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Ninja Commando

December 14, 2023

Ninja Commando[a] is a vertically scrolling run and gun video game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home systems in 1992. It was released for the Neo Geo CD in 1994.[1]

Ninja Commando
Developer(s)Alpha Denshi
Publisher(s)
Alpha Denshi
  • Neo Geo CD
Producer(s)Tsutomu Maruyama
Programmer(s)Hiroyuki Ryū
Yuji Noguchi
Artist(s)Hidemi Nagatomo
Hideyuki Kusano
Shinji Moriyama
Composer(s)Yuka Watanabe
Platform(s)Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD
Release
30 April 1992
  • Arcade
    • WW: 30 April 1992
    Neo Geo AES
    • JP: 29 May 1992
    • NA: 29 May 1992
    Neo Geo CD
    • JP: 31 October 1994
    • NA: October 1996
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Gameplay edit

 
Gameplay screenshot

The overall gameplay is similar to this of the run-and-gun classic Ikari Warriors, with the players battling their way up the top-down perspective screen. The players can choose between three ninja characters, all with differing abilities. Each of them has fighting game-style input commands that unleash their scroll-based ninpo special moves. As usual in the genre, the game's stages end with boss battles.

Plot edit

An elite group of three young Ninja Commandos (Joe Tiger, an American descendant of the Kōga-ryū ninja whose weapons are shuriken, Ryu Eagle, the 23rd descendant of the famous ninja Fūma Kotarō (from the World Heroes series), who is using ninja magic fireballs in combat, and Rayar Dragon, the female ninja of the group, a British girl who has learned the ways of the Iga-ryū ninjutsu and whose weapon is a bow with flaming spirit arrows) from around the world must team-up to stop the villain Spider and his Mars Corporation from using a time machine to destroy the past and control the future. The three heroes chase after their enemy in seven time periods, including the Sengoku period in Japan (where Ryu avenges his ancestor by killing Oda Nobunaga), Ancient Egypt (fighting a floating recreation of Tutankhamen), the Stone Age, China in the era of Three Kingdoms (fighting against Lu Bu), and World War II.

Release edit

Ninja Commando was originally released for the Neo Geo arcade machines on May 29, 1992. The Neo Geo CD was released on October 31, 1994.[2]

The game has been re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in North America on July 14, 2008 (though the Wii Virtual Console version, like most other Neo Geo games, only allows three continues per player, which makes the game very difficult to complete without saving progress). It was also re-released in December 2008 as one of five games in the PlayStation 2 game compilation ADK Damashii. The highest score is by Ian Albrecht with 177,150 points.[3]

Reception edit

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ninja Commando on their June 15, 1992 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Raiden.[17] RePlay also reported the game to be the tenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[18] The title was generally well received.[19][20][21] The game's review in GamePro praised its "phenomenal!" graphics and called it overall "an excellent two-player cart" for Neo-Geo system.[8] Three staff members of Game Informer rated Ninja Commando, respectively, 6.75, 8.0, and 8.75 out of 10.[7] Famicom Tsūshin scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40.[6]

Retrospective reviews edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Japanese: ニンジャコマンドー, Hepburn: Ninja Komandō

