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For other games with the same name, see Ninja Gaiden.

Ninja Gaiden

System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Opus^[1]
Licensor: Tecmo
Planned release date(s): 1992-03^[2], 1992-10-30^[3], 1992-11-20^[4], 1993-02^[6], 1992-12-24^[5]
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped (badly)

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Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝) for the Sega Mega Drive is a Ninja Gaiden game that was set to be published by Sega under license from Tecmo. It was scheduled to be released sometime in 1992 but was cancelled for mysterious reasons.

The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up modeled after the arcade version (though not a port of it) rather than a platforming game like the NES games. Like the other Ninja Gaiden games for Sega platforms, the game bears a "reprogrammed by Sega" line, but it is a brand new work.

As of 2011 no clean dumps of the prototype's ROM exist, only bad dumps and ROMs containing hacked headers.

Gameplay

Ninja Gaiden uses standard beat-'em-up controls and mechanics: attacks, jumps, and uses a health-draining special move if the player has the health for it.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

65

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

88

^[9]

ProGames (BR)

75

^[10]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

73

^[11]

Supersonic (FR)

69

^[12]

	70
Based on 6 reviews

Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive)

Main article: Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-11: "November 1992" (1992-10-08)

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✘

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1	dced2e4eb53ae5d9e979b13f093f70d466634c5b

1MB

1990-07

(352 kB) (info)

Page

References

Ninja Gaiden (Mega Drive)
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1990-07

Ninja Gaiden games for Sega systems
	Ninja Gaiden (1991)
	Ninja Gaiden (1992)
	Ninja Gaiden (unreleased)
	Ninja Gaiden (unreleased)

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FOpus-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Opus

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p46-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 46

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_01.pdf_p128-3] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 128

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_02.pdf_p127-4] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 127

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_001.pdf_p14-5] GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 14

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p14-6] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 14

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 212

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_017.pdf_p73-8] Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:Joypad_FR_017.pdf_p102-9] Joypad, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 102

[:File:ProGames_BR_03.pdf_p30-10] ProGames, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 30

[:File:Supergame_BR_22.pdf_p8-11] Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 8

[:File:Supersonic_FR_07.pdf_p16-12] Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 16

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-| developer=[[Sega]]
+| developer=[[Opus]]{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Opus}}
+| licensor=[[Tecmo]]
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+| date={{MissedRelease|MD|1992-03{{magref|bemega|1992-01|46}}|region=JP}}
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+{{MissedRelease|MD|1992-10-30{{magref|mmd|1|128}}|region=JP}}
-{{stub}}'''''Ninja Gaiden''''' for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] is one of three ''Ninja Gaiden'' games to be published by [[Sega]] with license from [[Tecmo]]. However, whereas the [[Ninja Gaiden (Master System)|Master System]] and [[Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)|Game Gear]] games were released by the company, the Mega Drive version was cancelled during development. Had it been released, the game would have reached the public in 1992.
+{{MissedRelease|MD|1992-11-20{{magref|mmd|2|127}}|region=JP}}
+{{MissedRelease|MD|1992-12-24{{magref|gamesmaster|1|14}}
+{{MissedRelease|MD|1993-02{{magref|segapro|18|14}}}}}}}}
+{{stub}}'''''Ninja Gaiden''''' (忍者外伝) for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] is a ''Ninja Gaiden'' game that was set to be published by [[Sega]] under license from [[Tecmo]]. It was scheduled to be released sometime in 1992 but was cancelled for mysterious reasons.
+The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up modeled after the arcade version (though not a port of it) rather than a platforming game like the NES games. Like the other ''Ninja Gaiden'' games for Sega platforms, the game bears a "reprogrammed by Sega" line, but it is a brand new work.
-The Mega Drive ''Ninja Gaiden'' takes the series back to its beat-'em-up roots, rather than opting for a frantic platform style of gameplay seen in other ''Ninja Gaiden'' games of this era. Though the title claims the game was "reprogramed", it is in fact a brand new release, seemingly inspired by ''[[Streets of Rage]]''.
+As of 2011 no clean dumps of the prototype's ROM exist, only bad dumps and ROMs containing hacked headers.
-{{A}} attacks, {{B}} jumps and {{C}} triggers a special move.
+==Gameplay==
+''Ninja Gaiden'' uses standard beat-'em-up controls and mechanics: {{A}} attacks, {{B}} jumps, and {{C}} uses a health-draining special move if the player has the health for it.
-As of 2011 no clean dumps of the ROM exist, only bad dumps and ROMs containing hacked headers. It is still fully playable in most emulators, however.
+==Magazine articles==
+{{ratings|MD}}
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
-{{ratings
+==Promotional material==
-| icon=MD
+{{gallery
-| consolesplus=90 <!-- as Shadow Warrior -->
+|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1992-11|2-3}}
-| consolesplus_source={{num|1|page=116/117/118}}
-| consolesplus_1=65
-| consolesplus_source_1={{num|17|page=73}}
-| joypad=88
-| joypad_source={{num|17}}
-| supersonic=69
-| supersonic_source={{num|7|page=20}}
 }}
+==ROM dump status==
+{{romtable|unreleased=yes|
+{{rom|MD|sha1=dced2e4eb53ae5d9e979b13f093f70d466634c5b|size=1MB|date=1990-07|source=|comments=|quality=bad|prototype=yes|file=Ninja Gaiden (prototype) (bad).7z}}
+}}
+==References==
+<references />
+{{NinjaGaidenMDOmni}}
+{{NinjaGaiden}}