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 Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja is the currently oldest game which was claimed by an artist for our beat’em up tribute. It was developed by the now defunct Data East and released in 1988 for the arcades like the most games at that time.

The game was a popular hit there and was ported to multiple platforms including the NES, the Amiga and it even got a DOS version among other platforms. Its last release was as a part of the Data East Collection for the Nintendo Wii in 2010

Like in many video games of the eighties, the story is relative simple and about the “Bad Dudes” Blade and Stryker who are fighting the “DragonNinja” clan to rescue the president “Ronnie who was abducted by the DragonNinja before.

Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja has one of the funniest endings ever seen in a beat’em up ..at least in the American/Western versions of the game. Blade and Stryker are eating burgers with the President (a gift by him!) while he gives them a statue in the Japanese version.

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Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja has eight stages and is playable for 1 or 2 players and an early beat’em up without the option to move in the fore or background.

Blade and Stryker can jump, kick and punch, have a few different attacks like spinkicks and also one strong punch which can defeat all normal enemies in front of the player.

Like in later games the protagonists can also get extra weapons like knives and nunchakus. Other power ups recharge life or add time to the counter.

Every stage has a boss including Karnov, an antagonist who appears in multiple Data East games of that time.

The game made appearances in movies and the British band LostProphets actually named a song “Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja”

Title Screen

vs. Karnov

Train Stage

Burger Time