Ninja Gaiden (NES)

Ninja Gaiden
Developer(s)	Tecmo
Publisher(s)	Tecmo
Series	Ninja Gaiden
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	NES JP December 9, 1988 NA March, 1989 EU August 15, 1991 Virtual Console JP April 10, 2007 NA May 14, 2007 EU September 21, 2007
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FBNE01, FBNJ01, FBNM01
See also...	Arcade Version Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Ninja Gaiden is a platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Ninja Gaiden features a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa who seeks revenge for the death of his father and gradually finds himself involved in a sinister plot that threatens the entire world.

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Problems

This title does not have any additional game-specific problems.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Ninja Gaiden since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-8445

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-8445	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Works OK. Requires EFB2RAM.	JMC47