NINJA GAIDEN (Arcade) - No Death Clear

[@EternalRoman]

Evereyone is "Oh Ryu is cool" and whatnot, but no one talks about the old Japanese boat rower, that old man took Ryu by boat from Japan to the US and back and just rowing.

[@roderickroberts9917]

IKR? Talk about a iron man.

[@JLH111176]

and not even to USA west coast but the east coast

[@EternalRoman]

@@JLH111176 You're right, LOL

[@EternalRoman]

@@roderickroberts9917 I would had been more afraid of the Old man than of Ryu

[@roderickroberts9917]

@@EternalRoman for real.

[@jamessm4401]

I remember the great ninja infestation of the 1980s. Every big city was just crawling with them. It was a rough decade.

[@toh6261]

We were tough back then.

[@wingedhussar5528]

I remember bro. It was nuts. Even turtles were doing ninjutsu.

[@Asphodellife]

With insane weapons and in every color imaginable

[@mjorge0alves]

White house was no exception

[@wingedhussar5528]

@@mjorge0alves I remember two Bad Dudes saved Regan from ninjas back in those days. And they were not afraid of sloped roof tops.

[@blightedgrounds]

I miss the good 'ol days of fighting bodybuilders in hockey masks on the roofs of ice cream shops.

[@jmcclain8237]

It was a special time.

[@misterhappy5462]

or you know....wh_te ninjas.🤷🏽‍♂

[@brandonroeder2461]

That's IceceCrem, sir or madam.

[@ShinzoX90]

Now you just have to pretend like your GF isn’t getting stuffed by them while you at work

[@Budters]

My mom's car caught fire by the mall. So me and my friend waited for a ride at the arcade. Had about $10. We almost got the end and ran out of coins. The last seconds of countdown some dude came over and gave us a full handful of quarters to finish this game. It was so cool putting our initials In the high score, and coming back for months to check in on it!

[@blightedgrounds]

I love a happy ending to a tragic story. Big props to the dude with the quarters!

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

What a Chad.

[@ZenCorvus]

That dude was the guy who set your mom's car on fire. He planned you winning before you even played it.

[@ShinzoX90]

There’s no honor in that victory.

[@armando7257]

Isn’t weird that as kids some of our best memories were triggered by some random as tragedy lmao

[@twin78]

That damn continue screen used to give me nightmares as a kid. Scared AF!

[@joekerner2020]

I would have loved to be present for the briefing on this ninja mission. "SO RYU, WE HAVE A JOB FOR YOU" "I'm listening. " "SO YOU ARE TO TRAVEL FROM TOKYO TO NEW YORK. IN A ROWBOAT. "Uh huh" "NOW YOUR DESTINATION IS ACTUALLY MUCH FURTHER WEST THAN NEW YORK. BUT WE'RE SENDING YOU TO NEW YORK TO START WITH THEN SEND YOU BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. BECAUSE WHY NOT?" "I see." "NOW THERE IS AN ENTIRE ARMY OF MUSCLE CLAD BADDIES WHO ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE COMING AND WILL RELENTLESSLY ATTEMPT TO KILL YOU. THEY'RE EASY TO SPOT SINCE APPARENTLY THEY ALL SHOP AT THE SAME COSPLAY STORE." "Gotcha" "NOW YOU WILL BRING YOUR SWORD..." "Naturally. " "BUT YOU ARE NOT TO USE IT AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DISPATCH THIS ENTIRE DEATH SQUAD WITH YOUR BARE HANDS." "Makes perfect sense so far." "NOW YOU'RE BEING TIMED..." "Of course I am." "...WHILE OPERATING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH ZERO STEALTH IN NINJA GARB THAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB..." "Loving this plan." "...AND YOUR FINAL OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE OUT A TWELVE FOOT TALL CULT LEADER WHO CAN BENCH PRESS A BUICK AND CARRIES TWO GIGANTIC SWORDS WHILE YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO FIGHT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS." "I see." "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU'RE CAPTURED?" "And ruin the surprise?"