References edit

  1. ^ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 18 - ニンジャコマンドー". Beep! Mega Drive (in Japanese). No. 53. SoftBank Creative. February 1994. p. 129.
  2. ^ . Arcade-gear.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ^ undergroundretrocade.com
  4. ^ Menier, Marc; Axel (July–August 1992). "Neo Geo Review - Ninja Commando". Consoles + (in French). No. 11. M.E.R.7. pp. 74–76.
  5. ^ O'Connor, Frank; Boone, Tim (July 1992). "Reviews - Neo Geo -- Ninja Commando". Computer and Video Games. No. 128. Future Publishing. pp. 22–23.
  6. ^ a b "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ニンジャコマンドー". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 332. ASCII. 28 April 1995. p. 22.
  7. ^ a b "NeoGeo Reviews - Ninja Commando". Game Informer. No. 6. GameStop. September–October 1992. p. 62.
  8. ^ a b Quan, Slasher (September 1992). "Neo•Geo ProReview: Ninja Commando". GamePro. No. 38. IDG. p. 120.
  9. ^ Demoly, Jean-Marc; Morisse, Jean-François (August–September 1992). "Test - Neo Geo - Ninja Combat". Joypad (in French). No. 11. Yellow Media. pp. 116–117. from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  10. ^ Noak, Philipp; Hellert, Stefan (August 1993). "Special - Neo Geo - Ninja Commando". Mega Fun (in German). No. 11. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. pp. 28–30. from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  11. ^ Pottier, Christophe (July–August 1992). "Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - Ninja Commando". Player One (in French). No. 22. Média Système Édition. pp. 116–117. from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  12. ^ Rosa, Piemarco (October 1992). "Ninja Commando (Neo Geo)". Consolemania (in Italian). No. 12. Xenia Edizioni. pp. 50–51.
  13. ^ Löwenstein, Richard (January 1992). "SNK - Neo Geo - Ninja Commando". Megablast (in German). No. 1. Joker-Verlag. p. 62.
  14. ^ Gregory, Mark (14 November 1992). "Neo-Ninjas: Ninja Commandos". Mega Guide. pp. 2–3.
  15. ^ Yanma; Itabashi (July 1992). "Super Soft 大特集 - 今、『NEO・GEO』がおもしろい！: ニンジャコマンドー". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 121. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 209.
  16. ^ "NF編集部にまる - ネオジオゲームㇱインレビュー: ニンジャコマンドー". Neo Geo Freak (in Japanese). No. 25. Geibunsha. June 1997. pp. 124–128.
  17. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 428. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 June 1992. p. 25.
  18. ^ "The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 17, no. 9. RePlay Publishing, Inc. June 1992. p. 4.
  19. ^ Knauf, Andreas (July 1992). "News - Neo Geo - Ninja Commando". Video Games (in German). No. 8. Future-Verlag. p. 34.
  20. ^ Knauf, Andreas (August 1992). "News - Neo Geo - Ninja Commando". Video Games (in German). No. 9. Future-Verlag. p. 30.
  21. ^ "Neo Geo Savage Amusement - Ninja Commando". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 1. DieHard Gamers Club. October 1992. p. 48.
  22. ^ . GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  23. ^ Miller, Skyler (1998). "Ninja Commando (Arcade) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  24. ^ Miller, Skyler (1998). "Ninja Commando (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  25. ^ Whitehead, Dan (July 22, 2008). "Virtual Console Roundup - Ninja Commando and Art of Fighting 2". Eurogamer. Gamer Network Ltd. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  26. ^ M. Thomas, Lucas (August 6, 2008). "Ninja Commando Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  27. ^ Dillard, Corbie (July 10, 2008). "Ninja Commando Review (Neo Geo)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article July 2013 Ninja Commando a is a vertically scrolling run and gun video game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home systems in 1992 It was released for the Neo Geo CD in 1994 1 Ninja CommandoDeveloper s Alpha DenshiPublisher s Alpha Denshi Neo Geo CDJP ADKNA SNKProducer s Tsutomu MaruyamaProgrammer s Hiroyuki RyuYuji NoguchiArtist s Hidemi NagatomoHideyuki KusanoShinji MoriyamaComposer s Yuka WatanabePlatform s Arcade Neo Geo AES Neo Geo CDRelease30 April 1992 ArcadeWW 30 April 1992 Neo Geo AESJP 29 May 1992NA 29 May 1992 Neo Geo CDJP 31 October 1994NA October 1996Genre s Run and gunMode s Single playerco opArcade systemNeo Geo MVS Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Release 4 Reception 4 1 Retrospective reviews 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Gameplay screenshotThe overall gameplay is similar to this of the run and gun classic Ikari Warriors with the players battling their way up the top down perspective screen The players can choose between three ninja characters all with differing abilities Each of them has fighting game style input commands that unleash their scroll based ninpo special moves As usual in the genre the game s stages end with boss battles Plot editAn elite group of three young Ninja Commandos Joe Tiger an American descendant of the Kōga ryu ninja whose weapons are shuriken Ryu Eagle the 23rd descendant of the famous ninja Fuma Kotarō from the World Heroes series who is using ninja magic fireballs in combat and Rayar Dragon the female ninja of the group a British girl who has learned the ways of the Iga ryu ninjutsu and whose weapon is a bow with flaming spirit arrows from around the world must team up to stop the villain Spider and his Mars Corporation from using a time machine to destroy the past and control the future The three heroes chase after their enemy in seven time periods including the Sengoku period in Japan where Ryu avenges his ancestor by killing Oda Nobunaga Ancient Egypt fighting a floating recreation of Tutankhamen the Stone Age China in the era of Three Kingdoms fighting against Lu Bu and World War