The soundtrack of the NES version was absolutely stunning. Even to this day I Still love the music!

The arcade version was cool, but the NES trilogy was a memorable and formative part of my life in those few short years.

Check and make sure you are still subscribed to the channel because I've got reports from a few people stating that KZfaq keeps unsubscribing my channel. Thank you.

The continue screen is nightmare fuel and definitely made an impact on 8 year old me.

I really appreciate how you have the video framed like a gaming cabinet. Such a cool detail that tickles my nostalgia bone. How many hours had I stood at the sides of arcade cabinets, to watch older kids play after I had run out of quarters. Thank you for all your great work.

I'm loving your work fella, you're up there now with some of the best in terms of quality and presentation of gaming history, you deserve triple you're subscribers you have right now.

Thanks for making this! I always wanted to know more about the history of this game. Great video!

Me and my best friend (He passed away a few years ago, God rest his soul 🙏) found the NG arcade game at a Putt-Putt back in 89 over our spring break and loved it. Spent many quarters that week. I remember my mom taking me to get the NES version at Toys R Us later that year. Called my friend down to my house, popped it in the NES and.... we were underwhelmed. It was just so different from the arcade version. Of course, we gave the game a chance and it went on to become one of our favorite NES games of all time but it didn't start out that way. Good memories. 😁 Excellent video as always. I had no idea that the arcade game and NES version were designed at the same time with different developers. Learn something new everyday. 👍

Fantastic as always! To the point and you keep things moving along with the occasional dad joke! When I see your videos on my phone, I note to watch them on my living room TV so I can soak in your video capture quality!

Oh my goodness. You did it again. You reminded me if a game I used to own, but TOTALLY forgot about, in this case, The Last Ninja. After I've watched this vid, I'm gonna try to find some more material for it.

Loved this series on the Nes. Spent hours and hours of memorizing levels to finish those games as a kid. Love the video!!!

So much research must have been done for this video. Earned 👍. Now I have a PhD in ninja Gaiden games, thanks professor Gamer.

I have always enjoyed your videos and am in awe at how you are not at a million subscribers yet. You are doing great work! As well as being a great historian for these old games!

I appreciate the work you put into this documentary! I was only aware of the NES version of the games, didn't know about the others!

Awesome job as always my good man. It was great to see the Amiga port (I was an Amiga-head back in the day), as well as the C-64 port (I was one of them too). This game was pretty fun in the arcades, to be sure. But playing them at home must have been an added thrill!

Another excellent documentary! I played Shadow Warriors in the UK when it was released and I often wondered why the NES version was so different to the arcade version! Keep up the fantastic work, your videos are great!!

I come to your channel just to relive my childhood. Thanks for all the nostalgic memories.

Never knew anything about the arcade game, THIS IS GREAT

Man I had a bad headache today but I enjoyed your in depth historical video of a game that gave me many headaches. Thanks!

As ALWAYS a great docu so many thanks for the uploads👍👍👍

Oh I do love the early martial arts games. The agility of Ryu in the arcade game was a real benchmark of the genre and I loved the run flip up the walls. A real classic game and I played the modern versions a lot too. A quick mention to The Last Ninja that was shown.What a game that was it was probably one of the best looking games on the C64 . Ahh happy days .Thanks Pat.

WOW I remember asking you if you was going to do a history on Ninja Gaiden and you did it. Love it man. Can't wait for part 2. Stay Safe.

Another excellently crafted , informative and entertaining episode highlighting one of my favourite, though infuriatingly difficult, franchises. Thank you! Once I figure out why Patreon decided to unsubscribe me from supporting the channel I will be back on board!

Thank you for this video I completely forgot I played the arcade version at our donut shop! It brought back memories seeing the intro scenes and the continue count down animation. Riding our bikes there to play this and Wrestlefest!

This was pretty cool, can’t wait for the second part!

Interestingly nobody talks on how the last level of the arcade game rips of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's illustrations for the backgrounds. The game actually uses illustrations for the antagonists of the second part of the manga reproduced in pixel form. It's not a case of inspiration because they are the same illustrations reproduced in pixel art.

Awesome Documentary channel!! Love these vids. Happy 4th!!!!

another fantastic video I can't wait to see how you explain Ninja gaiden that came out for the Xbox that will be a fun view still one of my old-time favorite games

The arcade is my favorite game in the Ninja Gaiden series, it's just very original and out there

Thank you for this! The original NES games especially part 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time!👌👍 Also, happy 4th of July!✋✌

Ninja Gaiden was an absolute classic among the martial arts themed arcade games. I've got my quarters ready for part two! 😂

Love this channel, it’s been a pleasure

My two favorite ninja games of all time have always been Shinobi and Ninja Gaiden so thank you for this documentary of this awesome character Ninja Gaiden.

great video man, I've only played the first ninja gaiden on the nes, in Australia we call it 'shadow warriors' as well, and the intro to the first game is ridiculously epic, I've never seen anything like it, and the cutscenes had the best graphics I seen for the system

Love your content man!

