Revenge of the Ninja
Revenge of the Ninja — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Revenge of the Ninja on?
- Revenge of the Ninja was released on Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Sega CD.
- When did Revenge of the Ninja release?
- Revenge of the Ninja was first released on December 31, 1984.
About Revenge of the Ninja
The game tells the story of a skilled and daring teenage ninja named Hayate, infiltrating an evil castle in an attempt to rescue a princess he loves. Hayate must survive a collection of deathtraps and defeat a variety of mythological creatures and other adversaries on his quest to save the princess and destroy the castle.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Sega CD
- Developer
- Telenet Japan
- Publisher
- Taito
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Historical, Stealth
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega CD | 1994 | $25 | $42 | $99 | 58% | Low |
Also released on: Arcade · Sega Saturn · PlayStation. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about 2 times a month
- Sealed: about once a year
Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $7.01 in Oct 2008, $44 five years ago, and $25 as of Nov 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $5.00 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $9.39 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $11.99 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $9.49 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $12.10 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $6.02 | $19.49 |
| Jan 2015 | $14.95 | $18.50 |
| Jan 2016 | $22 | $29 |
| Jan 2017 | $15.00 | $25 |
| Jan 2018 | $26 | $46 |
| Jan 2019 | $26 | $31 |
| Jan 2020 | $21 | $37 |
| Jan 2021 | $40 | $51 |
| Jan 2022 | $51 | $51 |
| Jan 2023 | $35 | $59 |
| Jan 2024 | $32 | $46 |
| Jan 2025 | $35 | $47 |
| Jan 2026 | $27 | $44 |
| Nov 2026 | $25 | $42 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 1994 | T-49035 | 720238103303 |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1994
- Authenticity
- Low
A button-prompt ninja cartoon that looks good in stills and wears thin quickly.
This is the Sega CD port of Taito's 1984 LaserDisc arcade game. Wolf Team developed it and Renovation Products published it in North America in 1994. Sega Visions described a challenge across 18 stages through graveyards, dark forests and raging rivers to a castle full of ninja, with the stages picked at random for variety.
You play Aki, who rescues a captured girl from the clan of Lougi by pressing the direction the arrows show, using flash grenades, a katana and a grappling line. Electronic Gaming Monthly compared it to Time Gal and called it a top-notch Sega CD game, but GamePro gave a mixed review, finding the graphics grainy and soupy and the game inferior to both Dragon's Lair and Time Gal.
What the press said at the time
| MegaTech issue number not printed in OCR | 1994 (month not printed in OCR) | 58% |
“A competent game that is exactly the same as most other interactive cartoon”
“Boring interactive movie-type game with some great cartoon graphics and clean sound, but is devoid of riveting gameplay - what a surprise.”
“Overall, fans of this sort of game should like it. The animation is smooth, and the action is funny yet intense.”
Also on other platforms
Arcade · PlayStation · Sega Saturn
Before you buy
It came out in North America only, and its price is above the middle for North American Sega CD games. Check that the disc's printed side shows the Revenge of the Ninja title and that the case and manual go with it.
Revenge of the Ninja screenshots
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