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Ninja Combat is a side-scrolling beat ’em up for the Neo Geo, developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK in 1990. Players fight the Kage Ichizoku clan through a ninja tower as Joe or Hayabusa, using shuriken and melee attacks, collecting weapons and scrolls, and unlocking three defeated minibosses as playable characters.

How To Play Ninja Combat

ControlAction
JoystickMove the character left, right, and along the depth of the stage
A ButtonAttack; throw shuriken at range or strike with a collected weapon up close
B ButtonJump
C ButtonSpecial attack, sending the character flying across the screen and hitting all enemies in the path
StartBegin play; join as the second player; pause
Coin/SelectInsert credit and access character selection

About Ninja Combat

Release dateArcade (Neo Geo MVS) JP: July 24, 1990. Neo Geo AES JP/NA: July 1, 1991. Neo Geo CD JP: October 31, 1994; NA: October 1996
DeveloperAlpha Denshi (ADK)
PublisherSNK; ADK (Neo Geo CD, Japan)
PlatformNeo Geo MVS, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD
GenreBeat ’em up
ModesSingle-player; two-player simultaneous co-op
Also known asニンジャコンバット (Japan)

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