Shadow of the Beast (1989)

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Shadow of the Beast is a platform game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis in 1989. The original version was released for the Amiga and later ported to many other systems. The game was known for its graphics, with many colours on screen and up to twelve levels of parallax scrolling backdrops, and its atmospheric score composed by David Whittaker, which used high-quality instrument samples.

Details

Developers: Reflections Interactive, The Creative Assembly
Publishers: Psygnosis, Tec Toy
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Series: Shadow of the Beast

Release dates

Oct 1989 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga
1989 (Full Release) (Europe) Amiga
1990 (Full Release) (Europe) Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX
Sep 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) FM Towns
Feb 19, 1992 (Full Release) (Brazil) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Mar 27, 1992 (Full Release) (Japan) Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
1992 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari Lynx, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
1992 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Sega Master System/Mark III
1992 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
TBD (Cancelled) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Also available on

Super Shadow of the Beast · SNES

Remakes

Shadow of the Beast (May 2016) · PS4

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Review deimosremus 3/5 · Jan 3, 2015

Kind of an unfortunate title, Shadow of the Beast has some of the most impressive graphics from the era, and of course some truly memorable music. However, its cryptic gameplay and lack of oomph in its hit detection bring it down quite a bit.

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