Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝?, literally "Ninja Story"), known in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden (忍者龍剣伝?, literally "Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword") and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a platform game developed and published by Tecmo—known for their later achievements such as the Tecmo Bowl series, Rygar, and the Xbox Ninja... Read More

Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝?, literally "Ninja Story"), known in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden (忍者龍剣伝?, literally "Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword") and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a platform game developed and published by Tecmo—known for their later achievements such as the Tecmo Bowl series, Rygar, and the Xbox Ninja Gaiden series—for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released on December 9, 1988 (1988-12-09) in Japan, March 1989 in North America, and August 15, 1991 (1991-08-15) in Europe. The title has been ported to the TurboGrafx-16 by Hudson Soft, and it was also ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) as part of the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy compilation. See Less