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Ninja Gaiden

A handheld electronic port of Ninja Gaiden, released in 1989.

31 December 1989

Ninja Gaiden is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Tiger Electronics, released 31 December 1989 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Ninja Gaiden is

Ninja Gaiden is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Tiger Electronics and released in 1989. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series

Ninja Gaiden is the third of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. It arrived a year after Ninja Gaiden. The next entry was Ninja Gaiden in 1989.

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What it launched against

Ninja Gaiden launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Ninja Gaiden come out?
Ninja Gaiden was released on 31 December 1989 for Handheld Electronic LCD.

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