The game is remembered for its infamous continue screen (where the player character is tied to the ground underneath a descending circular saw). Although the game takes place in different environments, there are primarily only five kinds of enemies, all of which appear in every level (although some levels have extra enemy types). The player fights primarily with his bare hands, although a sword can also be used for a limited time as a power-up he can also use overhead environmental objects as a prop from which he can deliver more powerful kicking attacks. The player can obtain power-ups by throwing characters into background objects, such as street lights and dumpsters.
The player has a variety of techniques, such as a flying neck throw and a back-flip. The arcade version of Ninja Gaiden (released in 1988, in Japan, North America, and Europe) was a Double Dragon-style beat 'em up, in which the player controls a nameless blue ninja (red for a second player) as he travels to various regions of the United States (such as New York City, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon) to defeat an evil cult led by a fictional descendant of Nostradamus, who is trying to personally fulfill his ancestor's prophecy of the rise of an evil king in 1999. The Ninja Gaiden franchise is known for its high degree of difficulty, particularly the original NES version and the Xbox revival. A new game, titled Ninja Gaiden, was released in 2004 as a 3D action game on the Xbox, developed by Team Ninja, the makers of Dead or Alive. Sega also released two Ninja Gaiden games for the Game Gear and Master System, the latter only for PAL regions. The 8-bit trilogy was enhanced for the 16-bit Super NES in 1995. The series gained popularity on the 8-bit NES for its tight action-platform gameplay, catchy music and, according to G4's X-Play, for being the first console game to have the story presented in cinematic cutscenes. The original arcade version, first two Nintendo Entertainment System games and Game Boy game were released as Shadow Warriors in PAL regions.
The word " gaiden" in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese, though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series. The series was originally known as Ninja Ryukenden ( 忍者龍剣伝, Ninja Ryūkenden, "Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword") in Japan. Ninja Gaiden ( NINJA 外伝) is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, DOS, PC Engine, ZX Spectrum, Atari Lynx, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, mobile phone, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, Microsoft Windows
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