Ikari Warriors
Ikari Warriors, known as Ikari in Japan, is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by SNK for arcades. It was released in North America by Tradewest. Amongst the numerous Commando clones on the market, Ikari Warriors was distinguished by its unique control style with rotary joysticks and a two-player cooperative mode. The rotary joystick controls were in turn based on SNK's earlier TNK III (1985). Ikari was originally intended to be an official licensed adaptation of the film Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), but SNK were initially unable to acquire the rights to the film.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1986
- Developer
- SNK
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1986 |
|---|---|
| Developer | SNK |
| Publisher | Tradewest |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2796607, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Ikari Warriors? How long to beat it
Total play time for Ikari Warriors is about 1.7 hours to do everything, and around 1.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 1.1h | 25 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 1.2h | 2 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 1.7h | 2 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Ikari Warriors sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Ikari Warriors lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 38ahead of 2% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 27ahead of 70% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Ikari Warriors
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Common questions about Ikari Warriors
What platforms is Ikari Warriors on?
Ikari Warriors is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1986.
Who made Ikari Warriors?
Ikari Warriors was developed by SNK and published by Tradewest.
How long does it take to beat Ikari Warriors?
about 1.1 hours for the main story, 1.2 hours with the main extras, 1.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.