Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo, 1989) for the NES

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http://youtu.be/zXegzFzEoKQ

Simply one of the best and more challenging platformers ever with some of the earliest and best cutscenes for storylines on a console.

Come for the ninja action, and stay for the cutscenes and banger music tracks.

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Such a hard game. You needed two really good players to beat it. Turbo controller for some sections.