TRIVIA Released in February 1988 in Japan (even if the title screen says 1987).
Licensed by Romstar for US distribution.
The strange resolution of this game was due to the original cabinet which had a wide screen made out of three monitors.
Banglar, the main enemy who looks like Yoda from the star wars films makes a cameo appearance in "Aqua Jack" 2 years after appearing in The Ninja Warriors.
Brian Chapel holds the official record for this game with 188,900 points.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (The Ninja Warriors: G.S.M. Taito 1 - D28B0001) on June 21, 1988. Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (The Ninja Warriors - Famous Recording Series - PCCB-00074) on October 21, 1991. Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (The Ninja Warriors - Complete Album - PCCB-00116) on March 19, 1993.
SERIES
The Ninja Warriors (1988, Arcade)
The Ninjawarriors Again [Model SHVC-NI] (1994, Super Famicom)
The Ninja Saviors - Return of the Warriors (2019, Switch & Playstation 4)
STAFF Produced by: Yojiro Suekado Directed by: Masaki Ogata Written by: Onijust Executive producer: Hisao Yunoki Director of software: Daisuke Sasaki Programmers: Yoshihisa Nagata, Yuji Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Masaki Ogata, Daisuke Sasaki Production designer: Yukiwo Ishikawa Character designers: Masami Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Wakita, Toshiyuki Nishimura, Taira Sanuki, Shinobu Iwabuchi, Sachiko Yamana, Junji Yarita, Kohzoh Igarashi, Tetsuro Kitagawa, Yukiwo Ishikawa Assistant character designers: Visual Arts Produtcion, Animation 20, Space Creative Supervising editor: Tetsuro Kitagawa Editors: Masami Kikuchi, Yukiwo Ishikawa Costume designer: Hiroshi Wagatsuma Hardware designer: Toshiyuki Sanada Assistant hardware engineer: Satoru Shimomura Music composed and directed by (Zuntata): Hisayoshi Ogura Assistant sound programmer (Zuntata): Naoto Yagista Sound editor (Zuntata): Yasuhisa Watanabe Sound hardware designer: Tsukasa Nakamura Publicity supervisor: Hisayoshi Nakane Game designed by: Onijust
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CONSOLES:
[JP] NEC PC-Engine (june.30, 1989) "The Ninja Warriors [Model TP01002]" [JP] Sega Mega CD (mar.12, 1993) "The Ninja Warriors [Model T-11024]" [US] Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (sept.7, 2017) "Arcade Archives - The Ninja Warriors [Model CUSA-05116]" [EU] [AU] Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (sept.7, 2017) "Arcade Archives - The Ninja Warriors [Model CUSA-09273]" [JP] Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (sept.7, 2017) "Arcade Archives - The Ninja Warriors [Model CUSA-03708]"
COMPUTERS:
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989) [US] [EU] Commodore C64 (1989) [EU] Amstrad CPC (1989) [EU] Commodore Amiga (1989) [EU] Atari ST (1989) by Virgin Games [EU] Atari ST (1990) by 16 Blitz Tronix
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