Underplayed Gems

Ninja Combat (1990)

Ninja Combat cover
Publisher
ADK Corporation
Platforms
Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo MVS, Wii, Neo Geo CD
Genres
Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A side-scrolling ninja beat-em-up known for unbalanced difficulty and oddly memorable NeoGeo launch-day charm.

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About

Ninja Combat is a 1990 side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK. It was one of the launch titles for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and AES (home) systems. It is notorious for its unbalanced difficulty and odd design and gameplay ideas.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.