Legend of Kage, The Complete Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A beginning to end playthrough of Taito's 1987 NES game, The Legend of Kage, from www.nintendocom...
A classic arcade conversion of the original 1985 Japanese arcade game 影の伝説 (Kage no Densetsu), The Legend of Kage (pronounced kah-ge, Japanese for shadow, not like Johnny "Cage". Imagine a Bostonian calling their 'car gay' and you've got a close approximation of the actual pronunciation) had a guy looking suspiciously close to Hayate from Revenge of the Ninja (Sega CD) running through feudal Japan, saving his girlfriend several times as the seasons pass. Cool game, and a surprising amount of strategy for how simple it is.
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[@TheSentinel091482]

This music was classic, over 30 yrs later and I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@MorbidDesire860]

Defined Boundary yeah the music was stuck in my head today even tho I played this game about ~14 years ago so I looked it up to listen.. had to find the game's name first because that part I never actually looked at before.. I only knew which cartridge had what kinda game

[@SlavaAnimado]

that was my sin, this music from this game, so I played

[@UNKNOWNHUMANx]

im crying man

[@mariavega4898]

Hahahaha same here.. it felt like yesterday. Im in tear to reminisce my childhood days.. Currently 32 years old now heheheh

[@Bambbhomie]

Yes

[@mayank19o76]

I don't know why... but i was very scared to play this game when i was little. The music, The chills , The Thunder, Fire breathing Person coming from all directions. but it was iconic 🤩

[@mathieuvart]

Me too I was scared haha

[@KunalSharma-kr5js]

Me too this game gives me some kind of scary vibes

[@monicaelisabethmelgarejo4670]

Me too, but with other games, circus charlie for example

[@TheEndless_]

@@monicaelisabethmelgarejo4670 omg yes finally someone said it.

[@yahikoksm5125]

Haha same here

[@archerkatoleee]

...I never knew this game had a ending. I thought it just went on and on forever.

[@erick_the_one]

However....

[@diazalbn]

..it takes forever...

[@jakemason3586]

i managed only up to 3rd level....snow forest lol

[@golamsamdani7617]

@@jakemason3586, I completed the whole level

[@m.raheej1699]

Haha me too

[@ankursinger102]

7 years old me playing this game all day long....so nostalgic ❤

[@yatinbhardwaj1132]

dude i remember when we all used to link this game to ramayan lol

[@ankursinger102]

@@yatinbhardwaj1132 😅❤kya din the yrr

[@Ali-Sensei]

shout out for that blue shinobi that keep kidnapping the princess. that NINJA is quick

[@metalkura]

hahahaha

[@doggo_87__60]

He must've work for Bowser too

[@therock1599]

@@doggo_87__60 hahahaha

[@nihal5658]

😂😂😂

[@windofchange7806]

🤣😅🤣😅

[@audiodevout]

i have been trying to find this for over 10 years!! one of my best childhood memories ❤ the music is still so good

[@dantedoomsday]

I remember playing this as a kid. Until right now, I had forgotten the name of the game. All I could remember about the game was being a ninja that jumped really high and your clothes changed color when you got power ups. Finally got some closure to this 25+ year mystery

[@mannushiv6035]

Ya same..

[@ivanguerrero8835]

Same!

[@sarthakbisht8695]

Same with me buddy

[@mexodroid1848]

I setup my phone as emulator with Ipega gamepad. I binge watched old NES games and finally youtube recomended this video. I feel so happy now.

[@chippychipster8526]

Dude, same story for me, I had been wondering what this game was called for years!

[@TanvirAhmed-ne8bd]

When I was a kid I scared of this music.

[@QuestionsKiUdaan]

Me too, especially the music when he kind and f prays, and everybody falls to the ground

[@riyab8954]

My childwood favourite game

[@codkiller4423]

Me to🤣

[@TanvirAhmed-ne8bd]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rojakannojiya7975]

Same here

[@ghiocadrian7399]

i used to play this game a lot when i was a little kid. i just found this game again and nostalgia is overwhelming

[@fleurfloo3436]

Me tooo

[@frakistan]

same

[@emubrowser]

Play it again and see if it still holds up! emubrowser.com/games/nes/legend-kage

[@adigamerxgamerguy2536]

Yeah its not like i remembered it

[@cucho6873]

Me too. So nostalgic. Now i'm 29.

[@doomnationalist]

I have been searching for this game for over 25 years lol, finally found it. I still remember playing this with my sister, such an incredible game!

[@mmhck]

When you play the same stage but in different color... you know is the real deal...

