Lost In Translation/Ninja Warriors, The

The Ninja Warriors
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation Japan
Released	1987
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(2x) 68000 (@ 8.000 MHz); 68000 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz); (4x) Volume Filter
Video; Details	Raster (Horizontal); 288 x 224 pixels; 60.00 Hz; 12,288 Palette colours
Screens	3
ROM Info	27 ROMs; 6,554,624 bytes (6.25 MiB)
MAME ID	ninjaw · ninjawj

About The Game

The Ninja Warriors is a 2-player horizontally scrolling arcade video game beat-em-up where two robot ninjas fight an entire army to destroy an evil dictator in this horizontal action game, which features physical damage on our heroes

Additional Technical Information

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 (DAGGER, SHURIKEN)

Trivia

Licensed by Romstar for US distribution

This arcade game was one of the first to use a 3-screen display. The actual resolution of the game is 3x(288x224) or 864x224 giving a very long horizontal display, hence some of the conversions opting to display the game in the widescreen format.

The main sprite in the arcade version was 91 pixels tall, nearly half the screen height!

Banglar, the main enemy who looks like Yoda from the Star Wars films makes a cameo appearance in "Aqua Jack" 2 years after appearing in The Ninja Warriors.

Brian Chapel holds the official record for this game with 188,900 points.

Series

The Ninja Warriors (1988)
The Ninja Warriors Again (1994, Nintendo Super Famicom)

Staff

Produced By: Yojiro Suekado
Directed By: Masaki Ogata
Written By: Onijust
Executive Producer: Hisao Yunoki
Director Of Software: Daisuke Sasaki
Programmers: Yoshihisa Nagata; Yuji Iwasaki; Yoshiyuki Watabe; Masaki Ogata; Daisuke Sasaki
Production Designer: Yukiwo Ishikawa
Character Designers: Masami Kikuchi; Yoshihiro Wakita; Toshiyuki Nishimura; Taira Sanuki; Shinobu Iwabuchi; Sachiko Yamana; Junji Yarita; Kohzoh Igarashi; Tetsuro Kitagawa; Yukiwo Ishikawa
Assistant Character Designers: Visual Arts Produtcion; Animation 20; Space Creative
Supervising Editor: Tetsuro Kitagawa
Editors: Masami Kikuchi; Yukiwo Ishikawa
Costume Designer: Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Hardware Designer: Toshiyuki Sanada
Assistant Hardware Engineer: Satoru Shimomura
Music Composed & Directed By (Zuntata): Hisayoshi Ogura
Assistant Sound Programmer (Zuntata): Naoto Yagista
Sound Editor (Zuntata): Yasuhisa Watanabe
Sound Hardware Designer: Tsukasa Nakamura
Publicity Supervisor: Hisayoshi Nakane
Game Designed By: Onijust

Cabinet and Artwork

The Ninja Warriors arcade cabinet.
The Ninja Warriors arcade flyer.
Another The Ninja Warriors arcade flyer.
The Ninja Warriors Japanese arcade flyer.
Another The Ninja Warriors Japanese arcade flyer.

Ports

Box art for the Virgin Games port of The Ninja Warriors.

Consoles: NEC PC-Engine (1989); Sega Mega-CD

Computers: Amstrad CPC (1989); Atari ST (1989); Commodore Amiga ("The Ninja Warriors", 1989, Virgin Mastertronic); Commodore C64 (1989); Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Zuntata Live '90 -G.S.M. Taito-	PCCB-00045^[1]	1990-10-21	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Ninja Warriors - Famous Recording Series	PCCB-00074^[2]	1991-10-21	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Z-REPLICA Vol.1 DADDY MULK THE NINJA WARRIORS	ZTTL-0024^[3]	1998-07-23	Zuntata Records	CD version.
ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~AUDIO FILE~	ZTTL-0031^[4]	1998-10-21	Zuntata Records	2 CD version.
ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~VISUAL FILE~	N/A^[5]	1998-11-10	Zuntata Records	Released on VHS.
ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 1st	ZTTL-0038^[6]	1999-04-01	Zuntata Records	CD version.
Zuntata Night	ZTTL-0047^[7]	1999-10-21	Zuntata Records	CD version.
THE VERY BEST OF OGR GALLERy ~Concepts~	ZTTL-0049^[8]	1999-12-18	Zuntata Records	2 CD version.
Ninja Warriors Complete Album	PCCB-00116^[9]	1993-03-19	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. TAITO 1-	D28B-0001^[10]	1988-06-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
Game Music Now & Then	SCDC-00292~3^[11]	2003-12-17	Scitron Digital Content	2 CD version.
The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1-	25P5-0001^[12]	1988-06-21	Scitron Digital Content Inc.	Cassette version.
The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1-	C22B-0001^[13]	1988-06-21	Scitron Digital Content Inc.	Vinyl version.
TAITO MOBILE PHONE GAME SOUND COLLECTION Vol.1	ZTTL-9002^[14]	2007-01-12	Zuntata Records	Digital download only.
Scitron 10th Anniversary Special CD Sampler	DMCZ-300098^[15]	1998-01-01	Scitron Label	2 CD version.
Gaesen Oh - Scitron Game Music Mega Mix Vol.1	KGCD-0001^[16]	1994-01-01	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Beep Special Project - Wai Wai GAME MUSIC	N/A^[17]	1988-03-01	Softbank Publishing	Vinyl version.
GS SELECTION - GS Club Special Project	N/A^[18]	1988-03-01	Softbank Publishing	Double vinyl version.
The Ninja Warriors arrange sound tracks	ZTTL-9016^[19]	2009-02-11	Zuntata Records / Taito Corp	Digital download only.
Violin de Hiitemita ep2 ~ Maou no Gyakushuu / Scream no Hito	SRIN-1063^[20]	2009-09-02	SuperSweep	CD version.

