It has the benefit of 4 years of sound innovation over the FC/NES version. Honestly, though, this soundtrack does not capture the intensity of the original. The result is a strange NES/Genesis hybrid sound that I like.
Channel 2 can be muted to augment Channel 1 into a pseudo-FM synthesis channel. 
Any channel can be triggered to act as a sample channel.
Channels 5 and 6 can be triggered as noise channels (2 noise channels? Weird, right?). The HuC6280 is capable of 6 channels of wave table synthesis. How does the soundtrack to Ninja Ryukenden stack up? Let’s listen:Ī couple things about PC Engine you should know while listening: So, we all agree we like the original Ninja Gaiden soundtrack very much. If it’s not by her, then, well TECMO IS A LIAR! When it doubt, check the primary source, as they say. “If it’s one game and there’s a lot of misinformation all over the internet, what’s to say that the game was ACTUALLY composed by her? A lot of websites don’t even list the composer to this game!” Well, I can go by what the ending to Ninja Ryukenden actually says. Tanifuji’s game music career seems to be this game and a game for PCE/TG-16 called Soldier Blade, though she is only listed as the secondary composer to Kenji Hoshi. After writing this article, this may be the only English website that mentions her without being a dedicated soundtrack website that just lists game credits. For whatever reason, Tecmo or Hudsonsoft or whoever made this decision really, decided to hire Makiko Tanifuji to redo the entire soundtrack.Įxactly. The soundtrack to the FC/NES version is done by the legendary Keiji Yamagishi ( Ninja Gaiden series, Tecmo Bowl series, Captain Tsubasa series, et al.). 
But the main reason I’m highlighting this game: It featured a completely different soundtrack. Interestingly, the English translation is DIFFERENT from the NES version. The game also featured a cheat mode that let you change the language from Japanese to English or Chinese. For some reason, some of the names are changed… like, Ken Hayabusa is known as Joe Hayabusa. The result is a kind of experimental choppy background. It added parallax scrolling, which the PCE is actually incapable of doing using built-in hardware. Some of the physics of the game were slightly different as well as the controls (PC Engine controllers vs. Ninja Ryukenden (PCE) improved upon the original graphics of the FC/NES game. Some notable differences between the PCE version and the FC/NES version (thanks to Video Game Den for these!): So there’s really no relationship between them besides a name. However, we only shared the same title, while each team developed their game as they pleased. Both were developed side by side on the same floor, at the same time. They seem completely unrelated, but has there been any cooperation between the two teams? Which game came first? Were there any requirements for similarities between them? An excerpt from an interview with the creator of Masato Kato by Hardcore Gaming 101:īesides the Famicom game, there is also an Arcade version of Ninja Ryuukenden, but the two games are very different. The arcade game was NOT ported to FC/NES – in fact, the arcade game and the home version were produced simultaneously. It is not based off the coin-op arcade version of the game, which was a 2-player beat-um up. I’m not sure if everyone knows this or not but Ninja Gaiden (FC/NES) was actually an original game. A 1992 release puts this game nearly 4 years after the original Famicom/NES release and a year after Ninja Gaiden III. Ninja Ryukenden is the PC Engine port of Famicom/NES’s Ninja Gaiden. First of all, Ninja Ryukenden = Ninja Gaiden. #NINJA GAIDEN PC ENGINE TRANSLATION CODE CODE#
Today, we’ll feature a game released for Famicom/NES and ported to the PC Engine with a cheat code that unlocks English language, and scored by someone I can’t find any information about! That’s always the best kind of article. Welcome to another Lesser-known Video Game Soundtrack.
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