@jamessm4401
I remember the great ninja infestation of the 1980s. Every big city was just crawling with them. It was a rough decade.
@Budters
My mom's car caught fire by the mall. So me and my friend waited for a ride at the arcade. Had about $10. We almost got the end and ran out of coins. The last seconds of countdown some dude came over and gave us a full handful of quarters to finish this game. It was so cool putting our initials In the high score, and coming back for months to check in on it!
@blightedgrounds
I miss the good 'ol days of fighting bodybuilders in hockey masks on the roofs of ice cream shops.
@CHKDSKSYNTAX
This absolutely floored us back in 1988. I'll never forget the crowds around the arcade machines and how happy we were to play this. Oh my goodness....the debates we had in regard to who was the strongest Ninja between Joe Musashi and Ryu Hayabusa. Good times and wonderful memories.
@twin78
That damn continue screen used to give me nightmares as a kid. Scared AF!
@joekerner2020
I would have loved to be present for the briefing on this ninja mission. "SO RYU, WE HAVE A JOB FOR YOU" "I'm listening. " "SO YOU ARE TO TRAVEL FROM TOKYO TO NEW YORK. IN A ROWBOAT. "Uh huh" "NOW YOUR DESTINATION IS ACTUALLY MUCH FURTHER WEST THAN NEW YORK. BUT WE'RE SENDING YOU TO NEW YORK TO START WITH THEN SEND YOU BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. BECAUSE WHY NOT?" "I see." "NOW THERE IS AN ENTIRE ARMY OF MUSCLE CLAD BADDIES WHO ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE COMING AND WILL RELENTLESSLY ATTEMPT TO KILL YOU. THEY'RE EASY TO SPOT SINCE APPARENTLY THEY ALL SHOP AT THE SAME COSPLAY STORE." "Gotcha" "NOW YOU WILL BRING YOUR SWORD..." "Naturally. " "BUT YOU ARE NOT TO USE IT AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DISPATCH THIS ENTIRE DEATH SQUAD WITH YOUR BARE HANDS." "Makes perfect sense so far." "NOW YOU'RE BEING TIMED..." "Of course I am." "...WHILE OPERATING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH ZERO STEALTH IN NINJA GARB THAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB..." "Loving this plan." "...AND YOUR FINAL OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE OUT A TWELVE FOOT TALL CULT LEADER WHO CAN BENCH PRESS A BUICK AND CARRIES TWO GIGANTIC SWORDS WHILE YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO FIGHT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS." "I see." "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU'RE CAPTURED?" "And ruin the surprise?"
@TwistedBananaProductions
Ahh, yes the classic strategy of waiting for the enemy to come down to your level.
@DonVecta
I could watch the Vegas stage and listen to the track and never get tired of it. Remains as my all-tme favorite stage of the game. The ambience is just so perfect. The boss fight with the main event show music and the queen cards in the background makes it even perfect. Love this game.
@TheRealest127
This takes me back to being a kid! The Arcade version of Ninja Gaiden was SO much better than the Nintendo version but they both hold their rightful place in 80’s awesomeness and nostalgia! 🔥🔥
@ninji5226
Holy hell, my buddy growing up had this full size cabinet in his kitchen, or rather his dad did. I was always shocked at how much cooler and different this version was compared to its nes version, completely different games.
@MAYOFORCE
I love how this series managed to adapt itself well between the NES games, the Xbox games, and this one while having their own distinct identities and reasons to play them.
@stevee2961
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I'm from NyC and used to see this in the Astor Place barber shop as a kid. Nostalgic af. Never got to play it through so this is fantastic
@darkestlost
These guys from tecmo were black sabbath fans wow. Amazing gameplay I have never seen nothing from this game so far
@howieg2019
91 this was in a corner store, blew many quarters, always got love for it.
@TheBlackPigeon
'Akebono, Lord Humongous, and The Road Warriors join a death cult and do the J-O-B to a pair of ninjas' is something only the 80s could provide.
@darkkonblackblade6161
Man I sooooo miss the 80s Dude your a bad ass.....I haven't played since it was in the arcades(yes kids we had this place called a arcade where many cabinet games you could play for a quarter to fifty cents) I couldn't get past the 2nd stage.
@jackcoleman1784
Holy shit I would never have guessed Ryu had the guillotine throw going back this far. That's some straight dedication to character consistency on Tecmos part.
@mxx720
"Hey designers, what do we know about America?" "Well, Jason Vorhees is EVERYWHERE."
@arp2010
After decades, only today did I realize that the music playing in the second stage bosses is Iron Man by Black Sabbath.😲😲😲
@EternalRoman