[@roderickroberts9917]

@@joekerner2020 excellent explanation of Ryu's East coast to West coast beat down tour!😂🤣😂🤣

[@lack_of_zzzzz]

“I presume I can menacingly fondle my sword handle while I’m gallivanting around wrecking ass.” Well obviously I mean otherwise we’d make you leave it back in Japan, do you know how much extra weight that accounts for during a transoceanic row boating?

[@bojohannesen4352]

Stop shouting

[@coffincat1465]

“Loving this plan” 😂😂😂

[@CarltonAlexander-dp7kw]

😎 Storyline

[@arp2010]

After decades, only today did I realize that the music playing in the second stage bosses is Iron Man by Black Sabbath.😲😲😲

[@FranklyNorman]

IIIIII AMMMM LUCKYYYY RABBIIIIIIIT

[@jundossantos]

Chorus: "I mean, it kinda sounds like Iron Man, but it's pretty different. I dunno." Verse: "holy shit. They ripped off Iron Man"

[@CHKDSKSYNTAX]

This absolutely floored us back in 1988. I'll never forget the crowds around the arcade machines and how happy we were to play this. Oh my goodness....the debates we had in regard to who was the strongest Ninja between Joe Musashi and Ryu Hayabusa. Good times and wonderful memories.

[@ChakanEternal]

Used to played It while doing ya doggy

[@TwistedBananaProductions]

Ahh, yes the classic strategy of waiting for the enemy to come down to your level.

[@stevee2961]

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I'm from NyC and used to see this in the Astor Place barber shop as a kid. Nostalgic af. Never got to play it through so this is fantastic

[@TheRealest127]

This takes me back to being a kid! The Arcade version of Ninja Gaiden was SO much better than the Nintendo version but they both hold their rightful place in 80’s awesomeness and nostalgia! 🔥🔥

[@lifeisagambletv]

I was an arcade kid I couldn't even play the nes version of this game it NOTHING like this i was so disin several nes versions of arcade games.

[@gregoryl5330]

Then you should have just purchased the arcade cabinet instead duuuuuuuuuh 🤦‍♂️

[@MAYOFORCE]

I love how this series managed to adapt itself well between the NES games, the Xbox games, and this one while having their own distinct identities and reasons to play them.

[@darkestlost]

These guys from tecmo were black sabbath fans wow. Amazing gameplay I have never seen nothing from this game so far

[@iconoclast575]

They just straight up put The Road Warriors in the game lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGaZmn5qjLN6qJY

[@howieg2019]

91 this was in a corner store, blew many quarters, always got love for it.

[@greenturtle0101]

Well, now I understand why there is a "Ninja Karaoke" not far from the Plaza Casino in Las Vegas.

[@jackcoleman1784]

Holy shit I would never have guessed Ryu had the guillotine throw going back this far. That's some straight dedication to character consistency on Tecmos part.

[@TheVampirePredator]

It’s actually called Ninja Ryukenden, which means “Story of the Dragon Sword Ninja”. I guess the renamed it “Ninja Gaiden” in the States to tie it into the impending NES release.

[@somerandomname75]

I love how the throws in this game kinda served as the basis for Ryu's modern-day guillotine throw. Now *that's* attention to detail.

[@iconoclast575]

Yep, this game even had the run up the wall into a helm splitter (when you have the sword). It's cool seeing how Team Ninja adapted some elements from the series when they were designing the 3D reboot.

[@DVAcme]

Love that the Stage 2 boss music is quite obviously Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

[@darkkonblackblade6161]

Man I sooooo miss the 80s Dude your a bad ass.....I haven't played since it was in the arcades(yes kids we had this place called a arcade where many cabinet games you could play for a quarter to fifty cents) I couldn't get past the 2nd stage.

[@ramslucas5140]

Dude I loved this game ...and the arcade superman game, and the Amazing spiderman arcade game, Shinobi arcade game, Bad dudes arcade

[@MightyKombat]

So the NES Ninja Gaiden was a pretty serious tale, while the arcade version is...Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, beats people up and does random shit? Also shoutouts to the Pillar Men

[@kilolifter9491]

Love nes ninja Gaiden 1 and 2. Better gameplay and style than the arcade.

