The Ninja Warriors
The Ninja Warriors definitely wears that it’s an arcade game that is meant to overwhelm you and take your money on its sleeve, even more than the arcade version of Spartan X did.
Arcade
Gradius
An even more novel idea than introducing real enemy patterns is distinctive Gradius power-up system.
Makai Mura
Despite the unreasonable difficulty, I’ve always felt a lot of affection of this game from the first time I saw it in an arcade.
Double Dragon
Thankfully, Double Dragon does have an attack that’s practically guaranteed to get you through without too much trouble, as long as you get the timing down: The elbow smash.
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio kun
It’s unclear how much inspiration was actually taken from other media, but in a 2013 interview director Yoshihisa Kishimoto said that the game reflected his own high school experience.