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Bad Dudes (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1990
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✪ Reviewed on February 28, 2025
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Bad Dudes adapts the Data East arcade beat em up to NES with two tough guys facing ninjas to save the president. The conversion keeps the snappy rhythm and 80s humor of the original in an efficient local coop formula. Pleasant for 8 bit beat em up fans, Data East genre classic.

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Category
Beat-'Em-Up 1 player 12+ Co-op
Description
NES port of the arcade brawler where two muscle-bound heroes punch their way to free the President from the DragonNinja. Published by Data East, released in 1990 in the United States. Simple moveset and colourful bosses.

Bad Dudes review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,12 MB 📅01/01/1990
Published by Data East

Bad Dudes (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $10 Q6 complete
 $49 Q10 new
 $593 !
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Other versions
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
Europe
01/01/1991
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Collector interest

The NES port of Data East's beat-em-up was a flagship of late-1980s arcades, and its US home version draws on that aura, helped by the cult line addressed to the President. Widely available, the game holds notable value only when factory-sealed, where it reaches surprising sums driven by DragonNinja nostalgia and the kitsch iconography of its two muscle-bound heroes.

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