Ninja Gaiden (NES)

Ninja Gaiden is a 1989 NES side-scrolling hack and slash platformer video game developed by Tecmo and released by Tecmo Inc. in the USA on March 13, 1989.

Ryu Hayabusa of the Dragon Ninja Clan receives a letter from his father, saying that he was leaving for a duel with an unknown warrior. Should he not return, Ryu was to go to America and seek a man named Walter Smith. Ryu honors his father's last request, and travels to America. While there, he is kidnapped by a CIA agent and given a statue of a hideous beast.

Genre(s): Action | Platform