Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja

Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Data East
Publisher(s)	Data East (Japan) Data East USA (North America) Imagine Software (Europe) Namco Ocean Software Majesco Entertainment G-mode Co., Ltd. (Brazil)
Designer(s)	Makoto Kikuchi
Composer(s)	Azusa Hara Hiroaki Yoshida
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, ZX Spectrum, Zeebo
Release	April 1988 July 14, 1989 July 1990 July 27, 2012
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer (co-operative gameplay)
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Data East MEC-M1
CPU	Main: 68000 (10 MHz), MCU: D8751H
Sound	Sound CPU: M6502 (1.5 MHz), Sound chips: YM2203, YM3812, OKI6295
Display	Raster, 256x240 pixels, 1024 color display, 4096 color depth

Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja, also called Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes, and known in Japan simply as DragonNinja (ドラゴンニンジャ^?), is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Data East. It was also ported to many computer and game console home systems. The game was followed by a 1991 spiritual successor Two Crude Dudes (known in Japan as Crude Buster). After Data East became defunct due to their bankruptcy in 2003, G-Mode bought the intellectual rights to the arcade game as well as most other Data East games and licensed them globally.

The game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up where the players are set in the role of the titular duo tasked with rescuing "President Ronnie" from ninja kidnappers. It was met with commercial success, and a generally positive to mixed critical reception. It has since become widely known for its general premise and introduction cut scene.

The gameplay of Bad Dudes is roughly similar to the 1985 Konami side-scrolling arcade game Rush'n Attack, the 1984 side-scrolling beat-'em-up Kung Fu Master, and the 1987 side-scrolling arcade game Shinobi, but allows up to two players to play at once. Player One controls the character named "Blade" wearing white pants and Player Two controls the character named "Striker" wearing green pants. Players start with the ability to do basic punches, kicks and jumps. Some moves are special like spinning kicks and the ability to charge themselves up with "inner energy" (Qi) by holding the punch button to throw a powerful long-range attack that hits all opponents in front of the player. Players will also come across several power-ups; some are weapons like knives and nunchakus and some recharge a player's health, and yet others add a few seconds to the remaining time.