Screen Shot Comparison

Title Screen

Amiga title screen.
Atari ST title screen.
Spectrum title screen.
C64 title screen.
CPC title screen.
Mega-CD title screen.
PC Engine title screen.

Intro Screen

Amiga intro screen.
Atari ST version didn't have an intro screen.
Spectrum version didn't have an intro screen.
C64 intro screen.
CPC version didn't have an intro screen.
Mega-CD intro screen.
PC Engine intro screen.

Ingame Screen

Amiga ingame screen.
Atari ST ingame screen.
Spectrum ingame screen.
C64 ingame screen.
CPC ingame screen.
Mega-CD ingame screen.
PC Engine ingame screen.

Sound Comparison

Platform	Song Titles									Sound Source
Arcade	"A.D. 1993"	"Daddy Mulk"	"Are You Lady?"	"Che!"	"Japanese Smile"	"Motherless Children"	"Paradox"	"Up Stairs"	"Game Over"	M1 v0.7.8a6 & MAME 0.125
Commodore Amiga	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	WinUAE v1.4.2a
Atari ST/STE	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	Steem 3.2
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (AY)	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	Spectaculator 6.25
Commodore 64 / 128	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	XMPlay v3.4.1 (SID plugin rev.25b Feb 19 2007)
Amstrad CPC 464	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	CPCE 1.40
NEC PC-Engine	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	Magic Engine 1.0.0 PR 10
Sega Mega-CD (Arcade Versions)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	CDDA
Sega Mega-CD (Arranged Versions)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	CDDA

External Links

Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of The Ninja Warriors at the World of Spectrum

References

↑ Zuntata Live '90 -G.S.M. Taito- (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Ninja Warriors - Famous Recording Series (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Z-REPLICA Vol.1 DADDY MULK THE NINJA WARRIORS (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~AUDIO FILE~ (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~VISUAL FILE~ (VHS) at the VGMdb
↑ ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 1st (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Zuntata Night (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ THE VERY BEST OF OGR GALLERy ~Concepts~ (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Ninja Warriors Complete Album (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. TAITO 1- (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Game Music Now & Then (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1- (Cassette) at the VGMdb
↑ The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1- (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
↑ TAITO MOBILE PHONE GAME SOUND COLLECTION Vol.1 (Digital Download) at the VGMdb
↑ Scitron 10th Anniversary Special CD Sampler (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Gaesen Oh - Scitron Game Music Mega Mix Vol.1 (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Beep Special Project - Wai Wai GAME MUSIC (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
↑ GS SELECTION - GS Club Special Project (Vinyl) at the VGMdb
↑ The Ninja Warriors arrange sound tracks (Digital Download) at the VGMdb
↑ Violin de Hiitemita ep2 ~ Maou no Gyakushuu / Scream no Hito (CD) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Zuntata Live '90 -G.S.M. Taito- (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] Ninja Warriors - Famous Recording Series (CD) at the VGMdb

[3] Z-REPLICA Vol.1 DADDY MULK THE NINJA WARRIORS (CD) at the VGMdb

[4] ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~AUDIO FILE~ (CD) at the VGMdb

[5] ZUNTATA LIVE 1998 "güten Talk" from the earth ~VISUAL FILE~ (VHS) at the VGMdb

[6] ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 1st (CD) at the VGMdb

[7] Zuntata Night (CD) at the VGMdb

[8] THE VERY BEST OF OGR GALLERy ~Concepts~ (CD) at the VGMdb

[9] Ninja Warriors Complete Album (CD) at the VGMdb

[10] The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. TAITO 1- (CD) at the VGMdb

[11] Game Music Now & Then (CD) at the VGMdb

[12] The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1- (Cassette) at the VGMdb

[13] The Ninjawarriors -G.S.M. Taito 1- (Vinyl) at the VGMdb

[14] TAITO MOBILE PHONE GAME SOUND COLLECTION Vol.1 (Digital Download) at the VGMdb

[15] Scitron 10th Anniversary Special CD Sampler (CD) at the VGMdb

[16] Gaesen Oh - Scitron Game Music Mega Mix Vol.1 (CD) at the VGMdb

[17] Beep Special Project - Wai Wai GAME MUSIC (Vinyl) at the VGMdb

[18] GS SELECTION - GS Club Special Project (Vinyl) at the VGMdb

[19] The Ninja Warriors arrange sound tracks (Digital Download) at the VGMdb

[20] Violin de Hiitemita ep2 ~ Maou no Gyakushuu / Scream no Hito (CD) at the VGMdb

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