NINJA GAIDEN
Your training is nearly complete, NINJA. To earn the title of NINJA GAIDEN you 
must compete a daring quest.
Many have gone before you, some more experienced, some less.
The powers of darkness have turned the sacred silent city into the evil, noxious 
lair. They profane the holy walls with graffiti and billboards. They fill the 
streets with smoke and filth.
We have sent many experienced NINJAs to free the city none have returned. We 
have heard that some have been destroyed. Others have been too weak to overcome 
the lure of evil and gone over to the other side.
But you are different, NINJA you are brave in heart and spirit maybe you will 
free our holy city and our sacred land of this evil. If you succeed, you will be 
called a true hero, a NINJA GAIDEN. If you fail, you will be called a memory.
Under cover of storm, the young NINJA approaches the silent city.
GETTING STARTED
To begin the game, insert the NINJA GAIDEN game card and press the on button. 
Press A or B to advance through the title screens. Press B to fight the powers 
of darkness. Change direction by pressing the joypad right or left. During the 
battle, the young NINJA discovers that he must often use his agile strength to 
jump. Press a to jump straight up. Press option 1 while the young NINJA is in 
the air to grab a pipe or bar. While the NINJA hangs from a bar or other object, 
press the joypad to swing and the B button to kick an enemy.
As an enemy approaches, the NINJA runs towards him and jumps. As he flips over 
the enemy's head, the NINJA grabs the evil one's shoulders and throws him. The 
pause button stops the game until you press pause again. Option 1 and pause 
together restarts the game option 2 and pause flips the screen.
The NINJA begins his quest. He runs through the city, fighting the powers of 
darkness. His rappid-fire kicks and punches and well timed flips and jumps make 
the NINJA a tough foe for the swarming enemies.
THE ENEMIES
The NINJA must defeat eight enemy classes to succeed: masked NINJA, lumberjack 
NINJA, clawed warrior, dark lord, black NINJA, sumo, wrestler, white NINJA.
After clearing the city of evil guardians, The NINJA still has one enemy to 
face: the mighty dark lord. The dark lord is very large and he's armed with 
razor-sharp sabres. He is highly trained in all the violent arts-in fact, he 
invented most of them himself.
Time is short for our NINJA hero. He starts with only 99 seconds to complete 
each of the levels. If he does not complete a level within the alloted time, he 
will lose a life.
The young NINJA sends a masked NINJA enemy flying. The masked NINJA crashes into 
a telephone booth and smashes it to pieces, revealing a valuable treasure 
within.
THE TREASURES
There are six different treasures and power ups: 
    Blue pill increases K.O.s remaining by one. 
    Red pill increases K.O.s remaining to five. 
    Ruby 300 points. 
    Clock adds 20 seconds to timer. 
    Sword fight with a sword instead of your fists. 
    Mans add one life. 
Is takes more than a simple K.O. to beat our hero! As long as he has at least 
one K.O. left on the K.O. indicator, he gets up relatively unscathed.
Each time the NINJA is knocked out, the indicator is reduced by one. When the 
K.O. indicator reaches zero, the NINJA loses a life. If the NINJA loses enough 
lives, the game ends.
You can continue the game from where the NINJA hero lost his last life. When the 
continue screen apears, press A or B before time runs out. The NINJA lives 
again, but the point total returns to zero.
The NINJA must cleanse four areas of the silent city: a) city streets b) casino 
motto c) train station d) palace
Battling the DARK LORD
VICTORY
When you complete the fourth level, the game ends. if the NINJA completed all 
four levels without losing his last life, he earns the title of NINJA GAIDEN.
SCORING
Points are rewarded as shown below. 
Action				Points

Destroying a Masked NINJA          100
Destroying a Black NINJA           200
Picking up a Ruby powerup          300
Destroying a White NINJA           400
Destroying a Lumber NINJA          500
Destroying a Clawed warrior      5,000
Destroying a Wrestler            5,000
Destroying a Sumo                7,000
Destroying a Lord               50,000