[@xrpedro]

DAndross Haha

[@ViajanteDoOriente]

Wow..so when i was a little fat i was a master (sorry for bad english..i'm not north American)

[@buukute]

Goaydamn shit is real!!

[@SohamGavkar]

Hahahahaah

[@nerdgasmicreview9598]

Hahaha

[@keitaro3660]

7:54 lol i think i only manage to get this far as a child back then. this game is soooooooooo hard as i remember

[@RizaDevi-cf8eu]

No way!!! I thought the sama shit bruh😂

[@lordshitpost31]

I've played this game 27 years ago, rememered its existence around 15 years ago and have been trying to find its name so I could listen to the music once more. I'm filled with emotions right now, fuck.

[@DanielAdiNugroho]

33 years ago I played this game with my cousins, countless times. The music brings me back to those days. Yes, just like what other commenters said, it feels like it was just yesterday.

[@jayanonymous4941]

Wow.. when i was a kid i finished this game twice.. 29 yrs later it still feels nostalgically fresh :)

[@Renjico00]

The best soundtrack and best ninja game for the legendary OG Nintendo Uno. I was about 5 years old when I played this game, which is 32 years ago. The music is rings in my head even till this day. I can’t believe how so many others haven’t even play or seen this epic gem!! I love it to death, I really feel like a young cub listening to this song again. The amount of nostalgia is unparalleled. Thank you so much for uploading this video!!! Subbed and Liked!!!! 👍

[@redder_er]

I literally searched "whats the old game with the ninja and princess"

[@Littlespoonss]

Lmao

[@ubiergo1978]

I went with ninja trees nes =P

[@leecees.m.u.1802]

Exactly 🤣🤣

[@MuyassarMostafa]

I did as “ninja retro games “

[@Adam-oh3vu]

@@MuyassarMostafa Do I count?

[@Fthosssain]

I remember this game being very stressful for me...but still...so many goosebumps

[@sun-extinguisher]

You have to have godlike patience for this game

[@JadenMoon1475]

I used to have such patience... as a child playing this game. Now, everything's crazy, I can't take it, & just want the Simplicity of Babyhood back!

[@Bloodreign1]

NES games weren't terribly designed, they were short, and had to be designed to be hard to make sure you got your money's worth and didn't beat it right away. You either had the skill, or you just whined like a baby and moved on to the next game, hoping you had the skills to beat it. Robocop games on the NES were put out by Ocean, and Ocean wasn't the best at making games for the NES. Matter of fact, I'd put them on the same level as some of the games LJN licensed from smaller developers (and released them.LJN never made a game)

[@rko9891]

Indeed

[@Darktitanium159]

I actually made it till the ghost fire breathing wizards level. I couldnt believe that i did it. Was 12/13 yrs old. It hink

[@upendraprasad5171]

Reliving my childhood once again. Thank you for uploading the video.

[@okvlt4801]

Finally found it! I’ve missed this game so much.

[@Tushii]

I googled old ninja Arcade game

[@SuperSooner]

I used to play it and shout at my dad for not allowing for more than 2 hours of game play. I miss my dad, he died of covid-19 and this music and game put me in the 1998 era.

[@GeorgeOforiAtta]

Only a True Master can make it to see the end of this game. I still consider it nearly impossible to win.

[@AnTran-ou2pp]

George Ofori-Atta my mom beat the game lol idk how she does it

[@xnestlex]

I was 6 when I beat that game on russian famicom cheap copy called Pegasus ;)

[@oualidsd28]

Ya it's harder then it looks haha

[@tomb9090]

Pegasus was the taiwan copy of nes that was sold in Poland by two Polish guys, whom after the law was made up and had made copies illegal , turned to produce fizzy drinks, which are still popular today. A fun fact.

[@STEEL5000]

Never got past level 2 as a kid, but kept coming back for more b/c the soundtrack was soooo good.

[@dulzkyriveratovitch256]

"Kage" successfully saved princess "Kiri" from the enemy. All the evils disappeared and the peace pervaded everywhere. This was a story of a young ninja in old days in Japan. However..... Princess "Kiri" got kidnapped again Kage: Oh f*ck! Not again

[@aripm101]

Mario: First time?

[@wilsonmpesha904]

Ah shit... Here we go again...

[@Sherkel]

No wonder it took him so long, I can never see my shadow when it's foggy.

[@tylerkeller8869]

God bless the NES. It made an otherwise abusive childhood, escapeable.

[@lawrencefitzgerald4744]

@Tyrone Taylor Why the face? I agree with OP. Nintendo was my escape as well. Legend of Kage was one of my favorite NES games.

