Shadow of the Beast

Shadow of the Beast

Available on:

C64
Amiga
SNES
ACPC
ZXS
Genesis/MegaDrive
Lynx
Atari-ST
SMS
vic-20

Genres

Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Developers

Reflections Interactive, The Creative Assembly

Release Date

September 30, 1989 (36 years ago)

Publishers

Psygnosis, Tec Toy

Content Rating

N/A

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Summary

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.

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