The Ninja Warriors

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The Ninja Warriors
System(s): PC Engine, Virtual Console (Wii)
Publisher: Taito
Developer: Taito
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1989-06-30 ¥6,2006,200 TP01002 JP ▼ 2008-09-24 600pts600
Non-NEC versions Arcade Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore 64 Mega-CD 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

	Slums
	Military Base
	Hangar
	Building Area
	Underground Waterway
	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

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In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: The Ninja Warriors/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Complete Guide to Consoles 80 №1, p63 Computer & Video Games 82 №94, p99 Excalibur 50 №20, p14

	71
Based on 3 reviews

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card File:TheNinjaWarriors PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

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

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