[@samnangpoe]

Like go to casino and clown house and stuff lol!!

[@NotABot55]

Guess taking down a cult that wanted to either rule or destroy the world according to Nostradamus' prophesies isn't half bad either; it set Ryu up to better handle the real insanity in later games (and I'm not talking about the overall difficulty.)

[@digitaljanus]

Ain't got time to sit through 5 minute cutscenes at the arcade! There's some goon with a roll of quarters right behind you!

[@mdp720]

"Hey designers, what do we know about America?" "Well, Jason Vorhees is EVERYWHERE."

[@TheBlackPigeon]

'Akebono, Lord Humongous, and The Road Warriors join a death cult and do the J-O-B to a pair of ninjas' is something only the 80s could provide.

[@theholymackerel072]

Is that you, Jim Cornette?

[@peterkaapcke7790]

Wise Ninja 🥷 Say "better to swing from pole than sit on it".⛩️

[@teeonezee]

uhh... wut?

[@NAP8X]

Ryu looks so dope in his pink suit playing roulette.

[@theodorehsu5023]

He probably got his bankroll from the jewels in the stage before after going to a pawnshop. Then he ran it up to pay the bill at the time. And the stacks of chips make for welcoming folks in Vegas😂

[@theodorehsu5023]

He also knew the wheel well enough to make sure he didn’t break the bank and attract unwanted attention from casino managers 😂

[@lengendaryleo3578]

6:55 They used Iron Man by Black Sabbath as boss music! This is one of the greatest old school ninja games of all time!

[@melvinatkins998]

You must be an actual ninja!

[@danieldasilva3068]

It was a rare gem of quality 🥰

[@azmodanpc]

The Amiga conversion was absolutely great. The music was an upgrade from the arcade too.

[@evalangley3985]

6:53 Black Sabbath - Iron Man 18:21 Def Leppard - Lady Strange

[@MFBURNS7909]

I remember playing this at Happy Joes Pizza in Iowa in 91 ❤🙏

[@Bob-b7x6v]

This game was telling Shinobi to hold its Sapporo.

[@BEHEMONAUT]

Never even got far on mame, forget about the arcade at age 7-10. some of these enemy designs are creepy af. The blonde swamp guy with extra abdominal muscles is..unnerving

[@Gilamunster777]

A sumo wrestler popping out a viking bar lol. i love this game.

[@apap1586]

I like how it captures the BQE in New York City; that's a real highway I 278.

[@locdogg86]

Played this in an arcade with my grandpa when i was about 5 and it had the craziest graphics (ninjas with huge biceps). The game over screen was so scary at the time but i would have kept putting quarters in if i had the money.

[@lexnoil]

Fun arcade game but it kicked my ass when i first played it when i was 9 years old.

[@brianmeen2158]

It was brutal on the nes

[@lexnoil]

@@brianmeen2158 true, but it was i had fun playing it, because the music was soooo good.

[@artgutierrez6568]

After all these years, at the start of level 1 when Ryu arrives in the USA, no one has explained how Ryu is on his boat heading AWAY from the San Francisco Bay instead of TOWARDS it??

[@coris3436]

Loved this in the arcade! Just found it in the ps store.

[@CT-yc4gd]

I miss these being part of the Ninja Gaiden remakes.

[@broncosbreaks]

I never realized how much different this arcade game was from the NES version

[@RgxSnowy]

good times playing at the arcades the continue give me chills and nightmares as a kid thinking about that buzzsaw coming for u

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Before his 2D adventures, his time in Dead or Alive, or his X-Box gauntlet, Ryu Hayabusa was a beat-em-up Chad.

[@Bob-b7x6v]

This game was hard AF when I first played it at Van Dyke Sports Center at 8.

[@BardielBrinstar]

Ryu is such a jerk beating up all those Jason cosplayers at Comicon.

