Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive)
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- For other games with the same name, see Ninja Gaiden.
| Ninja Gaiden |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Opus[1] |
| Planned release date(s): 1992-03[2], 1992-10-30[3], 1992-11-20[4], 1993-02[6], 1992-12-24[5] |
| Genre: Action |
| Number of players: 1 |
| Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped (badly) |
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Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝) for the Sega Mega Drive is a Ninja Gaiden game that was set to be published by Sega under license from Tecmo. It was scheduled to be released sometime in 1992 but was cancelled for mysterious reasons.
The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up modeled after the arcade version (though not a port of it) rather than a platforming game like the NES games. Like the other Ninja Gaiden games for Sega platforms, the game bears a "reprogrammed by Sega" line, but it is a brand new work.
As of 2011 no clean dumps of the prototype's ROM exist, only bad dumps and ROMs containing hacked headers.
Gameplay
Ninja Gaiden uses standard beat-'em-up controls and mechanics: 
attacks, 
jumps, and 
uses a health-draining special move if the player has the health for it.
Magazine articles
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Promotional material
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Opus
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 46
- ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 128
- ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 127
- ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 14
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 14
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 212
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 73
- ↑ Joypad, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 102
- ↑ ProGames, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 30
- ↑ Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 8
- ↑ Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 16
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Ninja Gaiden (1991) |
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Ninja Gaiden (1992) |
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Ninja Gaiden (unreleased) |
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Ninja Gaiden (unreleased) |