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Caveman Ninja

ケーヴマン忍者

Description

Players control Joe and Mac, two cavemen who fight against enemy cavemen and dinosaurs using projectile weapons. The object of the game is to help Joe and Mac rescue their "Cave Babes" from huge dinosaurs on six different stages.

Caveman Ninja was produced by Data East in 1991.

Data East released 178 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Data East was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Data East during the time period Caveman Ninja was produced include: Back To The Future, Phantom of the Opera, Crude Buster, Simpsons, Boulder Dash, Batman, Joe & Mac - Ikusae Genshizin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain America And The Avengers, and Desert Assault

Specs

Name	Caveman Ninja
Developer	Data East (Japan)
Year	1991
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7296
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Caveman Ninja Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - ThrowJump
Sound	Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Caveman Ninja Arcade Coop

Caveman Ninja Joe & Mac - MAMECADE 51

Caveman Ninja (Arcade) [Data East] Retro Danuart

Caveman Ninja KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.46 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.30

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	2.50

Technical Rating: 3.63

Gameplay	3.50
Graphics	5.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Joe Mac - Ikusae Genshizin

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Caveman Ninja Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 66 known instances of this machine owned by Caveman Ninja collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 56 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Caveman Ninja machines for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Caveman Ninja circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Caveman Ninja. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Caveman Ninja circuit board set.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy or Series

Caveman Ninja
Joe & Mac Returns

Manuals

Instructions - Caveman Ninja Manual — **Instructions**
(12 pages, 190 kB File)

Conversion Kit - Caveman Ninja Manual — **Conversion Kit**
(12 pages, 1.1 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (da93cc8384e98d68f261a4e9d346ebfe)

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