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Ninja Commando

Players take control of a ninja and must guide him safely through various side-scrolling levels, jumping over pits, dodging obstacles and defeating other ninjas. In every stage, there are numerous doors that…

31 December 1989

Ninja Commando is a platform developed by Zeppelin Games, released 31 December 1989 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Ninja Commando is

Ninja Commando is a platform game developed by Zeppelin Games and released in 1989. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players take control of a ninja and must guide him safely through various side-scrolling levels, jumping over pits, dodging obstacles and defeating other ninjas. In every stage, there are numerous doors that constantly spawn new attackers, although there are never more than four enemy ninjas onscreen at the same time. At first, the player's ninja can only defeat his enemies by jumping on them. Defeating three enemies in a row gives access to additional ranged weapons: shuriken, bombs, a flamethrower and a rifle. Apart from other ninjas there are also indestructible, moving obstacles and other enemies including golems, worms and birds.
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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.

What it launched against

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

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

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When did Ninja Commando come out?
Ninja Commando was released on 31 December 1989 for Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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