Editing Surf Ninjas (section)

==Production and video game==
''Surf Ninjas'' was filmed during the summer of 1992.<ref name=surf>{{cite news|first=Ian |last=Spelling |title=Surf's Up for Schneider |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=September 3, 1993 }}</ref> Filming locations included [[Thailand]] and [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Sherry |last=Crawford |title='Surf Ninjas' kicks up waves of martial arts fun for young set |work=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] |date=August 9, 1993 }}</ref> The second half of the film was shot first, and the crew moved to Los Angeles to film the first half.<ref name=surf/> [[New Line Cinema]] and [[Sega|Sega of America]] established a financial relationship in which a [[Game Gear]] video game (US and PAL versions) would be developed for the film. Game designers began developing the video game ''Surf Ninjas'' when the film was only in its scripting phase, receiving creative input from director [[Neal Israel]].<ref name=reality/> In conjunction with the Game Gear title, a [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] game was also planned.<ref name="GamePro49">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993#page/n161/mode/1up|title=ProNews: Street Fighter II, from Game Screen to Silver Screen|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=49|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=August 1993|page=144}}</ref> In turn, Sega partially financed the film. Screenwriter [[Dan Gordon (screenwriter)|Dan Gordon]] said that he wrote action sequences that would both suit the film and serve as a springboard for the video game.<ref>{{cite book|first=William |last=Paul |editor=Ina-Rae HaRk |title=Exhibition, the Film Reader |date=December 2001 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-23518-9 |chapter=The K-Mart Audience at the Mall Movies |page=83}}</ref> In the film, one of the lead characters is shown playing the ''Surf Ninjas'' video game on a Game Gear. The video game was released in August,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Making of Surf Ninjas |url=https://archive.org/details/Sega_Visions_Issue_14_August-September_1993/page/n61 |magazine=[[Sega Visions]] |issue=14 |date=May 1993 |page=60}}</ref> before the film's release, and it was considered the first movie-based video game to precede the film itself.<ref name=reality>{{cite news|title=Film studios face reality with game tie-ins |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=July 27, 1993}}</ref>

''Surf Ninjas'' video games were also released for the [[Amiga 1200]] computer<ref name='lemon_a1200'>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=2837|title=Surf Ninjas ''(AGA)''|website=Lemon Amiga|access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref> and [[Amiga CD32|CD32]] console<ref name='lemon_cd32'>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1971|access-date=2016-04-13|title=Surf Ninjas ''(CD32)''|website=Lemon Amiga|archive-date=2024-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913173538/https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1971|url-status=live}}</ref> in 1994 by [[Flair Software|Flair Software/MicroValue]].