[@JohnnyCasey]

6:52 Totally-Not-Iron-Man

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

IM FROM BRITAIN BOUGHT PCB JAMMA BOARD FOR THIS TO PLAY ON SUPERGUN BACK ABOUT 20 YRS AGO STILL HAVE IT NOW ALL BUBBLED WRAPPED UP.

[@LifeAfterFlint]

Never been passed that little casino area…

[@quietprofessional]

Classic stuff. I'm only familiar with the NES version but this is a treat. 6:55 Anyone noticed this is a knock off of Black Sabbath's Iron Man?

[@derekbuckler9888]

You have to love how so many on here sit there mocking this gsme. This is still a favorite of mine, as I grew up in the arcades. I mean its a beat em' up, for gods sakes. But you still can't beat the gameplay, music, and even the graphics. So thank you for showing a game that should get a lot more acknowledgement, and respect, in my opinion

[@apap1586]

The first Ninja gaiden game this was one of my favorite arcade ever. I think I first played it in 1988 in the local pizzeria. We never got a home console version of this. Blue Ninja/ Red Ninja.

[@Asphodellife]

There was an Amiga version; the music of which was awesome. (look up Shadow Warriors Longplay (Amiga) [50 FPS] ).

[@apap1586]

@@Asphodellife probably was in Europe. I'm from the United States so we probably didn't have that counsel. Over here it's called Ninja gaiden..

[@Asphodellife]

@@apap1586 Correct, in Europe and Australia 'Ninja Gaiden' was called 'Shadow Warriors' , so the Amiga version is probably overlooked a lot when searching for it. And ofcourse the Amiga was far bigger over here than it was in the US.

[@overseastom]

​@@apap1586yeah, the Commodore Amiga was a computer, not a console. Big in the UK, and presumably Europe too, but not nearly as mainstream popular in the US as the NES was.

[@Geaux318]

The ‘Road Warriors’ being stage 2 bosses😂

[@TomLewis-s2e]

One of the best ninja games I ever had the pleasure of playing and finishing.

[@mkaplan1383]

31:55 We have now come full circle. Sadly, that means this is where we must part, but I hope you will return to play again some day. A wave of the hand now, and as the curtain falls I am gone. Lowering my head, I dream that I am home. Until we meet again, Sayonara.

[@Geaux318]

Other countries thinking everyone in the U.S. walks around looking like Jason Voorhies😂😂😂😂

[@gawainethefirst]

Anyone else notice they were driving on the wrong sides of the road?

[@Ulissesbitencourt-rl5sf]

Nunca vi ninguém zerar este game na época que era moléque nos fluperamas.joguei os 3 ninja gaiden do xbox 360

[@dr00g28]

Well done!! I loved this in the arcade, but I never could get anywhere! It was BRUTAL and so different from the NES Ninja Gaiden. With the arcade graphics it was like the "Ultimate" Ninja Gaiden version 😎

[@theholymackerel072]

This music and occult aura it had to it was so unique. It was more cold-blooded and dark than other beat-em-ups.

[@jazallc938]

Oh i remember This game, it's so tough.

[@drjborch2]

But his death scene is the coolest part…….

[@overseastom]

Right? The continue screen is iconic. I think he should've ended the video with one death in a different run, just to show it off.

[@ninji5226]

Holy hell, my buddy growing up had this full size cabinet in his kitchen, or rather his dad did. I was always shocked at how much cooler and different this version was compared to its nes version, completely different games.

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Sure looks like Ryu was trying to beat some WWF Superstars to win a championship belt.

[@SuperFingas]

I use to play this in the arcades, this takes me back

[@faddikamal3886]

The beautiful days I wanna play this so bad

[@WanderinGamer]

You could play if you really wanted to within the next 5 minutes.. Emulators abound, MAME rom easy to find. Get a bluetooth controller and voilà. You could play even in your phone.

[@djeddie-d-cj6pt]

Classic man im remember this on arcade. Best times 90s. You can't find an arcade machine in are days. If your lucky. Gold dust. This and final fight if not more.

[@silentmobius2582]

Ryu skinning the cat on those beams!

