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Ninja Gaiden

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PlatformAtari LynxYear1990
PublisherAtariDeveloperBluesky Software
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Beat'em Up, Single Player, Arcade Conversion, Ninja
PlatformAtari Lynx
Year1990
PublisherAtari
DeveloperBluesky Software
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Beat'em Up, Single Player, Arcade Conversion, Ninja

7Ninja Gaiden is a conversion of the Tecmo arcade game. You are a ninja tasked with eliminating all enemies and you can punch, kick, perform a jump throw, and occasionally use a sword to defeat your enemies. It plays well and there is some variety in how to attack enemies however the game feels like it is playing at half speed. Grabbing onto rails also requires pressing option 1 which is very awkward when using original hardware. It's still enjoyable and not too difficult but would benefit from being faster.
7Ninja Gaiden is a conversion of the Tecmo arcade game. You are a ninja tasked with eliminating all enemies and you can punch, kick, perform a jump throw, and occasionally use a sword to defeat your enemies. It plays well and there is some variety in how to attack enemies however the game feels like it is playing at half speed. Grabbing onto rails also requires pressing option 1 which is very awkward when using original hardware. It's still enjoyable and not too difficult but would benefit from being faster.

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