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Shadow Warriors

Original Versions: Amiga, NES - Alias: Ninja Gaiden

Shadow Warriors (or Ninja Gaiden in non-PAL countries) is a coin-op created by Tecmo and released in 1988.

Year	1988
Genre	Brawler - Progressive beat-em-up
Rating	84/100 based on 7 Editorial reviews. Add your vote
Publisher	Ocean
Developer	Tecmo
OS supported	Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated	16 January 2021

Game Review

Shadow Warriors (or Ninja Gaiden in non-PAL countries) is a coin-op created by Tecmo and released in 1988. The home computer versions were developed by Ocean and published in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and other platforms. The NES version was created internally at Tecmo.

There are a few differences between the NES and other versions because the NES Ninja Gaiden has several platforming elements. In contrast, the Ocean version resembles progressive beat-em-ups such as Double Dragon. Said that we are talking about one of the most famous arcades of the 80s and a great game that can be played by two simultaneous players in co-op mode.