Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja

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88K plays 1988 #Action#Platform#Fighting

Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, also known simply as either Bad Dudes (on the American NES port) or DragonNinja (in Japan and Europe), is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Data East for arcades. It was ported to computer and game console home systems.

In Bad Dudes, the players are tasked with rescuing "President Ronnie" from ninja kidnappers. The game was a commercial success, becoming one of America's top five highest-grossing games in 1988. The arcade version received generally positive reviews from critics, while the home conversions received also a positive critical reception. It has since become widely known for its general premise and introductory cutscene.

From Wikipedia's article Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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Controls

This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

Bad Dudes Vs Dragon NinjaDOS

3.0 Good job

Critics 68 · 6 reviews (other versions)

From reviews of other versions of the game (none of this one found).

Scores

  • ACE 1988 Positive; 860; 856 (CPC); 792
  • Crash 46% (other versions)
  • Computer and Video Games 1988 Positive; 49%; 69% (CPC) (other versions)
  • Sinclair User 1988 9/10 (other versions)
  • The Games Machine (UK) 1988 Positive; 50%; 47%; 63% (CPC); 61% (other versions)
  • Your Sinclair 1988 Positive; 7/10 (other versions)
  • Zzap!64 87% (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 68/100 · 214 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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