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This hack make the game feels more natural and fair than original game which result as better experience and for that reason alone I recommend this patch.

I just wished the knockback effect would be removed or reduced which is a very antiquated, obnoxious and frustrating mechanic that results to unfair deaths specially when ryu gets hit by flying enemies.

I couldn't reach the world 6 so I can't confirm if the bug about dying in final boss makes the player going to 6-1 instead 6-3 got fixed.

I have played the original NES version of Ninja Gaiden for years...in fact, it was one of my favorites as a teen, along with Tecmo's Mighty BombJack, Ghosts n Goblins, Life Force, and Solomon's Key.

You may be wondering why I mentioned those games in a Ninja Gaiden review and the answer is, they are all HARD games....yet very fun to play.

As is, the NES' version of Ninja Gaiden is a good game (I like it better than its sequels to be honest), but the fine tunes found in this mod are quite welcome.

It isn't a big deal in the early to mid levels, but later on you will really appreciate the downgrading of "bird damage" as often, games can come to a crashing halt in those later levels because those silly birds took way too much damage off before you got comfortable with a level.

Increasing the damage done by other enemies offsets the reduced bird damage and getting rid of the ridiculous enemies in favor of those more suited to the theme is also very welcome.

The game by NO MEANS was made easier...just better tuned with better fitting enemies.

All in all, very nicely done and Ninja Gaiden 1, along with THIS mod, is now my standard ROM of the game.

Highly recommended