Arcade / Arcade - Beat'em Up! · 1989
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
Published by Imagine · Developed by Ocean France
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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
- 1989
- Publisher
- Imagine
- Distributor
- Ocean Software
- Developer
- Ocean France
- Licensed from
- Data East
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Software
- English
- Box/Instructions
- English, French, German
- License
- Commercial
- ST Type
- ST, 0.5MB
- Number of Disks
- 1, Double Sided
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 91 · Downloads: 5,324 · Hits: 25,686
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
Screenshots (7)
Cover Art (3)
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
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)
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.
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.