Thank you for another great one, Patman

11:05 - 'throwing you around like a sack of taters" see, this is why I imagine you as a kindly mechanic from the south. Thanks for another great video, please keep them coming!

Awesome video as always.thanks for the history on this great game

I loved the nes trilogy and put many hours in on those. I briefly played the arcade version a few times but it was never really in a place i had access to as a kid. Ive always held it in a high regard but i wonder how well it would hold up playing it now. I tend not to enjoy beat em ups as much as i used to. Great topic and video once again. You are awesome sir.

The arcade continue screen was the thing of nightmares to a young kid like myself, game always stuck in my head because of that. Love it.

Been waiting for Ninja Gaiden..thanks.

This is a good video on Ninja Gaiden. This brings fond memories of Ninja Gaiden 1-3. The story and gameplay is what kept me playing until finishing all 3 games on Nintendo. The first game has infinite continues and the second game also has infinite continues but the third game has only 5 continues. The series on the NES all have good music.

I liked & I subscribed.. & I’m about to go watch part 2.

Thanks for sharing in the Gaming Culture Group. I been watching your vids for a while, had no idea that was you.

That prologue song is burned into my memory as one of the best NES tracks ever. MAN THAT SHIT GOT YOU PUMPED

The original ninja gaiden trilogy from the nintendo entertainment system are my absolutely favorite games of all time...the music, the cut scenes, the action… everything! It took me forever to beat all 3 of them but totally worthwhile! I wish they would make more in the same line, the same graphics as the nintendo entertainment system today. I would buy every one.

wow. a notification from patcman qc will make you sit up and bark.

Played the arcade version first. Can't say I have a favorite between the two , they're both different games with the same character. Great video as always.

Great video. Being from England I remember the "ninja" thing in the 80's, my neighbour (probably about 10 at the time) could easily buy throwing stars and other ninja equipment on mail order and after playing "The Last Ninja" on the C64 he did (his mum didn't know). Not sure if the change to "heros" or "shadows" made to much difference but how weird that kids could buy that stuff back then :)

Great video, I cant wait till part 2

9:57 The game sending you back to 6-1 after dying on any of its bosses is actually a glitch, but the devs decided to leave it in to make the game harder.

Awesome video, as usual, Patman! The NES original is my favorite game OF ALL TIME!! :D also, I had no idea there was a Master System or Game Gear version released, though I had heard of the Genesis version that was never officially released.

Great stuff again Pat!

Always look forward too your videos. :-)

Oooh can’t wait to watch this soon. Ninja Gaiden is my all time favorite series I can’t get enough of it. The nes trilogy is legend 💥

Very nice retrospective so far, I had no idea that so many ports of the original arcade game existed! I have played the arcade game and the NES trilogy, haven't tried the rest. However, the Black Sabbath song that the arcade game ripped off was not entitled "I Am Iron Man", it's just called "Iron Man" (although the words "I am Iron Man" are spoken at the beginning of the song). Take it from someone who has listened to their 1970 album "Paranoid" more times than any sane human being should!

Thanks for uploading good stuff

Whenever there’s a new video on this channel it feels like my teenage years are about to come round!

DUUUUUDE - please do a series on The Last Ninja. Best 80s computer game. God that game was amazing.

Bowling was an amazing handheld indeed! Awesome job with the vid! 👍

Awesome video bro!

Cracking game many thanks PatmanQC

I remember my older brother leaving his NES on when we went to school trying to beat NG1, I dunno if he ever did.

One of the NES games. I still can't beat till this day. Lol. Thank you yet again.

If you wanna feel a real punch in the gut, look up the Ninja Gaiden speed run videos and its history.. Those guys are monsters! Thanks for another great video yet again!

As fireworks burst in the dark of night and animals cower under couches and beds I shall relax in these dark hours with a 30 minute (or less) PatmanQC classic about the classic that is Ninja Gaiden.

