Bad Dudes

In Bad Dudes, President Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush has been kidnapped by ninjas and only two dudes can stop them. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article save the President?

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

The title screen was completely redesigned for the English release, transitioning from the first screen to the second.

The European version omits the title logo completely (the CHR data is exactly the same as for the US version, but tilemaps for the title were wiped out), leaving it in basic text form on the earlier copyright screen. Two tall buildings were also added to the right side of the screen. A few tiles of the leftmost character's pants are miscolored in the first screen. Also, there are a couple of occasional pixels at the top of the rightmost building, but they aren't drawn there due to being a leftover "TM" sprite from the US title screen, missed while redesigning the European title screen.

Japan	US	Europe

Character Select#

Striker's portrait was recolored for the English release.

Japan	US/Europe

Controls#

The controls were flipped when the game was released outside of Japan. Instead of A jumping and B attacking, B jumps and A attacks in the US and European versions. This change extends to the cheat codes as well.

Interludes#

The Famicom version has stage intermissions that were removed in the English versions. Translations are provided alongside each image.

Image	Translation
	I will easily crush you. Let's see how quickly you get to me!

Image	Translation
	I... WILL... PULVERIZE YOU!!

Image	Translation
	I wonder if you'll be able to reach me at all.

Image	Translation
	So you've finally reached me. This'll be pretty fun.

Image	Translation
	This is the point of no return. Show me the extent of your power.

Credits#

The ending in the English versions contain a staff roll that doesn't exist in the Japanese version.