Ninja Commando [Model NGM-050]

SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 32 years ago by Alpha Denshi Co., Ltd.

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Ninja Commando [Model NGM-050] screenshot

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Ninja Commando © 1992 Alpha Denshi Company, Limited.

3 ninjas are sent on a mission to stop a madman named Spider from trying to use a time machine to mess with history. The game is almost like a tongue-in-cheek reworking of "Time Soldiers", which Alpha Denshi made 5 years earlier, with ninjas as the protagonists this time.

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TECHNICAL

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID: NGM-050

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 3
=> [A] Shoot, [B] Somersault, [C] Ninja Tricks

TRIVIA

Ninja Commando was released on April 30, 1992.

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TIPS AND TRICKS

The more you press the A button repeatedly, the more firepower you'll produce.

Press the A and B button together to fire shuri-ken (star-shaped blades). Unlike the main firepower, which is only straight ahead, the shuri-ken can be fired in all directions by moving the joystick in the opposite direction of which you wish to aim (example : to fire to the left, move the joystick to right and vice versa). This is also the best way to deal with a few of the bosses here : for example, on the stage set in feudal Japan, there are two giant sumo wrestlers who appear as sub-bosses. The main firepower seems to only have minor effect on them, but the shuri-ken are much more effective.

The C button is for firing magical bursts of energy. One drawback is that, similar to "Final Fight" this can cause a little of your life energy to be drained, so it should be used very carefully.

STAFF

Producer: Tsutomu Maruyama
Director: Tsutomu Maruyama
Executive Producer : Kazuo Arai
Director Of Software : Eiji Fukatsu
System programmers : Makio Chiba, Satoshi Okada (SNK)
Programmers : Ryu Hiroyuki, Yuji Noguchi
Character Designers : Tsutomu Maruyama, Shinji Moriyama (as Sinji Moriyama), Takashi Hatono, Hidemi Nagatomo, Hideyuki Kusano
Music Composer : Yuka Watanabe

PORTS

CONSOLES:
japan SNK Neo-Geo AES (may.29, 1992) "Ninja Commando [Model NGH-050]"
usa SNK Neo-Geo AES (may.29, 1992) "Ninja Commando [Model NGH-050]"
japan SNK Neo-Geo CD (oct.31, 1994) "Ninja Commando [Model ADCD-004]"
japan Sony PS2 (dec.18, 2008) "ADK Tamashii [Model SLPS-25906]"
japan Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (june.24, 2008) "Ninja Commando [Model EAPJ]"
usa Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (jul.11, 2008) "Ninja Commando [Model EAPE]"
australia Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (jul.11, 2008) "Ninja Commando"
europe Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (jul.14, 2008) "Ninja Commando [Model EAPP]"

SOURCES

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.