<s>
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Taito	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
young	O
Iga	O
ninja	B-Application
named	O
Kage	O
(	O
"	O
Shadow	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
rescue	O
Princess	O
Kiri	O
(	O
hime	O
)	O
-	O
the	O
Shogun	O
's	O
daughter	O
-	O
from	O
the	O
villainous	O
warlord	O
Yoshi	O
(	O
ro	O
Kuyigusa	O
)	O
and	O
fellow	O
evil	O
samurai	O
Yuki	O
(	O
nosuke	O
Riko	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Main	O
gameplay	O
revolves	O
around	O
killing	O
enemy	O
ninja	B-Application
(	O
blue	O
and	O
red	O
)	O
and	O
enemy	O
fire-breathing	O
monks	O
over	O
five	O
stages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lower	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
is	O
underwater	O
,	O
where	O
ninja	B-Application
(	O
blue	O
and	O
red	O
)	O
appear	O
with	O
breathing	O
tubes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
kill	O
ten	O
ninja	B-Application
to	O
advance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
goes	O
up	O
the	O
four	O
sets	O
of	O
stairs	O
,	O
avoiding	O
or	O
killing	O
enemy	O
ninja	B-Application
and	O
monks	O
,	O
to	O
rescue	O
Princess	O
Kiri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
of	O
Japan	O
listed	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kage	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	B-Application
15	I-Application
,	I-Application
1985	I-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
also	O
said	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kage	I-Application
was	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
Konami	O
's	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
game	I-Application
Shao-lin	B-Application
'	I-Application
s	I-Application
Road	I-Application
,	O
released	O
earlier	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
also	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
compilation	O
title	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
3D	O
graphics	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
2006	O
compilation	O
Taito	B-Device
Legends	I-Device
Power	I-Device
Up	I-Device
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Revised	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kage	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Taito	B-Application
Nostalgia	I-Application
1	I-Application
release	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayame	O
is	O
a	O
ninja	B-Application
who	O
can	O
throw	O
bombs	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
red	O
ninja	B-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
has	O
an	O
unlimited	O
supply	O
of	O
throwing	O
knives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
follow-up	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Lancarse	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
