Ninja Gaiden Restoration + Optional Free Movement

Changes for the restoration patch:

• The player is sent to level 6-3 rather than 6-1 upon dying against the final boss trio.

• Ken’s name is changed to Joe like in the Japanese version and 3D series. Ninja Dragon is also changed to Dragon Ninja.

• Typos and grammatical errors are fixed such as Irene’s “your safe” line.

• Lines containing “damn” and “hell” from the unfinished script (which ultimately made their way into Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the SNES) are restored.

Additional changes for the free movement patch:

• The player’s backwards jumping momentum is the same as their forward jumping momentum.

• The player suffers no horizontal knockback.

• The timer is permanently frozen.

• A few new item placements are provided. For example, stage 3 was the only level in the original game not to contain the Jump & Slash technique, so it is added to 3-2.

• Ryu for the overall project completion: never-obsolete for the NinJax editor Displaced Gamers for the code breakdown Maël Hörz for HxD