Nintendo Entertainment System · 1989

Ninja Gaiden

忍者龍剣伝

Developer: Tecmo
Publisher: Tecmo
Composer: Keiji Yamagishi
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan
Series: Ninja Gaiden
Release year: 1989
Alternate titles: Shadow Warriors · Ninja Ryūkenden

CIB from €28.50

Price evolution (180 days · CIB)

Standard · 🇯🇵 JP · CIB: 29 € (Fri Apr 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)). Standard · 🇺🇸 US · CIB: 95 € (Fri Apr 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)).

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Región	SEALED	CIB	LOOSE
🇯🇵 JP	€199.50 €169.58 – €229.43	€28.50 €24.23 – €32.77	€11.40 €9.69 – €13.11
🇺🇸 US	€1,303.30 €1,107.81 – €1,498.80	€94.99 €80.74 – €109.24	€15.89 €13.51 – €18.27

Prices show the median of recorded sales (source: eBay + Heritage auctions + PriceCharting aggregates, the same data that feeds your portfolio). Differences between regions reflect rarity: Japanese AES copies are typically 2–4× cheaper than their European equivalents because they had a much larger print run.

Description

Ninja Gaiden, released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a 1988 hack and slash platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name. It was released in December 1988 in Japan, in March 1989 in North America, and in August 1991 in Europe. It has been ported to several other platforms, including the PC Engine, the Super NES, and mobile phones. Set in a retro-futuristic version of 1988, the story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father. There, he learns that a person named "the Jaquio" plans to take control of the world by unleashing an ancient demon through the power contained in two statues. Featuring side-scrolling platform gameplay similar to Castlevania, players control Ryu through six "Acts" that comprise 20 levels; they encounter enemies that must be dispatched with Ryu's katana and other secondary weapons. Ninja Gaiden has an elaborate story told through anime-like cinematic cutscenes. It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines, whil...

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