[@JadenMoon1475]

As did the GameBoy, Sega Genesis, & N64

[@hppc8116]

It was one of my childhood games I played it since 25 or even 30 years ago but this my first time to know this game had end 😅

[@theopayne3818]

This game has a red pill message. No matter how many times you saved a woman she taken back to the streets 💯

[@johneygd]

I can’t believe after 4 times rescueing the princess she finally get’s saved , but once the ending massage says “ this was a story of a ninja from japan” but then it says “however,,,,,,,,” And then the game puts you back at the beginning ,, what kind of nonsense is that?? As if those gaming designers were laving out you to play on ends, knewing that it get’s boring pretty quickly, It will make you believe that 1986 was an boring age.

[@michaelhodges452]

Yup she belong to the streets g leave her there

[@Mr.Eminem]

Lmfao didn't expected red pill bomb here like that 😂😂

[@zherean42069]

the blue shinobi: you had a choice ninja. take the blue just leave her there

[@mammontustado9680]

"Don't save her. She don't wanna be saved."

[@m.a6416]

Never finished this game. damn... the memories of it

[@Gotien718]

i was searching for this game for so long couldn't remember the name!

[@sayzer0s]

Same! I felt so victorious when I found it on KZbin haha

[@jaysmith9933]

My tribe! I was only like 6 or 7 when I played this, and back in those days my brother whose 5 years older than me would be the one who would borrow and trade random NES titles with his friends, I just played landed in our room. I tried repeatedly over the years to get him to remember this game, all I could give him to go on though was "the game where the ninjas wife gets kidnapped, and its lightning, and there is a power-up where he can kill all of the enemies onscreen, and the cartridge art had bright colors" that's all I had. At a point I wasn't even sure if the game was real anymore. Funny enough I finally found the game today by just going out on a limb and googling "NES game ninja wife kidnapped", and there it was. On one hand I'm super stoked to have finally cracked the mystery after 30 years, on the other the memory of this game was waaaay more epic in my 6 year old lens, so I kind of wish I'd left it that way.

[@jokertm6889]

Same here with me

[@ravikumardubey3991]

lagend king

[@InfiniteBeingX]

Same was looking for it but not a long time. I recently check out old nintendo games and thought of this game but don't remember the name. Got lucky the next day youtube recommended this game for me to watch. Thank you, KZbin.

[@alvianho1636]

After 30years finally im finished to see the end...

[@Cuttea7]

I played it in my childhood 😭🖤 I'm now 22 yrs 🙏🏻

[@maruibunta6329]

hi

[@Renjico00]

Wait what??? Your only 22 and you have played this when you were a kid? I’m 37 and I played this game like 32 years ago. Or you started playing Nintendo in 2010s. That’s crazy cool tho

[@naegleriafowleri2230]

Can you be the princess?

[@Leondrius]

So did I, and I'm 40.

[@hbd9973]

me too I'm 32 😂😂😂 i couldn't even pass 30k points

[@potatomatop9326]

I'll never forget the sound at 1:15 Loolaliloolooloolooloolooloolooloo

[@ENDOFIBS]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tech_Traveler]

Wait...so I didn't beat it, and then just have to play it again with another color? And Wait, Wait! in game time he spends basically a year saving her (Summer, Fall, WInter.) My entire life has been a lie.

[@RomanticPopPunk]

HOLY SHIT

[@Stanser_Lagrange]

Summer, Fall, Winter is a year for you??? That could only take months between august and december.

[@mister_erico]

What the fuck man?! You just blew my mind.

[@quitequiet5281]

Yep!

[@Xecutor.]

yeah that's what I was thinking lol

[@MkMngmpt]

This is a childhood game of mine. Thanks for uploading this gem.

[@vinylspell7179]

The music still give me chills and anxiety.

[@mansiparjapati2690]

😂😂😂yeah

[@aidenalvarez1496]

Dude HAHAAHA

[@axogMONOAURAL]

"This was a story of a young ninja in old days in Japan"....just epic.

[@ΓαμιαςΤουΓιουτουμπ]

Just look at these games , so simple and yet so perfect. Games dont need super graphics and sound to be awesome. It is all about the gameplay and the story and the characters that makes them legendary. Unfortunately most newer games miss these things or they are too weak at them.

[@thetruckdrivinggamer2098]

These new games nowadays are basically designed strictly for Micro transactions. They only wanna keep you spending

[@furkanyokus7856]

These are created with love thats why they are masterpieces

[@thetruckdrivinggamer2098]

@@furkanyokus7856 so fun. I spent hours popping quarters on this 😂

[@AlexAya144000]

The princess spent more time with him, and finally married the ninja in blue.

