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Atari ST - Imagine - 1989

Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja

Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja — screenshot 11 / 7
Genre
Arcade - Beat'em Up!
Year
1989
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Imagine
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
Ocean Software
Players
1 / 2 (sim.)
Developer
Ocean France
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
Data East
Programmer(s)
Gomez, Christophe / Aron, BenoîtChastel, Philippe / Nouhaut, StéphaneLe Bouil, Christophe / Sablatou, Claude
Country
United KingdomFranceGermany
Graphic Artist(s)
Laplace, Laurent / Gilbert, YannickBasque, Michele / Djan, Marc
Software
English
Game design
Data East
Box/Instructions
English / French / German
Musician(s)
Baudlot, Jean
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Baudlot, Jean
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Double Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (1)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

See P. Putnik's site for adapted versions for hardware like HxC Floppy Emulator, Atari harddisk, TT, Falcon030 and more: The Atari ST Game Archive
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Disk 1

INSTRUCTIONS (1)

ADS (6)

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, 1989Rating: 61 %
Génération 4 · Mai, 1989Rating: 96 %
The Games Machine · July, 1989Rating: 50%
Atari ST User · August, 1989Rating: 5/10
Games X · October 17th-23rd, 1991Rating: 1/5
ST Action · December, 1991Rating: 64%