Oh man you made my heart beat fast today 💖😊 i was in high school when the NES trilogy came out, never had the chance to play the arcade cause it never came to Guatemala, Ninja Gaiden one was the hardest to beat, specially that part when you had to hit on the nose a boss, it took me many hours to beat it 😂 while listening to you review of Ninja Gaiden 2 i thought of the waterfal screen and you showed it, Ahaha!!! Ninja Gaiden 3 was hard to beat, there was an alien at the end as far as i remember..... never knew many conversions existed until today, thanks to you. Recently my son played this game on the xbox but the first time i saw it i was like ☹ i just..... didn't like it. Thank you for this wonderful video, until the end i noticed it was 27 mns long!!! Glad to know your are safe and sound. I would like to see a review about Bionic Comando-Capcom, another extremely difficult game to beat or Desert Assault-Data East. Thank you! 🇬🇹

I thought the arcade version was the coolest game but only came across it a couple times. One day I saw the PC version in a store and bought it. I was so excited! When I played it I was very disappointed but figured at least it worked. If I'm not mistaken it only had 2 levels. Then I was really disappointed and felt ripped off. Great seeing footage of the arcade again. That part where you cross the highway brought back great memories!

I had the Master System one and I remember it being very impressive for the time. - Ive never really seen the arcade original - it looks pretty interesting.

The Amiga game is stunning, that opening soundtrack is brilliant. Thankfully, whilst I still have my Amiga version, I now own the Arcade version on my Nintendo Switch too.

Bloody Brilliant Patman! Unfortunately due to my shift pattern I didn't get chance to watch this first part last week, so while I stuff myself full of eggs, toast and tea, I'm also gonna binge on part two as well!! Hope you and yours are all doing okay and staying safe in the Pat Cave?? Or is it called the Arcade of Solitude???

Loved the arcade version and got it the Spectrum. My friend had Ninja Gaiden on the NES and I loved it.

Love the channel

Ninja Gaiden proved that there could never be a perfect arcade port to 80's beat em up games.

The wind level theme is the best 8bit tune ever!!!

That Tiger Bowling handheld was one of my absolute favorites as a kid. I traded some sold some in yard sales but that one stayed with me until it died.

One of the grittiest arcade games that scared the hell outta me, especially the table saw ☠️.

3:18 - Maybe. But their reaction speed increases drastically, in stages and the timing for getting the first hit changes. Spamming attacks like in 4:51 will get you killed quick. In the NES games, the dragon sword range is shorter with every installment. In the 1st one, it's vertical/horizontal range was great. In the 2nd one, the vertical range was incredibly reduced. In the 3rd one, unless you're using the sword power-up, the range is shorter than the sword itself.

The narrator kinda sounds like Joe Bob Briggs lol! Like the channel I subscribed!

Just like Double Dragon, I preferred the arcade version.(update) I just bought this on ps4. I've been on an arcade kick lately. I got this, Double Dragon 1 &2 and the Contra Collection. While I was playing this my son walked by and said "everytime I see you playing ps4, the graphics look worse and worse" 😂

Love your videos man. Well done sir! Are you from Quebec? Cheers from Magog

sweet! you just my holiday week better!

This is great!

History of Total Carnage next please!

Endless nights on the nes mastering these games. God they were hard. All 3 of them. The Arcade looks great.

Oh my....what an awesome video! Ninja Gaiden is one of my favorite game series of all times (all of them). We need a new one now! Not only that, I would love to see a new 2d Ninja Gaiden like game as a homage to the original trilogy. Could be new or remake but I would love it! Addendum- You keep skipping the (S) powerup! That's the best powerup in the game. ;)

That feeling putting in a Quarter into a Ninja Gaiden Arcade Cabnet 😎👍

Yeah, I would have TREMENDOUSLY preferred something like the arcade game to the the Ninja Gaiden game for the NES which I got for Christmas of 1989. The things about the arcade game that are more similar to Double Dragon are exactly what I would have wanted in a video game.

That arcade continue screen haunted me as a kid. Though it also fascinated me.

PC Engine had a port of the NES version that was developed by Hudson.

Vital part of my childhood right here! First game that had me into the storyline

One of my favorite arcade games!

Keep the good job Sir

I'm 37 and that Ninja Gaiden continue screen gives me nightmares to this day lol.

8:11 I always thought Ryu's dad, Ken, was the ninja in gray because I thought the ninja in red was just walking away down a hill after slaying Ken, and we see that character again as Bloody Malth who wears red.

I thought I remembered the arcade version having a grab button on the joystick?

Rayu Hayaboosa is a pretty cool guy who doesn't afraid of anything

Ninja Gaiden 2 is one of the greatest 8-bit games I have ever played!

Atari Lynx version of Ninja Gaiden Arcade was my 1st Ninja Gaiden Game and 1st Atari Lynx game, still have it. Love it.

All I ever had was the Tiger Handheld version that my Aunt gave me when I was a kid, and I still have it today. Time and Throwing Stars would always run out, and both were required to beat the levels. I only thought it was neat when it made an appearance in "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare."