Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Region: NTSC-U
Country: United States of America
Developer(s): Tecmo
Publishers(s): Tecmo
ReleaseDate: 1989-03-13
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Ninja Gaiden is a 1989 NES side-scrolling hack and slash platformer video game developed by Tecmo and released by Tecmo Inc. in the USA on March 13, 1989. Ryu Hayabusa of the Dragon Ninja Clan receives a letter from his father, saying that he was leaving for a duel with an unknown warrior. Should he not return, Ryu was to go to America and seek a man named Walter Smith. Ryu honors his father's last request, and travels to America. While there, he is kidnapped by a CIA agent and given a statue of a hideous beast.
Trailer: YouTube
ESRB Rating: E - Everyone
Genre(s): Action | Platform