Cartridge Diaries: Joe & Mac Caveman Ninja

Post Number 8 and we go retro for a classic side scrolling beat em up in Caveman Ninja.

Caveman Ninja is by Data East, a lost relic of the old Console Wars, it featured Joe and Mac, two colorful caveman as they battle huge dinosaurs and rival cavemen tribes in the bid to get back their girlfriends using a variety of different prehistoric weaponry, so a basic damsel in distress plot but done in a way that's quite original and very colorful.
Your health bar does act as a timer so you do need to keep up the food intake on the way to each boss which makes for the game's greatest strengh as you battle huge dinosaurs. I remember this game fondly having played plenty of times on holiday at arcades as a child and one of the few games I actually finished. It's a little dated but fun none the less.
Current State: Like Data East it's pretty much defunct, last seen in 1995 with a sequel to the original.
Why Should it be Revived?: It's called Caveman Ninja which shouts money maker for any potential tv series and it suits the Retro revival movement so well.

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