NES Ninja Gaiden Redux (Hack)

[RageBurner]

A Ninja Gaiden 1 bugfix and rebalance hack.

Author(s): Mureisky
Version: 1.0
Date: 20th of June, 2025
Status: Complete
Source: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/9027/

Features:

• When you die to the final 3 bosses you restart on 6-3 instead of 6-1.
• When you jump backwards you have the same jump distance, and velocity as when you jump forward.
• Birds do 1 damage like in future Ninja Gaiden games.
• Optional patch to reduce knockback.
• Optional patch to increase Ryu’s IFrames.

RB's Notes: Check the patch source to customize the game to your liking.

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[Toppis Toppis]

Good god one of the hardest games ever. This one and Castlevania for me were two of the hardest (don't get me started on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Battletoads) NES games. I only ever beat Castlevania using an emulator. Dracula is just nuts in the end, let alone the Grim Reaper fight.

Sometimes it's just getting to them.

I have played first castlevania game multiple times castlevania 3 is much harder game than first one

 

[Waffle_the_Great]

Good god one of the hardest games ever. This one and Castlevania for me were two of the hardest (don't get me started on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Battletoads) NES games. I only ever beat Castlevania using an emulator. Dracula is just nuts in the end, let alone the Grim Reaper fight.

Sometimes it's just getting to them.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Redux vs Restoration - Which one is the best?

Ninja Gaiden Restoration (Hack) NES ROM – CDRomance

Ninja Gaiden Restoration (Hack) NES ROM Languages: English. For the NES.

retrogametalk.com

Only difference i can find is Restoration also decensors stuff, but i don'tpay attention to that so...

 

[Moloch]

Redux vs Restoration - Which one is the best?

Ninja Gaiden Restoration (Hack) NES ROM – CDRomance

Ninja Gaiden Restoration (Hack) NES ROM Languages: English. For the NES.

retrogametalk.com

 

[RageBurner]

Okay i try playing original someday

I guarantee playing the original will make you appreciate the hack even more.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

You should at least experience the original before playing the hack heh.

Okay i try playing original someday

 

[Bakuma1997]

Combine it with the RIP Enemies and you get the definitive version of the game

 

[TentaclesMod]

I always felt that was a design oversight, rather than a design choice.

Don't quote me on this, but I think I remember that's one of those game that had the difficulty increased for America and in japan they don't kick you back several levels.

 

[MechanoMK]

Should i play this rom hack or original?

You should at least experience the original before playing the hack heh.

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Undoubtedly a Ninja Gaiden romhack that makes it fair and fun but still challenging, yes.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

The original is better.

okay, does it have unlimited continues or password system?

 

[bluerberryhat]

Should i play this rom hack or original?

The original is better.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

Should i play this rom hack or original?

 

[RageBurner]

True.lol to be fair though,having to restart all the way back to Stage 6-1 all over again after losing to Jaquio was just sadistic and unfair which the game can be brutally punishing at times,but I loved every sec of it back than as a kid.lol

AVGN should defentially give this rom hack at try,because even he struggled with that stage.XD

I always felt that was a design oversight, rather than a design choice.

 

[ChronoArcaile2025]

What? Make Ninja Gaiden fair!? That's not how we beat it back in the day... :P

True.lol to be fair though,having to restart all the way back to Stage 6-1 all over again after losing to Jaquio was just sadistic and unfair which the game can be brutally punishing at times,but I loved every sec of it back than as a kid.lol

AVGN should defentially give this rom hack at try,because even he struggled with that stage.XD

 

[RageBurner]

Hopefully the other two will get the same treatment.

 

[MechanoMK]

What? Make Ninja Gaiden fair!? That's not how we beat it back in the day... :P

 

[Godmode]

do this for the other 2?

 

[Yousef Slimani]

Amazing romhack