Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
| Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja | |
|---|---|
North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Data East |
| Publisher(s) | Data East
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| Designer(s) | Makoto Kikuchi |
| Programmer(s) | Tomotaka Osada Masaaki Tamura Nobusuke Sasaki Naomi Susa Kenji Takahashi |
| Artist(s) | Dot Man Mix Man Monsieur Micky Torba-RR OK Youichi Kansaiman Milky Kikuchi |
| Composer(s) | Azusa Hara Hiroaki Yoshida |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, NES, Nintendo Switch, ZX Spectrum, Zeebo |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (co-operative gameplay) |
| Arcade system | Data East MEC-M1 |
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, also known simply as either Bad Dudes (on the American NES port) or DragonNinja (in Japan and Europe), is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up developed and released by Data East as an arcade video game in 1988. It was ported to computer and game console home systems.
In Bad Dudes, the players are tasked with rescuing "President Ronnie" from ninja kidnappers. The game was a commercial success, becoming one of America's top five highest-grossing games in 1988. The arcade version received generally positive reviews from critics, while the home conversions received also a positive critical reception. It has since become widely known for its general premise and introductory cutscene.