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Surf Ninjas series

Surf Ninjas

Surf Ninjas was created as a tie-on for the 1993 New Line Cinema movie of the same name and is loosely based on its content. The entire introduction of how the surfers discover they are the sons of a Patusani…

31 December 1993

Surf Ninjas is a video game developed by NuFX, released 31 December 1993 on Sega Game Gear.

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What Surf Ninjas is

Surf Ninjas was developed by NuFX and released in 1993. It was published by Sega of America. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Surf Ninjas was created as a tie-on for the 1993 New Line Cinema movie of the same name and is loosely based on its content. The entire introduction of how the surfers discover they are the sons of a Patusani king is not mentioned and instead the player is thrown in the story as a ninja trainee right away. Colonel Chi wants to overthrow the kingdom and kill the last heirs, so he sends troops of ninjas to kill the two brothers. Players control one of the brothers as he travels through different locations such as the Palace restaurant, the docks at Venice (California), the island of Patu San and more. The 2D side-scrolling platforms missions contains platforms, enemies and ninjas and various…
Description from the publisher · source

Where it sits in the Surf Ninjas series

Surf Ninjas is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Surf Ninjas series. The next entry was Surf Ninjas in 1994.

See all 2 Surf Ninjas games in release order →

What it launched against

Surf Ninjas launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Surf Ninjas — frequently asked questions

When did Surf Ninjas come out?
Surf Ninjas was released on 31 December 1993 for Sega Game Gear.