Bad Dudes

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Description

Bad Dudes is a six-level action game originating in the arcades. The gameplay involving beating a succession of guys to complete the level, then an end-of-level bad guy. The action takes place on two different levels of the screen, which can be jumped across or navigated using ladders. Moves such as punches and kicks are on offer. The control method makes jumping sideways quite tricky.

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "龙之忍者" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Retro Classix: Bad Dudes" -- Windows title
• "Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Bad Dudes" -- Nintendo Switch title
• "Dragon-Ninja" -- MSX/ZX Spectrum in-game title
• "Dragon Ninja" -- Japanese Famicom title
• "DragonNinja" -- Alternate title
• "Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja" -- European title
• "Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja" -- Arcade title screen title
• "Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja" -- Arcade title
• "ドラゴンニンジャ" -- Japanese spelling
• "배드 듀즈" -- Korean spelling (Hangul)

Part of the Following Groups

• Setting: City - New York
• Theme: Ninjas

User Reviews

Nostalgia	DOS	Robert C (7)
I'm BAD! Infact This is so Bad that it's GOOD!	NES	Mr. Huh (112)
It is so good, that it wraps around, and gets bad	Commodore 64	Wurtzly (1138)

Critic Reviews

Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jan, 1989	84 out of 100	84
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	792 out of 1000	79
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Jul, 1989	3.5 out of 5	70
Tilt	NES	Sep, 1991	13 out of 20	65
Joystick (German)	Atari ST	Aug, 1989	6 out of 10	60
Commodore User	Arcade	Jul, 1988	5 out of 10	50
Classic-games.net	NES	Jan 28, 2018	5 out of 10	50
Power Play	Amiga	Aug, 1989	47 out of 100	47
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1989	46 out of 100	46
Video Chums	Nintendo Switch	May 18, 2020		40

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Trivia

President

The NES port of the game changed "President Ronnie" to simply "the President," possibly due to Nintendo's censorship protocol which restricted political content.

References

• The guy that does the two sentence mission looks an awful lot like Duke Nukem doesn't he?
• The first boss is actually Karnov, who was one of Data East's most popular characters.

Amstrad CPC versions

There were two versions of the game released: for CPC464 and CPC6128. The latter featured additional speech samples and while running from tape the game was loaded in one go.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • December 1989 (Issue 5) - Wimpiest Hostage in a Video Game (President Bush)

Information also contributed by Apogee IV and Dracula Marth.