Surf Ninjas
Surf Ninjas is based on the 1993 movie of the same title. You play as Johnny McQuinn, a teenage surfer, who learned a couple of ninja moves. Your ultimate goal is defeating the evil Colonel Chi who threatens…
Surf Ninjas is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Creative Edge Software, released 9 July 1994 on Amiga CD32 and Amiga.
What Surf Ninjas is
Surf Ninjas is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Creative Edge Software and released in 1994. It was published by MicroValue. It is available on Amiga CD32 and Amiga.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Surf Ninjas is based on the 1993 movie of the same title. You play as Johnny McQuinn, a teenage surfer, who learned a couple of ninja moves. Your ultimate goal is defeating the evil Colonel Chi who threatens your island, and the game leads you from California all the way to the South China Sea. In the game, you can move left or right through several scrolling screens that constitute one level. One button is used to fight the randomly spawning ninjas in beat 'em up fashion, while another one can be used to enter buildings. The player has an inventory that can hold only one item at a time. These items are used to solve some small puzzles within each stage.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Surf Ninjas series
Surf Ninjas is the second of 2 entries we hold in the Surf Ninjas series. It arrived 6 months after Surf Ninjas. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
What it launched against
Surf Ninjas launched on 9 July 1994, within three weeks of Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors and Road Rash.
Released around the same time: Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Road Rash.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Quick answers
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