The Music of Video Games [137] The Ninja Warriors

[jaybreak]

What's that? Oh nothing...I'm just a ninja with long blond hair, walking casually in the ghetto with weapons in hand.

[RavenClaw88]

yeah the sega cd version was an Ok adaptation for it but the arcade was the shit ! it had 3 screens and lots of UGH!!, AHHHH! vocal sound effects. Every death sounded like they were really dying a gratuitous, aganizing death. It had Mortal Kombat blood splatters galore too. It got a little repetative but it was really fun. At the time there was really nothing like it. by today's standards it would not hold up so hot but if it ever game to Xbox/ PS3 live i would so get it in a heart beat !

[Buzid]

Oh god! Listen to the music around 6:15

[AchtungBaby77]

Awesome soundtrack, this was a great arcade game, albeit insanely difficult. I loved how the arcade version made use of three monitors aligned side-by-side. Good memories.....

[Buzid]

Take a closer look and you don't see a ninja at all. You see an Arab dressed in pink with barbie hair extensions carving up soldiers belonging to an army where only 1 in every 40 soldiers gets issued a gun

[neglectedlongplays]

The SNES version is a good game, but it's nothing like the fast action of the arcade game. On SNES it's more of a slow-paced beat-em-up that just happens to use the same characters.

[syalcin123]

this is remixed version of first level, original music starts with a human cry, though this is played at some later level. All music in NW cd released as a music cd.

[FlameAdder]

NO DAMN WAY

I love Daddy Mulk. Everything Zuntata did is gold.

[cakestalker]

the sega mega cd version is a port of the arcade original of ninja warriors which was released in 1988, and is probably why it looks a bit dated compared to the snes one. the snes one was actually called "ninja warriors again", but in the u.s they called it just ninja warriors which is a bit confusing since it's a sequel.

[JonGeric]

i totally forgot that in 93 banglar took over and we had robot/cyborg ninjas to defend us...wow the things we take for granted

[TKGB2006]

I LOVE how instead of "Sound Test" it says "Zuntata". Zuntata KICKS ASS!!!!

[yonigga223]

I don't think this was the music for the coin-op game. It was more like heavy metal.

[Termite30]

Never plated this, but I played the sequel on the snes.

[seppelker]

Holy crap, 1:10 - 3:43 is a real song! I just thought it was a random chiptune from some r0x.swf file!

[hayategumo]

I know this theme. It's "daddy mulk"

[MetalSonicEX]

I can understand being a robot, but having to strut like one?

[gr3mlyn]

well, they would look human otherwise...

[Camwi]

Great music. I'm impressed by your knowledge of Japanese games with awesome soundtracks.

[TrevHead10]

This is no where near as good as the arcade original

[MrMiister]

true.. but have you heard the amiga version by ronald piket wiserik ? thats his name ..

honest!

[TrevHead10]

ive just listened to it and it rocks, i just love chip tune

[MrThunderwing]

Yeah, it's been made cheesy. The original was wicked.

[ShadowDragon3654]

I wonder if Killer Instinct got the idea for Fulgore from this guy. Ninja robot with a long yellow ponytail. I dunno, maybe it's a long stretch

[P4W3R]

Whose composer is this music?

[MrMiister]

the band is called zuntata , theyre taitos equiv of segas SST band, the main guy is  hisayoshi ogura .. they still have a fan club in japan

yeah im sad enough to be in it :)

[TrevHead10]

nothing wrong with that. Many great game music (eg this and Recca) has come from Japan as the Japanese have a great attuitude to game music and see it as an artform in itself where as America genrelly just see game music as nothing special. Europe is somewhere in between (for example 8/16bit computer game chip tunes)

[N01fb0y]

I love these games with this music in!

[N01fb0y]

I like the music at 1:11 the spacec invader aniversary adaptions are brilliiant especially this and night striker!

[tyetheczar]

I kinda hope that the president this game was talking about was one whose nickname starts with a G and ends with an R, who always said the government was the "problem", letting giant business run amok like freed child molestors. Yep, that man raped America without the majority of the population knowing it until now...

[nightshot103]

Someone gave you a thumbs down.

[DAZKLOPEX]

the arcade version FTW.  If i was a cyber ninja I would take on your army also.

[greenjoker24]

didnt know there was a sega version... i guess it was out before the snes version...the super nintendo was much more superb in every way...the graphical difference was a big gap plus u could be two other characters.

[jdlhnljdlhnl]

you are so wrong! tsk tsk

[garudoh]

The SNES game is actually the sequel to this one. They have the same name though, which can be confusing.

[BdR76]

The SNES version has the same music themes as SEGA CD, but slightly better versions imho

[greendagger87]

@greenjoker24 theres also a sega saturn game

[dorkiedork]

can u buy this game anywhere? like for the wii or ps3?

[jdlhnljdlhnl]

no you cant and I have it

[sierra190MK]

God this brings back memory. The music from this game was one of my favorite, but the three-screen full consol arcade version was much better.

[jdlhnljdlhnl]

finally someone that understands cool btw your awsome

[LUGINU]

wow that music superb!

[southstar44]

I agree man; I think this music was really beautiful. It really had that whole late 80s ninja feel to it. This music should have been used in the American Ninja movie soundtrack with that white guy Michael Dudkoff (or however you say his name lol) 80s ninja shyt was baddazz.

[jdlhnljdlhnl]

yep the music is awsome ^_^

[BentoBoxBobbyTV]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS. Zuntata did a way excellent job on the soundtrack!!! ^^

[GoldenLegFung]

the arcade version was awesome

[cheezcola]

I never played any. I think this one sound better

I know weird

[GypsyRed]

Whoever said this music would go just great for this game should've been punched in the balls with brass knuckles every morning SINCE 1993.

Also, whoever the other person was that thought a boss fight with a tank WITHOUT using its cannon was another great idea should get punched in the face every morning.

And then have they're head dunked in the toilet.

[jelloegg]

Or perhaps give them a swirlie?

[starlightangel20]

Firstly, the tank DID use it's cannon, at least in the arcade version. Before you even SEE the thing, you hear loud "BOOM!"'s and you get hit if you don't move exactly two seconds afterwards.

And second, the music DID fit, as it was supposed to be semi-corny 80's ninja movie sort of styles.

[Kiezkollege]

I was wondering why he was moving in such a robotic way^^... anyway, I can hardly believe that such a great soundtrack comes from such a crappy game. Thanks for the upload.

[richard1972r]

The Ninja was moving in a robotic way beacause it is a ROBOT. When it gets shot by bullets or explosives, you'll see robotic parts showing up where the clothing once was before the shot.

[WillieD7]

The PCM music on the arcade version is a little better.

[jesusfranco]

There's no reasonable comparison with the music of this same game in its Commodore Amiga Version, which was much much better.

[landstalker]

Nice music.

The game looks...kinda boring to me. Remember me the old times (older than MCD Xd) where u had to keep walking forwards, avoid bullets and always same enemys.

Anyways, i think its a classic.

Nice video.

[garudoh]

Yep, I've never played this one myself (only the SNES version), but it does indeed look like a crap game. The only reason this game is remembered at all is because of its soundtrack.

[das81]

The SNES version is far superior, a good job by the people from natsume.