Ninja Spirit

Ninja Spirit
Amstrad CPC cover
Developer(s)Irem
Bits Studios (Game Boy)
Publisher(s)Irem
NEC (TurboGrafx-16)
Composer(s)Masahiko Ishida
Platform(s)Arcade, TurboGrafx-16, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, ZX Spectrum, Virtual Console
ReleaseAugust 4, 1988
Genre(s)Hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Ninja Spirit, known in Japan as Saigo no Nindō, is a 1988 side-scrolling hack and slash game developed and released in arcades by Irem. Although praised by gamers for detailed graphics, serious themes, solid controls and gameplay, the game also was criticized for its harsh difficulty.