I noticed the PC-E version is a little more forgiving with enemy respawn. Sometimes if you keep moving the enemies chasing you will disappear. Your best bet is to just keep moving and dodge them. The bird and bat enemies seem to respawn instantly no matter what. Other than bosses, enemies can be killed with just a simple attack but the respawn rate is ridiculous! If you kill an enemy and take even a centimeter back, they will respawn. YouвЂ™ll be doing this a lot throughout the game. It really makes you feel like a ninja! Ryu can jump wall to wall and cling in place. One of the cool features is the wall jump. Some power ups you get are: ninja star, a red/orange ninja star that hovers around and a fire ball force field that protects you temporarily. You can keep track of how many you have by looking at the top of the screen. I totally just made that up as IвЂ™m not sure what they are called. You can only use a power up if you have enough ninja orbs. You do collect various power ups that you use by pressing up and the attack button at the same time. The controls are simple: one button attacks while the other is the jump button. Ninja Ryukenden or Gaiden if you prefer is a action platformer for those who are not familiar with the game. PC-E version looks so much better! The colors! I found in most cases the NES cutscenes look better, but the PC-E version is much better during gameplay.

As I stated earlier, the graphics are the main difference between the NES and PC-E. A nice typical 80вЂ™s plot but you soon discover thereвЂ™s much more. To sum it up without going too far into it: A ninja named Ryu Hayabusa is out to avenge his fatherвЂ™s death. This was one of the early games that used Anime cutscenes to tell a story. The story is actually pretty long for such an old game.

They are exactly the same minus the graphics. Going by the cutscenes alone I would say yes. I canвЂ™t say if the story is exactly the same on the PC-E. Because I am familiar with the NES version, I decided to compare the two throughout this review complete with some pictures I whipped up! (Warning: there may be more screen shots than usual) Ninja Gaiden is a tough game but back then I had it mastered for the most part. I honestly didnвЂ™t know it was ported to the PC-E until the other day. Yes the NES version came first back in 1989 so I am pretty familiar with it. The same game that freaky dude in The Wizard oddly pronounced. Yes that hard and sometimes unfairly difficult Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Ryukenden may be a game my fellow retro gamers have played before on the NES, but we know it as Ninja Gaiden.

For my second PC Engine review I decided IвЂ™ll try something a little different.

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