Ninja Commando

Ninja Commando is a vertically scrolling action game released by ADK in 1992.

Players choose from among three ninjas - Joe, descended from the Koga ninja; Rayar, a woman who has learned the ways of the Iga ninja; and Ryu, descendant of the famous ninja Fuma Kotaro - as they pursue the merchant of death known as Spider, who plans to use a time machine to bring havoc to the world.

The battle spans seven time periods, including the Stone Age, the Egyptian era and the Japanese Civil War era.