Ninja Gaiden

One of my favorite games off all time that I never owned had to be Ninja Gaiden on the NES. Fortunately, growing up in a neighborhood of gaming nerds, there was always a bunch of games circulating among us. Anyway, I wanted to give props to one of my favorite titles of that "era" Ninja Gaiden. 

The game begins with a really cool "video" featuring a couple of dueling ninjas and some cool music. After the "video" you get some story and before you know it you are dashing to the right slashing up bad guys and throwing shurikens at anything in your way. One of my favorite features in this game is the ability to wall jump. I mean, is there any more useful technique in any video game? Seriously, how much cooler would most games be if you included a wall jump? Anyway, the game is pretty straightforward and enjoyable like many other titles of the genre.

In regards to the controls, they are quite straightforward and responsive. I can't recall ever having any lag issues or anything with Ninja Gaiden. Let's take a second and talk about the graphics. If there is one thing that I've noticed about Tecmo is that there graphics are strikingly similar in all there games. If you have ever played Tecmo Bowl, you may see some things that will make you do a double-take in this one. Other than that, I would be hard pressed to take issue with anything in this game (and I don't really take issue with that anyway).

I'm not going to throw out that line about if you're a true classic gamer you should own this game, but I am going to let you know that I have this one ordered through Amazon and am hoping to add it to my collection by the end of the week. Anyway, thanks for stopping in today and getting your classic gaming fix here.