[@jerinjoseph4364]

This was my favorite game. I still remember the day I completed the whole game..... Oh... The memories are killing me

[@gospelman3720]

However.......

[@FozilbekRavshanov]

Shunday birodar

[@iai.khongdup]

I love this game so much back then as a kid. And this music has been one of my fav ringtone for the past 10-12 years

[@yooki5432]

During my childhood, I thought that the Ninja is on the way to save his mom

[@krishnavamsi9811]

Same here 🤣

[@tentangwidodo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@uuvo6177]

Same here haha

[@edgycatx825]

Wait so the ninja was a male this whole time?!

[@krishnavamsi9811]

@@edgycatx825 😂

[@Detman101]

I always loved how you could soar through the skies when you jumped. This game always made me feel like a superhero when I played it back in the early 90s....

[@drunkenramble4120]

I loved the music for this game.

[@friendlycreature6375]

I loved all old tape games music

[@angah82]

Little me kept reading his name as "cage" and learned only later that it's Japanese for "shadow." I remember being proud for finishing the game where he and the princess reunite.

[@lopegeto7095]

Good memories oh my god i finally found this game congrats to everyone who play this game 😭💔

[@shabbirahmed1678]

I feel nostalgic tears in my eyes Reminds my childhood

[@BlackSkyMusicTV]

I don’t know how I got here but man, you took me back to when I was 6 years old. Wow , I miss those times ☹️

[@agapheputrasusilo741]

I thought it was a never ending game. Sigh, now i can rest well

[@VideoGameCassettes]

Omg this music brings me back lotta memories. Miss u pa :(

[@asifmir3987]

Everytime that flute thing played I got so scared I would have to leave the room I don't know why. I'm 38 now and came here just to see how I reacted not scared anymore haha.

[@itsokbro6429]

That's not a flute even i though so.. Actually it is a sacred scroll..

[@TheBojler666]

I wasnt scared of that but deeply disturbed xD

[@Mehran-i3y]

I miss my childhood 😓😓😓😓

[@andreiarg]

I remember as a child I only got half way through, still amazing game.

[@greatcrosby2341]

The memories. I remember playing this game when I was 12. Life was fun and simple back then.

[@georgeb93]

‘cause you were 12

[@spractive1264]

This song was really frigthening for me when I was a kid

[@suryasrj2680]

Such a hard game was. Best days Those 🥺

[@thrm-ex9893]

Nostalgia,playing this in megajoy about 20 years ago 😂

[@Marco-NoPolo]

Still remember this song!! I used to play this instead of doing homework in 3rd grade. I’m literally smiling ear to ear.

[@chocosquirrel3319]

Now u are begger am I right

[@shubhamsharma2923]

KZbin algorithm brought all of us here .

[@SeherKhan9708]

Where will I find this game, one of my favourite childhood time game.... Seriously feel like playing it again 😔

[@jesseoreilly1792]

Man, did I LOVE this game back in the day. The game mechanic was so enjoyable for 8 bit. The high jumping and climbing and what not were rare and cool features.

[@JvanEdits]

Playing Ghost of Tsushima for PC now, for the first time, and this game came to my mind and made me remember how things used to be so different back then. I'm 26 now, and played this NES game right here when I was like, 10, and I remember it all

[@KanishQQuotes]

Great music

[@nymbier5813]

8-year-old me was mindblown the first time I got the scroll item and saw its ninjutsu spell animation. The music gave me goosebumps as well...

[@aakashjadham7271]

Old Memories.........🇮🇳

[@rainbowcurse1798]

I know a lot of you just skip it and watched the ending 😂 I'm feeling nostalgic. One of my favorite game when i was a kid💕

[@logungaming7056]

I miss my childhood😭😭

[@Virsidus]

24 years later, I still get goosebumps when I hear that prayer music.

[@shanteznlagi8962]

I LOVE LEGEND OF KAGE, ZELDA, SONIC, AND ALL THE OLD SCHOOL GAMES. TRULY 🥰😘🥰🥰💋💋💋💋MY HEART OF ALL GAMES.

[@mannushiv6035]

Me too..

[@tentcentsofcinnabar]

Omg this brings back memories I actually beat this game till morning😂😂😂

[@LittleSoldier777]

when i was a kid, i always swing my sword when playing this game

[@mrunalgandhi626]

Ohh my God!!! After 18 years...Just unlocked my old memories. How cool those days were!

[@mychannel-u2p]

dis probably only game wher touching enemies is ok. also the gravity must be really weak in that planet

[@MarcosKazan]

However... oh fuck.

