The Legend of Kage
The Legend of Kage is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary video game home systems in 1986. The player is armed with a kodachi shortsword and an unlimited amount of shuriken…
The Legend of Kage is an arcade developed by Taito, released 1 October 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and MSX.
What The Legend of Kage is
The Legend of Kage is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1985. It was published by Imagine Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player takes role of the young Iga ninja named Kage ("Shadow") on the mission to rescue Princess Kiri (Kirihime) from the villains Yoshi (Yoshiro Yukikusa) and Yuki (Yukinosuke Kiri). Kage must fight his way through the forest, along the secret passageway, up the fortress wall and through the castle, rescuing her two times (three in the NES version) in order to win the game. Each time the princess is rescued, the seasons change in the game.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
The Legend of Kage launched on 1 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Gauntlet and Starquake.
Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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