Manufacturer:
Data East
Year: 1988
Class: Wide Release
Genre:
Scrolling Fighter
Type: Video Arcade
Monitor:
Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color
Conversion Class:
JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Ambidextrous
Controls:
Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 - Attack, Jump
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
Abstract:
You are one of two street fighters, either
Blade or
Striker.
While you normally defeat a dozen baddies before breakfast, this time you're
on a mission. President
Ronald Reagan (not kidding) has been kidnapped
by Ninjas (again?) and you must save him, are you a bad enough dude?
Throughout the course of the game you battle a number of end-of-level bosses,
not the least of which being
Karnov, of
Karnov fame.
Miscellaneous:
This game is also known as
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja in the US. and
Dragon Ninja in Japan
Technical
Uses Data East's HFT System hardware. The system consists of a DE-0295
or DE-0297 Main CPU PCB and a DE-0293
or DE-0299 Game Program PCB.
The main CPU PCB utilizes a
Motorola 68000 32-bit
microprocessor to control
the game functions and a 65C02A microprocessor to control the Yamaha sound
generator circuit. The Game Program
PCB contains all game specific program
devices and a OKI voice generator circuit.
Technical Information from klov.com