Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)

Ninja Gaiden
Japanese cover art
Developer(s)Japan System House
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)Kenji Yamazaki
SeriesNinja Gaiden
Platform(s)Game Gear
Release
  • JP: November 1, 1991
  • NA: December 1991
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Ninja Gaiden (忍者外伝) is a 1991 action-platform game released for the Game Gear by Sega with license from Tecmo. It stars Ryu Hayabusa and is part of the Ninja Gaiden series, although it features a plot not connected to any of the other Ninja Gaiden games. The gameplay is similar to previous Ninja Gaiden games where the player jumps between platforms defeating and avoiding enemies.