<s>
is	O
a	O
1984	B-Application
laserdisc	O
video	O
game	O
first	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Taito	O
and	O
Malone	O
Films	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
as	O
Revenge	O
of	O
the	O
Ninja	B-Application
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
tells	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
a	O
skilled	O
and	O
daring	O
teenage	O
ninja	B-Application
named	O
Hayate	O
,	O
infiltrating	O
an	O
evil	O
castle	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
rescue	O
a	O
princess	O
he	O
loves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
draws	O
players	O
to	O
guide	O
Hayate	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
for	O
moving	O
him	O
around	O
and	O
one	O
button	O
for	O
using	O
weapons	O
through	O
15	O
different	O
stages	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
feudal	O
Japan-based	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
earlier	O
laserdisc	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Don	O
Bluth	O
's	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
Ninja	B-Application
Hayate	I-Application
contains	O
traps	O
and	O
creatures	O
that	O
requires	O
players	O
to	O
dodge	O
or	O
attack	O
them	O
at	O
specific	O
moments	O
,	O
by	O
watching	O
for	O
the	O
warning	O
buzzer	O
(	O
like	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
)	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
flashing	O
objects	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Don	O
Bluth	O
's	O
laserdisc	O
games	O
,	O
Ninja	B-Application
Hayate	I-Application
is	O
animated	O
with	O
anime	O
drawings	O
by	O
Toei	O
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Renovation	O
Products	O
,	O
Telenet	O
Japan	O
's	O
North	O
American	O
subsidiary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renovation	O
sent	O
"	O
Master	O
of	O
the	O
Ninja	B-Application
Arts	O
"	O
diplomas	O
to	O
players	O
who	O
mailed	O
them	O
photographic	O
proof	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
beaten	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
hard	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenge	O
of	O
the	O
Ninja	B-Application
was	O
also	O
later	O
converted	O
by	O
Ecseco	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
double	O
bill	O
with	O
Time	B-Application
Gal	I-Application
,	O
another	O
animated	O
laserdisc	O
arcade	O
game	O
conversion	O
made	O
by	O
Taito	O
,	O
as	O
Interactive	B-Application
Movie	I-Application
Action	O
-	O
Time	B-Application
Gal	I-Application
and	O
Ninja	B-Application
Hayate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Ninja	B-Application
Hayate	I-Application
on	O
their	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
1985	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fourth	O
most-successful	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
top-grossing	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
unit	O
in	O
February	B-Application
1985	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
a	O
mixed	O
review	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
inferior	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
and	O
Time	B-Application
Gal	I-Application
with	O
the	O
gameplay	O
lacking	O
in	O
"	O
dramatics	O
"	O
and	O
with	O
"	O
grainy	O
and	O
soupy	O
looking	O
"	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entire	O
music	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
were	O
newly	O
composed	O
.	O
</s>
