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

• "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

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)

Critic Reviews

Just Games Retro	NES	Aug 27, 2006		80
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1989	7 out of 10	70
Nintendo Life	Nintendo Switch	Mar 19, 2018		70
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Jul, 1989	3.5 out of 5	70
Pixel-Heroes.de	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 2009	6 out of 10	60
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Aug, 2009	6 out of 10	60
Thunderbolt Games	NES	Jan 12, 2010	6 out of 10	60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	NES	Nov, 1989	20 out of 40	50
Questicle.net	NES	Jan, 2011	C-	42
Switch Era	Nintendo Switch	Apr 09, 2018	3 out of 10	30

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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.