NINJA HAYATE HD-Remaster

About this game

Encounter relentlessly-attacking ninjas, their ninja dogs, zombie samurai and more, all whilst avoiding countless deadly traps in your mission to save the princess from the evil ninja clan who kidnapped her in this thrilling, interactive anime adventure!
First appearing in arcades in 1984, Ninja Hayate was Taito's 1st Laser Disc game, and this release features visuals remastered from the original laser disc.
The game features randomised routes to provide a variety of action-packed, anime play experiences!

Story

In feudal Japan, an evil clan of ninjas has spirited the princess away! Our hero, Hayate, must set out alone to infiltrate their trap-filled castle, and rescue her! All manner of evil ninjas, monsters and traps await him; can you guide him to his goal alive?!

What is an LD Game?!

Laser disc games were a genre of games which were popular in arcades in the mid-1980s, and used laser discs to display animated and live action visuals to allow for graphics far beyond what video games were capable of at the time.
They mostly involved the player watching an animated video while reacting at key points with joystick and/or button inputs to advance the game, or fail, and witness the wide variety of possible failures.

CONFIG menu:

• PLAYER
  Select the number of lives available per play.
  
• LEVEL
  Select the difficulty level.
  
• ST-ORDER
  Changes the order of the game's stages.
  
  • ARCADE
    The basic stage selection with partial random selection.
    
  • RANDOM-ALL
    All stages are random, except the final 3.
    
  • LD-PATTERN
    All 19 stages appear in fixed order.
    
  • AC-PATTERN01~14
    10~11 stages, each in a different, pre-set order.
• SIGN
  Changes how inputs are displayed.
  
  • DUAL
    All indicators will be displayed.
    
  • ARROW
    Terrain indicators will not be displayed, but buttons and directions will.
    
  • ACTION
    Terrain indicators will be displayed, but buttons and directions will not.
    
  • OFF
    No on screen guide will be displayed.
• OPENING
  Change the audio for the opening movie
  
• LANGUAGE
  Select the language displayed in the game.
  
• DISPLAY
  Select the screen size.
  
• EXTEND
  If set to ON, you will gain an extra life/lives when achieving certain scores.
  
• 3-MISS
  Turning this ON will reduce the difficulty if you fail at the same stage a certain number of times.
  
• CONTINUE
  If set to ON, you will be able to continue after losing all your lives.
  
• RANKING
  Using RESET will delete the saved high score data.

Latest news

• Announcements·19 Dec 2025Official

  Winter Sale Time!

  https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/41309941/efaaef0b67281b6ea07636b337f8cee9d9d5fae2.jpg Taito games up to 70% off! Winter Sale is on! Stay cozy at home and enjoy Taito games this holiday season!
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• Announcements·30 Sept 2025Official

  Autumn Sale Starts! Check Out the New Value Edition!

  https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/41309941/9461301d65b43401ac96d20f01af05aa05dadbca.png TAITO Games Up to 70% Off! Autumn Sale is Here! To celebrate the start of our Autumn Sale, we’ve just released a brand new Edition! Operation Night Strikers Digital Deluxe Edition This special Edition includes the main game, "Operation Night Strikers," plus three awesome DLCs—all bundled together at a great price. You’ll also get an extra 10% off each DLC compared to buying them separately! Operation Night Strikers CS Pack Operation Night Strikers BOOK Operation Night Strikers - TAITO SOUND BULLET For more details about each DLC, please check out the store page!
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• Announcements·11 Jul 2025Official

  Thorough explanation of Gadget functions in “M2STG LiveBroadcast 3 #1”!

  Time to scramble—M2 Shot Triggers Live! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/41309941/af01ee55df0eb91e34050fde7363d4add814e8a4.png M2, the developer of “Operation Night Strikers” and “Night Striker GEAR,” will broadcast the live program “M2STG LiveBroadcast 3 #1” on July 17, 2025 at 19:00. "M2STG LiveBroadcast 3 #1" will introduce M2-developed titles, including Taito-related titles. "Operation Night Strikers“ will be introduced with producer Yuichi Toyama, and ”Night Striker GEAR" will be shown in gameplay. In addition...? The streaming will take place on M2's YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the channel and look forward to the event. "M2STG Live Broadcast 3 #1" Distribution Overview Date: July 17, 6:00 (EDT) / 10:00 (UTC) / 19:00 Viewing page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0P5NUjp8S0 Performers (in no particular order, titles omitted): -Naoki Horii (Representative Director, M2 Co., Ltd.) -Kazuki Kubota (Director of M2ShotTriggers, M2 Co., Ltd.) -Yokel Hibana (Public Relations Officer, M2 Co., Ltd.) -Ryosaku Ueno (Producer, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd) -Yuichi Toyama (Producer, Taito Corporation) "Operation Night Strikers" official site https://www.taito.co.jp/opstrikers "Night Striker GEAR" official site https://m2stg.com/night-striker-gear/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3099790/Operation_Night_Strikers/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3290390/GEAR/
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• Announcements·27 Jun 2025Official

  SUMMER SALE 2025

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• Announcements·11 Mar 2025Official

  Steam Release on April 10th (Thu)!

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45535183/0c2df6d46c8628632c7988047ba090a2a9ce0ab7.png Taito's Laser Disc (LD) anime games, Time Gal HD Remaster and Ninja Hayate HD Remaster, are finally coming to Steam on April 9th (PDT)/ 10th (GMT), 2025 so wishlist them now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3050490?utm_source=steamNews&utm_term=250311 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3052550?utm_source=steamNews&utm_term=250311 A bundle pack that offers both games at a great price is also planned. We're counting down to the release with a daily death scene collection featuring everyone’s favourite scenes of failure from the games! The countdown starts from March 21st, so be sure to follow and check out the scenes in the coming days! Official Taito Games X: https://x.com/TaitoCorp
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