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In 2013, Complex had it top their list of "the video games where you kick ass in the name of America" as the most American game of them all.
The game's introduction, challenging the player to be a "bad enough dude to rescue the President", became a popular Internet meme and is often lampooned on various websites.
The 2008 video game Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space spoofs on the Bad Dudes intro in the episode "Chariots of the Dogs".
In Japan, Game Machine listed DragonNinja on their May 15, 1988, issue as being the seventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
A sequel which was supposed to take place 23 years after the first game was unsuccessfully attempted to be financed via Kickstarter by Pinstripe Games in 2012.
The arcade version of the game appears in the 1989 film Parenthood, where the son of Steve Martin's character wonders why the game is so difficult.
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