Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja

Information

Genre

Arcade - Beat'em Up!

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (sim.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Gomez, Christophe, Aron, Benoît, Chastel, Philippe, Nouhaut, Stéphane, Le Bouil, Christophe, Sablatou, Claude

Graphic Artist(s)

Laplace, Laurent, Gilbert, Yannick, Basque, Michele, Djan, Marc

Game design

Data East

Musician(s)

Baudlot, Jean

Sound FX

Baudlot, Jean

Year

1991

Publisher

Hit Squad (The)

Distributor

Ocean Software

Developer

Ocean France

Licensed from

Data East

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, 0.5MB

Version

[Re-release]

Number of Disks

1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 91 · Downloads: 3,349 · Hits: 11,308

Screenshots (7)

Cover Art (3)

Instructions (2)

Ads (1)

Article (1)

Trivia (6)

Origins

Based on Data East 1988 coin-op.

Update

The original version of this game has a bug when jumping, which made it very hard to complete level 2. An updated and also STe compatible version of the game can be found from Addicted to Fun - Ninja Collection

Graphics

Features up to 32 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)

Awards

Ten Real Bananas Award: 7th place by ST Format 1990

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 4 (8/1989), 3 (12/1991, 1/1992, 2/1992 budget)
Months on charts: 9 between 8/1989 - 4/1992

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Amstrad CPC (2/1989), ZX Spectrum (3/1989), Commodore 64 (3/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (6/1989), Amiga (10/1991)

Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (6)

ST Action · July, 1989 · Rating: 61 %

Génération 4 · Mai, 1989 · Rating: 96 %

The Games Machine · July, 1989 · Rating: 50%

Atari ST User · August, 1989 · Rating: 5/10

Games X · October 17th-23rd, 1991 · Rating: 1/5

ST Action · December, 1991 · Rating: 64%

Comments (2)

• the big m — 3 Nov 2023

  An excellent port developed by Ocean France. Music and sound effects, arcade like graphics! Unfortunately, there is some slowdown. Otherwise, recommended!

• roloway — 13 Jul 2010

  That's Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja, an arcade port.