[@Bob-b7x6v]

The level 4 music sounds like Keith Emerson wrote it

[@horsepower7292]

Está en dificultad fácil, me acuerdo que hace treinta años solo se jugaba con 2 barritas de energía y dos vidas

[@horsepower7292]

También me acuerdo que la máquina solo tenía dos botones y había que llegar con vidas al lago para poder pasar al menos con una vida

[@Bob-b7x6v]

That flying judo throw was clutch.

[@ediddyrx8]

Mermaid men with twelve packs?

[@Firebound03]

This is one of my favorite arcade games. With the revival of beat em ups, I always thought that a modern, ultra gory take on this would be good. Like, build in a sword swing into the 3 hit basic combo. This game gets slaughtered compared to the NES variant, but as an arcade game, it was great for its time. Think it won arcade game of the year in the US in 88.

[@BIL0471]

Oho, nicely done! Glad to see the influence on Itagaki's 2004 game noted! Yeah, that last 1UP (stage 6-2) feels like a sadistic joke on the designers' part. edit: or maybe a L2P? "You don't wanna rely on getting this one, buddy!" 😎

[@Dlweddl68]

One of my favorite games

[@gawainethefirst]

Well…that’s what happens when you let sumo wrestlers into Viking bars…

[@joshuawesteros5345]

I’d love to have a bowl or cone full of IceCeCrem.

[@PragmaticOptimist_N7]

I'm sure I used to play this on the Commodore Amiga 500... so many great memories either way!❤❤ Also, I recall going to a Ninja and Kunoichi exibition parade... didn't see any but the advert and stands were wonderful 😂😂

[@jundossantos]

I don't know why but hanging on a sign and kicking an enemy is so hilarious to me. Maybe it's how slowly the enemy approaches Ryu as he just hangs there. Or maybe it's how he sticks his butt out first when he kicks behind him.

[@TravisFebruary]

Bruh he killed the Splatterhouse guy

[@Don_Matteo]

I love it that the Coke-signs say "Caca". Fitting.

[@erysonoliveira2591]

24:24 27:24 Pretty nice Pillarmen references!

[@ice_fox]

That music is so metal 😊

[@danielpetrusevski2572]

The Vegas stage has a knock off of Union Plaza called Plaza for copyright purposes. But it now is called Plaza. But ninja fights on Fremont happen every night.

I can't wait for the movie to come out! I wonder who they'd cast in it...?

[@nickr4837]

7:00 Legion of Doom

[@eliasgonzalez1372]

This one was the first arcade I finished at one coin only. Ah, memories...😊

[@Peter_Morris]

The number of dune buggies coming back from Staten Island is truly remarkable.

[@MarthSR]

Nice sweet spot for the gauntlet on stage 4.

[@matthewsmith1999]

Now I gotta play this on the switch

[@sammylane21]

I'd love to see a remake of the arcade game plus the 3 NES games and remixed to make long full "new" story.

Music in Round 3 is Awesome

[@johnjeneki3758]

My favorite way to play this game (and 64th Street) is to go out of my way to break every possible background object. Probably not the best idea if you're going for a no-death clear though. I think my best game was stage 5.

[@overseastom]

I forgot how tiny his legs are in that first cutscene! I wonder if it was a ram issue or something, cos they otherwise got the proportions fine in the game itself...

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I remember this game. Didn’t the arcade have a needless button on top of the joystick that you hit in order to jump up on the crossbars and stuff like that?

[@ReddFoxx1562]

I remember that. I think I thought this was just a Shinobi game when I was a kid and didn't connect it to the story of trying to save Ryu's father, Joe.

[@slick3336]

I find it funny there is a street light woth a sign underneath it in the mountains with no road😅

[@NetworkBruh]

Wow I never knew Ninja Gaiden was a beat em up on the arcade. Only knew about the 8Bit NES and versions thereafter.

[@sonic24791]

I love the soundtrack!!!

[@baraoricks1980]

A música do segundo chefe parece "iron man" do Black sabbath 😁🤘

[@Mr.mister.J]

0:45 - Ryu thiccccc. Bwahahahahaha