Shadow Warriors (W) / Ninja Gaiden (U) / Ninja Ryukenden (J)

Sound chips: YM2203×2 OKIM6295
System: Arcade
Composers: Mikio Saito Ryuichi Nitta
Developer: Tecmo
Publisher: Tecmo
Release date: 1988 (W/U) / 1989 (J)
01. Insert Coin 0:04
02. Game Start 0:07
03. Shadow Soldier (L.A Stage BGM) 2:56 + 2:49
04. Sumo Wrestler (L.A Stage / Grand Canyon Stage - Boss BGM) 2:00 + 1:20
05. Round Clear 1 0:04
06. Pat (N.Y Stage BGM) 1:49 + 1:15
07. I Am Man (N.Y Stage / Transcontinental Railroad Stage - Boss BGM) 2:04 + 1:30
08. Round Clear 2 0:05
09. Casino (Las Vegas Stage BGM) 3:05 + 2:55
10. Na-n-to (Las Vegas Stage - Boss BGM) 2:36 + 1:57
11. Round Clear 3 0:05
12. The Sun Rises Over the Hills (Grand Canyon Stage BGM - Overseas Version) 1:46 + 0:54
13. Round Clear 4 0:05
14. Chasing Him Until the Very End (Transcontinental Railroad Stage BGM) 2:39 + 2:24
15. Round Clear 5 0:05
16. Humming of the Devil (Final Stage BGM) 2:22 + 1:20
17. Last Fight (Final Boss BGM) 4:27 + 2:16
18. Time Up 0:06
19. Game Over 0:05
20. 689, Everybody Likes... Sukiyaki? (Game Clear ~ Ending) 1:49
21. The Most Unexpected Thing in the World (High Score Entry BGM) 1:23 + 0:20
22. Nature's Symphony (Grand Canyon Stage BGM) 4:02 + 3:04
23. Round Clear 1 (JP) 0:06
24. Round Clear 2 (JP) 0:06
25. Round Clear 3 (JP) 0:06
26. Round Clear 4 (JP) 0:07
27. Round Clear 5 (JP) 0:06
Total: 34:01 + 22:00
History
Version Date Author Description
1.00 2012-07-21 Sonic of 8! Initial release.
1.10 2021-10-05 Paul999 I had to turn up the volume at all. I inverted the correct from Track 5 and Track 6.
2.00 2022-12-22 Dario011 Full Re-Rip with MAME 0.244, Added v1.70 Header, Updated Composer and All Title Tags and Added Custom Playlists for each version.
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Notes from Sonic of 8! (fixed for consistency):
Two bootlegs exists with diffrent configuration
of sound chips: Master Ninja (uses 2xYM2203 
without the OKI chip) and Dragon Bowl (uses a 
YM2151 plus a OKIM6295 chip).

Track 14 plays only on non-japanese versions. 
Track 22 plays only on japanese versions. But 
for me, Track 22 is better. Both of them is 
used on Stage 4.

Notes from Dario011:
According to both albums, Mikio Saito and
Ryuichi Nitta (in addition to an interview
he had) were the composers for this game,
Saito made the music for almost all the
stages of the game, while Nitta made the
ones used when passing the stages and the
song of stage 4 for the International Version,
of the other composers (besides seeing
the most recent album of this game,
"Ninja Gaiden The Definitive Soundtrack"),
you do not see their names, which leaves me
that they should only have contributed
with the other sound effects.

I also added for the sake of having the
pack complete, I added the Japanese versions of
the Round Clears (with the "Ninja Ryukenden"
voice), I applied the order of the album
backwards, first the songs (For Stage 4
and Round Clears without the voice)
that are used in the International Version,
and then the Japanese ones, and that's why I
made other playlists, the Japanese follows
the original album, while the international
are in another order.

Track Names and Composer Breakdown are from:
"Ninja Ryukenden -G.S.M. TECMO 1-" (D28B-0013)
and "Ninja Gaiden The Definitive Soundtrack
Vol. 1" (GS-003).

This pack was re-ripped using
MAME 0.244 VGM Mod.

Size Reduction:
vgm_sro: 21.2 MB -> 14.8 MB (70.1 %)
vgm_cmp: 14.8 MB -> 1.71 MB (11.5 %)
Total: 21.2 MB -> 1.71 MB (8.05 %)

Links:
Ryuichi Nitta Interview:
 https://web.archive.org/web/20201204080328/http://www.vgmonline.net/ryuichinittainterview/
VGMDB Links:
 https://vgmdb.net/album/3907
 https://vgmdb.net/album/63151

Dario011

Source: VGMRips

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