Bob's Retro Reviews



Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden TitleNinja Gaiden Screenshot

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

You are a ninja tasked with eliminating all enemies. This is a conversion of the Tecmo arcade game and has you punching, kicking, jump throwing and occasionally using a sword to defeat your enemies. There are four levels and boss battles after each.
 
GoodBad
  • Large detailed graphics
  • Lots of enemies on screen
  • Nice enemy flip technique
  • Special moves are easy to trigger
  • Great continue screen
  • Need to press option 1 to grab onto rails
  • Game plays like it's in slow motion
  • No jump kick
  • Difficult to reveal items in the environment as it requires you to throw or hit an enemy into the container
Good
  • Large detailed graphics
  • Lots of enemies on screen
  • Nice enemy flip technique
  • Special moves are easy to trigger
  • Great continue screen
 
Bad
  • Need to press option 1 to grab onto rails
  • Game plays like it's in slow motion
  • No jump kick
  • Difficult to reveal items in the environment as it requires you to throw or hit an enemy into the container
 
7It plays well and there is some variety in how to attack the enemies however the game seems to play at half speed. It's still enjoyable and not too difficult but would benefit from being faster.

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