Ninja Gaiden Shadow DX
A full-color Game Boy Color remaster of the Game Boy's Ninja Gaiden Shadow, by NiO107 and Marc Max.
What it is
Ninja Gaiden Shadow DX recolors the 1991 Game Boy Ninja Gaiden Shadow from top to bottom and turns it into a Game Boy Color game. NiO107 made the color graphics and Marc Max wrote the code, the same programmer behind the Mega Man World DX remasters. It was released on Christmas Eve 2025.
What's new
- Proper color palettes for every stage instead of the plain monochrome original
- Less slowdown than the original release
- Runs on real Game Boy Color hardware as well as in emulators
The five stages, the controls and Ryu's grappling hook work as before: this is a visual remaster, not a redesign.
Playing it
The creators' page patches your own dump of the US Ninja Gaiden Shadow cartridge in the browser, or offers the patch for use with any patcher. Credits: NiO107 (graphics) and Marc Max (coding).