Outside of these moves, there’s little in the way of weapon powerups compared to other similar games, only having certain baddies drop knives or good long range nunchucks. A special charge-up power punch can be performed by holding down the attack button, but it’s hard to keep the charge while moving about and is lost when hit, and isn’t necessary except for some of the bosses. As usual, jump kicks are easy to pull off and can be turned into spinning kicks with the right button timing. Their reach is rather short, but thanks to the Inverse Ninja Law, most of the onslaught of the shrouded enemy masses will fall from one hit. Depending on your position, your sleeveless avatar will throw a punch or a kick when you press the attack button. Unlike most beat-em-ups of the time using an oblique plane perspective to play on, Bad Dudes skews for a flat 2D field with upper and lower portions to leap from much like Rolling Thunder or Shinobi. Fortunately, Blade and Striker, the eponymous “Bad Dudes”, are here to help! This similar-looking duo in black muscle tanks and distinguishing colored track pants are the only ones bad enough to perform this rescue mission. President, and nothing could be more serious an terrorist abductor for a late 80s video game than a clan of ninjas. Such a threat can be damaging should it be done to such a high profile figure as the U.S. Political kidnappings are the subject of many a thriller or drama. Though their titles didn’t rise far and beyond like Capcom’s or Konami’s, one certain game and its spiritual sequel represent perfect reflections of 80s popcorn action flicks and their badass protagonists in interactive form. In the wake of Double Dragon, arcades were flooded with beat-em-ups for every major publisher, and Data East was there muscling for precious machine space. The late ’80s and early ’90s could very much be considered Data East’s “Golan-Globus” era of prosperity, taking chances with their spins of more popular genre pinnacles. Sure, most of their titles are B-grade schlock, but majority of it was too cheesy to hate. In many ways, Data East is the video game equivalent to Cannon Films.
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