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icon
title Dragonninja (Japan)
set name drgninja
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1988
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source dec0.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / Mr. Do: parent / EJ: parent / PS: in game | title | parent
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rating

57.5% after 39 votes
 
parent Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja (US)
display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x240
frequency 57.410000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 5
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu M6502 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.023924MHz
data
version added .031
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
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cabinet art
additional information
info 0.31 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 16th November 2008: Guru - I recently picked up a pile of junk for spares and repairs from a local friend. It turned out there was quite a bit of interesting stuff in this lot. As far as I can make out, I got a Bad Dudes / Dragon Ninja bootleg.
  • 21st April 2006: Roberto Fresca - Fixed 'Difficulty' dipswitches in Bad Dudes and clone. Changed "Unused" (DSW0, 0x80) to "Unknown" (according to some technical sources should be "Cabinet").
  • 17th March 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed a romloader bug in the clone Dragon Ninja.
  • 0.35b12: Changed M6502 CPU2 clock speed to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.35b2: Bryan McPhail fixed the sprite/playfield and playfield/playfield priorities in Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja and Sly Spy.
  • 0.34b6: Changed description to 'Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja'.
  • 0.34b3: Dani Portillo added hiscore save in Bad Dudes.
  • 0.33b5: Nicola Salmoria fixed bug in ADPCM sample playback. Many games are affected, e.g. Robocop, Bad Dudes.
  • 0.31: Bryan McPhail added Bad Dudes (Data East 1988) and clone Dragonninja.
LEVELS: 7

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Romset: 1184 kb / 22 files / 444 zip
history Dragonninja (c) 1988 Data East.


The 'Bad Dudes' are government agents who fight against the 'Dragonninja' in order to save the President of the USA in this intuitive beat'em up.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 57.41 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


This game is known in US as "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja".


The game includes a cameo appearance by "Karnov" (a hero in his own Data East game), who oddly enough, appears as an enemy boss rather than the good guy this time around!


Polystar / Datam released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Deco History Scene I : Data East Game Music Scene One - H25X-20008) on 25/09/1988.


- STAFF -
  • Planner : Makoto Kikuchi
  • Programmers : Tomotaka Osada, Masaaki Tamura, Nobusuke Sasaki, Naomi Susa, Kenji Takahashi
  • Graphic designers : Dot Man, Mix Man, Monsieur Micky, Torba-RR, OK Youichi, Kansaiman, Milky Kikuchi
  • Sound : Azusa Hara (AZUSA), Hiroaki Yoshida (MARO)
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Nintendo Famicom (1989)
  • * Computers :
  • Amstrad CPC (1989) [128 ko Version]
  • Atari ST (1989)
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
  • Commodore C64 (1989)
  • Commodore Amiga (1989)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=dragonninja&page=detail&id=704&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:FFA8C6:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000001:FF95C0:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Kill BOSS with One Hit Now!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFA39A:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FFA380:00000014:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FFA386:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:FFA365:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have No Weapon PL1
00000000:FFA365:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Always have Nunchaku PL1
00000000:FFA365:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Always have Knife PL1
00000001:FFA365:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Get No Weapon Now! PL1
00000001:FFA365:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Get Nunchaku Now! PL1
00000001:FFA365:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Get Knife Now! PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFA25A:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FFA240:00000014:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FFA246:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:FFA225:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have No Weapon PL2
00000000:FFA225:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Always have Nunchaku PL2
00000000:FFA225:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Always have Knife PL2
00000001:FFA225:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Get No Weapon Now! PL2
00000001:FFA225:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Get Nunchaku Now! PL2
00000001:FFA225:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Get Knife Now! PL2
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