II Release editNinja Commando was originally released for the Neo Geo arcade machines on May 29 1992 The Neo Geo CD was released on October 31 1994 2 The game has been re released on the Wii s Virtual Console in North America on July 14 2008 though the Wii Virtual Console version like most other Neo Geo games only allows three continues per player which makes the game very difficult to complete without saving progress It was also re released in December 2008 as one of five games in the PlayStation 2 game compilation ADK Damashii The highest score is by Ian Albrecht with 177 150 points 3 Reception editContemporary receptionReview scoresPublicationScoreConsoles Neo Geo 92 4 Computer and Video Games Neo Geo 78 5 Famitsu Neo Geo 25 40 6 Game Informer Neo Geo 23 5 30 7 GamePro Neo Geo 17 5 20 8 Joypad Neo Geo 83 9 Mega Fun Neo Geo 75 10 Player One Neo Geo 90 11 Consolemania Neo Geo 74 12 Megablast Neo Geo 81 13 Mega Guide Neo Geo Positive 14 Micom BASIC Magazine Neo Geo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 Neo Geo Freak Arcade 12 20 16 In Japan Game Machine listed Ninja Commando on their June 15 1992 issue as being the eleventh most successful table arcade unit of the month outperforming titles such as Raiden 17 RePlay also reported the game to be the tenth most popular arcade game at the time 18 The title was generally well received 19 20 21 The game s review in GamePro praised its phenomenal graphics and called it overall an excellent two player cart for Neo Geo system 8 Three staff members of Game Informer rated Ninja Commando respectively 6 75 8 0 and 8 75 out of 10 7 Famicom Tsushin scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40 6 Retrospective reviews edit Retrospective assessmentsAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings Wii 55 1 review 22 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame Arcade nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 23 Neo Geo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 24 Eurogamer Wii 6 10 25 IGN Wii 5 5 10 26 Nintendo Life Wii 8 10 27 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2019 See also editNinja Combat Ninja Master s Haoh Ninpo Cho Time SoldiersNotes edit Japanese ニンジャコマンドー Hepburn Ninja KomandōReferences edit Oh Neo Geo Vol 18 ニンジャコマンドー Beep Mega Drive in Japanese No 53 SoftBank Creative February 1994 p 129 www jap sai com Ninja Commando Arcade gear com Archived from the original on 2013 12 24 Retrieved 2013 12 21 undergroundretrocade com Menier Marc Axel July August 1992 Neo Geo Review Ninja Commando Consoles in French No 11 M E R 7 pp 74 76 O Connor Frank Boone Tim July 1992 Reviews Neo Geo Ninja Commando Computer and Video Games No 128 Future Publishing pp 22 23 a b NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW ニンジャコマンドー Famitsu in Japanese No 332 ASCII 28 April 1995 p 22 a b NeoGeo Reviews Ninja Commando Game Informer No 6 GameStop September October 1992 p 62 a b Quan Slasher September 1992 Neo Geo ProReview Ninja Commando GamePro No 38 IDG p 120 Demoly Jean Marc Morisse Jean Francois August September 1992 Test Neo Geo Ninja Combat Joypad in French No 11 Yellow Media pp 116 117 Archived from the original on 2017 09 16 Retrieved 2019 10 19 Noak Philipp Hellert Stefan August 1993 Special Neo Geo Ninja Commando Mega Fun in German No 11 CT Computec Verlag GmbH amp Co KG pp 28 30 Archived from the original on 2018 10 21 Retrieved 2019 10 19 Pottier Christophe July August 1992 Tests De Jeux Neo Geo Ninja Commando Player One in French No 22 Media Systeme Edition pp 116 117 Archived from the original on 2017 11 11 Retrieved 2019 10 19 Rosa Piemarco October 1992 Ninja Commando Neo Geo Consolemania in Italian No 12 Xenia Edizioni pp 50 51 Lowenstein Richard January 1992 SNK Neo Geo Ninja Commando Megablast in German No 1 Joker Verlag p 62 Gregory Mark 14 November 1992 Neo Ninjas Ninja Commandos Mega Guide pp 2 3 Yanma Itabashi July 1992 Super Soft 大特集 今 NEO GEO がおもしろい ニンジャコマンドー Micom BASIC Magazine in Japanese No 121 The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation p 209 NF編集部にまる ネオジオゲームㇱインレビュー ニンジャコマンドー Neo Geo Freak in Japanese No 25 Geibunsha June 1997 pp 124 128 Game Machine s Best Hit Games 25 テーブル型TVゲーム機 Table Videos Game Machine in Japanese No 428 Amusement Press Inc 15 June 1992 p 25 The Player s Choice Top Games Now in Operation Based on Earnings Opinion Poll of Operators Best Video Software RePlay Vol 17 no 9 RePlay Publishing Inc June 1992 p 4 Knauf Andreas July 1992 News Neo Geo Ninja Commando Video Games in German No 8 Future Verlag p 34 Knauf Andreas August 1992 News Neo Geo Ninja Commando Video Games in German No 9 Future Verlag p 30 Neo Geo Savage Amusement Ninja Commando GameFan Vol 1 no 1 DieHard Gamers Club October 1992 p 48 Ninja Commando for NeoGeo GameRankings CBS Interactive 2019 Archived from the original on 2019 05 03 Retrieved 2019 10 19 Miller Skyler 1998 Ninja Commando Arcade Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 Retrieved 19 October 2019 Miller Skyler 1998 Ninja Commando Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 Retrieved 19 October 2019 Whitehead Dan July 22 2008 Virtual Console Roundup Ninja Commando and Art of Fighting 2 Eurogamer Gamer Network Ltd Retrieved 2019 10 19 M Thomas Lucas August 6 2008 Ninja Commando Review IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved 2019 10 19 Dillard Corbie July 10 2008 Ninja Commando Review Neo Geo Nintendo Life Nlife Media Archived from the original on February 18 2019 Retrieved 2019 10 19 External links editNinja Commando at GameFAQs Ninja Commando at Giant Bomb Ninja Commando at Killer List of Videogames Ninja Commando at MobyGamesPortals nbsp 1990s nbsp Japan nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en 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