Shadow of the Beast
type: beat 'em up, platformer
genre: Fantasy
series: Shadow of the Beast
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
genre: Fantasy
series: Shadow of the Beast
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
4/5
Personal reviews (2)
Official description
Many years ago, on a moonless night, a small child was stolen away from its unsuspecting parents. Its mysterious abductors carried it far across the land to the mighty temple Necropolis.
There the child was accepted by the mages of darkness, warrior priests of the Beast Lord. Deep below the temple the child was escorted, passing through a labyrinth of rooms and passages to the Chambers of Creation. There the evil mages worked their dark arts creating strange creatures, plants and traps to guard the Beast's stronghold.
For the child they had a special purpose, but first came years of preparation.
Secret potions concocted from the blood of rare creatures slowly transformed his appearance - turning him from a human into a strange creature of incredible power, agility and strength. Deep hypnosis caused him to erase memories of his past life completely and become the warrior messenger of the Beast.
Many years passed in his service to the temple as he grew to maturity. Then one day he discovered an awful secret the horrible truth about his past...
a truth that now leads him on a trail of total and bloody revenge against his masters. You were that child.
Now the time has come to enter the Shadow of the Beast!
# 2024-02-25 05:33:23 - official description - manual introduction
There the child was accepted by the mages of darkness, warrior priests of the Beast Lord. Deep below the temple the child was escorted, passing through a labyrinth of rooms and passages to the Chambers of Creation. There the evil mages worked their dark arts creating strange creatures, plants and traps to guard the Beast's stronghold.
For the child they had a special purpose, but first came years of preparation.
Secret potions concocted from the blood of rare creatures slowly transformed his appearance - turning him from a human into a strange creature of incredible power, agility and strength. Deep hypnosis caused him to erase memories of his past life completely and become the warrior messenger of the Beast.
Many years passed in his service to the temple as he grew to maturity. Then one day he discovered an awful secret the horrible truth about his past...
a truth that now leads him on a trail of total and bloody revenge against his masters. You were that child.
Now the time has come to enter the Shadow of the Beast!
# 2024-02-25 05:33:23 - official description - manual introduction
Technical specs
display: raster
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External reviews (20) - average: 79.3% - median: 84.5%
review source | issue | date | score | |||
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ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | uk | 25 | 1989-10 | 885/1000 | 88% | view |
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) 9- | de | 36 | 1989-11 | 7/12 | 58% | view |
Amiga Action | uk | 1 | 1989-10 | 86/100 | 86% | view |
Amiga DOS | de | 1 | 1990-01 | 5/5 | 100% | view |
Amiga Format | uk | 4 | 1989-11 | 78/100 | 78% | view |
Amiga Joker | de | 1 | 1989-11 | 90/100 | 90% | view |
Amiga Magazin 24- | de | 29 | 1989-12 | 77/120 | 64% | view |
Amiga Power | uk | 13 | 1992-05 | 53/100 | 53% | |
Amiga User International (AUI) (03-25) | uk | 23 | 1989-11 | 7/10 | 70% | view |
CU Amiga | uk | 22 | 1991-12 | 48/100 | 48% | view |
Commodore User 62-77 | uk | 73 | 1989-10 | 84/100 | 84% | view |
Génération 4 (1-82) | fr | 16 | 1989-11 | 96/100 | 96% | view |
Joystick Hebdo | fr | 41 | 1989-10-04 | 18/20 | 90% | view |
Power Play | de | 21 | 1989-12 | 59/100 | 59% | view |
ST Magazine France | fr | 35 | 1989-11 | 18/20 | 90% | view |
The Games Machine Italy | it | 13 | 1989-10 | 97/100 | 97% | view |
The Games Machine | uk | 23 | 1989-10 | 96/100 | 96% | view |
Tilt 39-113 | fr | 71 | 1989-11 | 17/20 | 85% | view |
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment | us | 16 | 1990-05 | 7/10 | 70% | view |
Zzap! | uk | 56 | 1989-12 | 83/100 | 83% | view |
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teran01
zerothis
dandyboh
Sanguine
uvlbot-1
crayzyian
Ritchardo
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