Ninja Gaiden 1988

Is it still worth playing?

The first player controls a ninja in blue and the second one in orange in this 1988 arcade beat 'em up, released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden and in Europe as Shadow Warriors. Players advance through stages by defeating the enemies in each area. The controls are an eight-way joystick with a button on top, plus two buttons for attacking and jumping. The button on the joystick lets the ninja grab an overhead bar or tightrope and hang there. There are five primary techniques, including the Triple Blow Combination, a series of punches and kicks that serves as the standard attack, the Flying Neck Throw while jumping and the Hang Kick from a bar. A two-ninja brawl that uses bars and ropes is easy to pick up with a friend, and it still plays that way.