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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Alternate Titles

• "龙之忍者" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "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 Group

• 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 (1096)

Critic Reviews

Sinclair User	Arcade	Aug, 1988	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Jul, 1991	86 out of 100	86
Raze	NES	Jan, 1991	83 out of 100	83
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1991	73 out of 100	73
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amstrad CPC	Mar, 1989	69 out of 100	69
The Games Machine (UK)	Amstrad CPC	Apr, 1989	63 out of 100	63
Thunderbolt Games	NES	Jan 12, 2010	6 out of 10	60
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Jun, 1991	55 out of 100	55
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	NES	Nov, 1989	20 out of 40	50
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.