Caveman Ninja (1991)

Data East, Eden Entertainment Software, Elite Systems, MotiveTime Ltd

Amiga, Arcade, DOS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Zeebo

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Back in the distant past (way back - like when “rock and roll” was just rock and fast food was dinner you couldn’t catch), lived two cave dudes named Joe and Mac. Whether it was dinosaur demolition or pterodactyl hang-glidin’, life for the boys was pretty cool. Cool, that is, until a bogus bunch of neanderthal nerds crashed their village … Read more

Details

Developers: Data East, Eden Entertainment Software, Elite Systems, MotiveTime Ltd
Publishers: Data East, Elite Systems, G-MODE, MotiveTime Ltd, New World Computing, Takara, Tec Toy
Genres: Platform
Themes: Action, Comedy
Series: Joe & Mac
Also known as: Joe & Mac · Caveman Ninja: Joe & Mac · Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja · Joe & Mac: Tatakae Genshijin (Japanese title, romanization) · Joe & Mac: Caveman Combat (Japanese title, translated) · Tatakae Genshijin (Abbreviation)

Release dates

1991 (North America) DOS
1991 (Japan) Arcade
1991 (Europe) DOS
1992 (North America) Amiga
1994 (Brazil) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1994 (North America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Mar 31, 2010 (Brazil) Zeebo

Bundled in

Data East Arcade Classics (Feb 2010) · Wii
Legends Core Plus (Dec 2020) · Plug & Play
Data East Arcade Collection #1 (Mar 2021) · PC
Data East Co-op Pack #1 (Apr 2021) · PC
Super Pocket: Data East Edition (Jul 2025) · Evercade, Handheld
Joe & Mac: Retro Collection (Oct 2026) · Switch, PC, PS5, Series X|S

Remakes

New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (Nov 2022) · Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, Series X|S
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja HD Remake · PC

Expanded games

Joe & Mac (Dec 1991) · SFAM, SNES

Ports

Joe & Mac (Dec 1991) · NES
Joe & Mac (Jun 1993) · Game Boy
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja (May 2018) · Switch, PC, PS4