Ninja Gaiden (EU,JP,US) (Action Platform) (NES)

1988 · action · NES · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/gaiden_nes_2 MANUAL : JP : https://archive.org/details/NinjaGaidenFCManualOnlyHiResOz VIDEO LONGPLAY : https://archive.org/details/NES_Longplay_-_Ninja_Gaiden_-_US O.S.T : https://archive.org/details/NGTDSTV1 Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden_(NES_video_game) Ninja Gaiden , [ a ] released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden [ b ] and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a 1988 action - platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System . Its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name. It was released in December 1988 in Japan, in March 1989 in North America, and in August 1991 in Europe. It has been ported to several other platforms, including the PC Engine , the Super NES , and mobile phones. Set in a retro-futuristic version of 1988, the story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father. There, he learns that a person named "the Jaquio" plans to take control of the world by unleashing an ancient demon through the power contained in two statues. Featuring side-scrolling platform gameplay similar to Castlevania , players control Ryu through six "Acts" that comprise 20 levels ; they encounter enemies that must be dispatched with Ryu's katana and other secondary weapons. Ninja Gaiden has an elaborate story told through anime -like cinematic cutscenes. It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines, while criticism focused on its high difficulty, particularly in the later levels. Director Hideo Yoshizawa named Ninja Gaiden as his most commercially successful project. The game continued to receive acclaim from print and online publications, being cited as one of the greatest video games of all time . It was novelized as part of the Worlds of Power game adaptations written by Seth Godin and Peter Lerangis . The game was followed by Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) and Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991). A manga-styled comic book, Ninja Gaiden '88 , published by Dark Horse Comics , continued the narrative of the five original games. Plot Ninja Gaiden features a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa who seeks revenge for the death of his father and gradually finds himself involved in a sinister plot that threatens the entire world. [ 2 ] The story opens with Ryu's father, Ken, seemingly killed in a duel by an unknown assailant. After the duel, Ryu finds a letter written by Ken, which tells him to find an archeologist named Walter Smith in America . [ 3 ] Ryu travels to the US, but before he can find Dr. Smith, he is shot and kidnapped by a mysterious young woman; she hands him a demonic-looking statue before releasing him. [ 4 ] Ryu then sees Walter, who tells him of the demon statues he and Ken had found in some ruins in the Amazon . Walter tells Ryu of an evil demon named Jashin that "SHINOBI" defeated, whose power was confined into "Light" and "Shadow" demon statues. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ryu shows Walter the "Shadow" demon statue given to him by the woman, but during their conversation, a masked figure named Basaquer [ 7 ] suddenly breaks into the cabin and steals the Shadow statue. Ryu gives chase, defeats Basaquer, and retrieves the statue, but when he returns, he finds Walter mortally wounded and the Light statue is missing. As Walter dies in his arms, three armed men apprehend Ryu and take him with them. [ 4 ] Ryu is taken to an interrogation room, where he meets agent Foster, head of the Special Auxiliary Unit of the Central Intelligence Agency . Foster denies being responsible for Smith's death, but is willing to fill Ryu in on what they know: Years ago, a more-than-2000-year-old temple was discovered by Dr. Smith in the Amazon. He explains that Walter mysteriously sealed the ruins, and nobody has since ventured near them. [ 8 ] Foster mentions they have been monitoring the activity of someone named Guardia de Mieux, also known as "the Jaquio", who recently moved into the temple where the body of the demon was confined. [ 9 ] Using the statues, the Jaquio plans to awaken Jashin and use it to destroy the world. [ 10 ] Foster asks Ryu to go to the temple and eliminate him. [ 11 ] Ryu is flown to the north-west corner of Brazil , where he is dropped off in a parachute in the jungle near the temple. When he gets there, Ryu discovers the Jaquio has captured the girl who handed him the "Shadow" statue earlier. He orders Ryu to give up the demon statue after threatening the girl's life, then drops Ryu through a trapdoor and into a catacomb. [ 12 ] After fighting his way back to the top of the temple, Ryu encounters Bloody Malth, whom he defeats. As he is dying, Malth reveals that he was the one who dueled with Ryu's father, that his father is still alive, and Ryu will meet him as he presses onward. [ 13 ] When he reaches the temple's inner chambers, he discovers his father was possessed by an evil fi