Mulk decide that it is time to revolt against the government. Knowing full well that fighting the military themselves would be suicidal, the scientists create two powerful androids to carry out the mission for them. The robots, code-named "Kunoichi" (red female) and "Ninja" (blue male), are sent by the scientists to end Banglar's tyranny once and for all.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up, and only single player is available in this version. Players take control of Kunoichi or Ninja and fight wave after wave of Banglar forces, and the player's character can be chosen by pressing  SELECT  on the title screen. Both characters play identically. The ninjas move with ← and → and jump with ↑. They crouch with ↓ and can walk while crouching with ↙ and ↘. Some stages have stairs, which are ascended with ↖ and ↗ and descended with ↙ and ↘.

The ninjas attack with a short-range kunai slash with Ⅱ. Holding Ⅱ guards, which can deflect certain attacks. Jumping while guarding somersaults. The ninjas can also throw long-range shurikens with Ⅰ. The shurikens are limited in supply; some of the tougher enemies reward the player with 5 shurikens when defeated.

The ninjas have health meters that empty as they take damage from foes. As their health goes down, their skin and clothing tears away, revealing the robots underneath. The ninjas are destroyed after losing all of their health, but they can be revived if the player has credits remaining, of which they have a total of four. Stages are also timed, and the ninjas are destroyed if time runs out. The ninjas start over with full health, 30 shurikens, and 300 seconds of time at the beginning of each stage and after reviving.

The options menu allows the player to change the playable characters' colours as well as increase the time limit to 360 seconds and change difficulty.

Stages

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Slums

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Military Base

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Hangar

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Building Area

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Underground Waterway

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Banglar Mansion

Production credits

  • Produced by: Keisuke Hasegawa
  • Directed by: Shouji Takahashi
  • Written by: Onijust
  • Director Of Software: Orihasam
  • Programmers: Haruo Suzuki, Youichi Ito, Drunker Kzm, Masahiro Atsuji
  • Production Designer: Tsutinari Nishiki
  • Character Designers: Yuji Koga, Nishiyaman, Tsutinari Nishiki
  • Background Designer: Nishiyaman
  • Music Composed and Directed by: OGR (Zuntata)
  • Sound Editor: Wizardry Master (Zuntata)
  • Sound Hardware Designer: Yukiyoshi Toyoshima
  • Game Checker: Talk Uchimura, Yukiyoshi Toyoshima, Nanno KHK, Yoshiharu Satou
  • Special Thanks: Yukiwo Ishikawa, Masami Kikuchi, Naoko Matumoto, Yoshihiro Wakita, Mayuko Kakei, Onijust
  • Game Designed by: Yuji Koga
(C) Taito Corporation 1989
All Rights Reserved
Source:
In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: The Ninja Warriors/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NEC Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №1, p63[1]
82 №94, p99[2]
50 №20, p14[3]
PC Engine
 71
Based on
3 reviews

PC Engine, JP
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
PC Engine
✔
CRC32 96e0cd9d
MD5 cd67ad6c5e69636c63d5cda218471738
SHA-1 27f30fa4eb12856bd21279e96d1764bba531432f
384kB Card (JP)

References

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Sega Retro has more information related to The Ninja Warriors
  1. ↑ CompleteGuideToConsoles UK 01.pdf, page 63
  2. ↑ CVG UK 094.pdf, page 99
  3. ↑ Excalibur CZ 20.pdf, page 14


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