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Title Screen

Bad Dudes

Also known as: Dragon Ninja (JP), Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja (EU)
Developer: Data East
Publishers: Namco (JP), Data East (US), Ocean (EU)
Platform: NES
Released in JP: July 14, 1989
Released in US: July 1989
Released in EU: 1990


RegionIcon.png This game has regional differences.


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Regional Differences

Title Screen

The title screen was completely redesigned for the English release, transitioning from the first screen to the second.

The European version omits the title logo completely (the CHR data is exactly the same as for the US version, but tilemaps for the title were wiped out), leaving it in basic text form on the earlier copyright screen. Two tall buildings were also added to the right side of the screen. A few tiles of the leftmost character's pants are misscolored in the first screen. Also, there are a couple of occasional pixels at the top of the rightmost building, but they aren't drawn there due to being a leftover "TM" sprite from the US title screen, missed while redesigning the European title screen.

Japan US Europe
BadDudes-Title-JP.png BadDudes-Title1-US.png
Baddudesnestitlescreen.png
BadDudes-Title1-EU.png
BadDudes-Title2-EU.png

Character Select

Striker's portrait was recolored for the English release.

Japan US/Europe
BadDudes-CharSelect-JP.png BadDudes-CharSelect-INT.png

Controls

The controls were flipped when the game was released outside of Japan. Instead of A jumping and B attacking, B jumps and A attacks in the US and European versions. This change extends to the cheat codes as well.

Interludes

The Famicom version has stage intermissions that were removed in the English versions. Translations are provided alongside each image.

Image Translation
Dragonninja1.png
I will easily crush you. 
Let's see how quickly you get to me!
Image Translation
Dragonninja2.png
I... WILL... PULVERIZE YOU!!
Image Translation
Dragonninja3.png
I wonder if you'll be able
to reach me at all.
Image Translation
Dragonninja4.png
So you've finally reached me.
This'll be pretty fun.
Image Translation
Dragonninja5.png
This is the point of no return.
Show me the extent of your power.

Credits

The ending in the English versions contain a staff roll that doesn't exist in the Japanese version.

GRAPHICS
T.WATANABE
E.NAKATSU
T.NAMIKI
PROGRAMS
M.HONDA
N.KAWAMOTO
K.ASAHARA
K.TSUCHIDA
T.URATA
K.SIMIADA
SOUNDS
M.IWASAKI
S.SAKAI
T.MIURA
Y.SUZUKI
Y.TAKAHAMA
I.UCHIDA
PRODUCERS
Y.NAKAMURA
T.KANEYASU
PLANNER
T.EBI
SPECIAL THANKS
K.ABEMATSU
T.ISIAO
M.IWAO
H.NAKAMOTO
T.SAHARA
K.SATO
M.WATANABE
H.OISHI