[@danieljefferson4490]

I first encountered this beautiful game at a public swimming pool-The arcade was off to the corner and when I started playing something crazy happened..All the money my mother gave me for lunch ended up in the arcade .I didn’t beat the game and I was hungry for the rest of the day..But I have a great lasting memory-

[@matheushenriquebail1398]

Este jogo fez parte da minha infância, que nostálgico

[@adrianopereira2912]

Meo tbm jogava no nintendinho

[@GreaterLucas]

Joguei muito esse no GunBoy! Nossa infância foi a última que prestou.

[@joaopaulobartolleti9951]

caramba Não sou o único BR que teve nostalgia e pesquisou o jogo hahaha

[@micheal8638]

I just searched for "classic ninja nintendo game" and I found this gem. My favourite classic game 🥺

[@kay2kid]

When I was a kid I thought those were his arms, didn't know he was holding ⚔️

[@markyAnthonyNimuan]

We brothers used to play this in the family computer. Now eldest brother is no longer with us physically. We love you Kuya JC, we'll see you again and we will play all these games.

[@himanshusharma1414]

In India we used to think it is based on LORD SHREE RAAM ( MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER from Ramayan ) The lady which gets kidnapped is SITA-MAA & the Villian is 'ASUR RAVAN' !!

[@expotism]

i don't know why but, this game creeped me out when i was a kid, the way the chracter look and the tucked hands, is giving me a vibes of a long hand monster

[@fationix]

Could we please turn back time once?I want to re-do exactly the same things i’ve done.

[@LoveKnot78]

Thanks for posting. Super lovely memories from playing this on arcade and then nes. 💯💫💥

[@rpgandhorrorloverhans]

omg my childhood is coming back at me now

[@JayMoney-wq7vn]

I loved this game as a kid never knew what it's called but now I know imma found out were I can play it

[@heartoftoledo1560]

Used to play this in the arcade. Great platform.

[@LadyVoldemort]

When you meet the white enemies, you gotta kill their "butterflies" first and make them fall to the ground before you can defeat those white shadows...

[@river5581]

@1:32 Epic prayer kill music #nostalgia

[@henloimbremd3062]

The music hits when you play at night alone

[@waynedwayne3247]

dude how many times was this chick kidnapped and taken to the same place......

[@OshoEchos]

Endless loop :D

[@JadenMoon1475]

Too damn many

[@CaptainSlapaDome]

At least they didn't have to say, "I'm sorry Kage, but the princess is in another castle."

[@ItzAppl3]

What console is this? Any specific NES? i remember only qhen i was a kid i had a console with so many games just on a list i need it again

[@WandenSkelett]

The first time I completed this game, I was so excited, along with the solitude.

[@gopalsutradhar6449]

My childhood game i played with my friend in their house. Thanks for relive the old memories.

[@shadowprincegamer5231]

This game also should have had a seizure warning because that lightning flashing was extreme

[@BelfastBandit]

Kids from that generation didn't have ADHD.. seizures, gluten intolerances and other shits..

[@airon3348]

@@BelfastBandit So true

[@InfiniteBeingX]

@@BelfastBandit Well said. I think all those problems are contributed by all the shots a baby have to go through when they are still just newborns. Very harmful for them. The human body is just starting to develop an immunity system, but you then are injecting poison into their body. So they will grow up with defects, and it shows.

[@BelfastBandit]

@@InfiniteBeingX not sure what you mean by "shots"?

[@InfiniteBeingX]

@@BelfastBandit vaccine shots

[@opo3628]

Such a classic. I remember Seanbaby's hilarious but good-natured review of this game.

[@Miyakolover]

Gee...how many times she's gonna get kidnapped?

[@mychannel-u2p]

Miyakolover makers had some twisted sense of humor. Kage is caught in an eternal loop

[@shihanana]

Princess Elise in disguise😂😂😂😂😂

[@frantic7775]

Miyakolover The dude's never paying attention.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Princess peach: I always get kidnapped by bowser in every mario series The princess in this game: *Hold my beer*

[@stefanbrankovan9963]

@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 lmao

[@thachminhcuong5829]

I played this game 24 years ago. All are shatered memory until today. What a chilhood.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I was there, because of the AVGN.

[@jhovanepasco]

This is my favorite game and I'm still remember the music sound.

[@lox834]

here we go again

[@rockfantasma5805]

realmente pasé mucho jugando a este juego. Que genial su música es siempre arriba,para ir hecho un ninja!!!

[@ourfavourites8407]

Whenever I saw this video I feel like playing right now... Those day's I play this game only for music 🎶it's really good memories....... 90's kids only get this feel........ 😍😍