Shadow of the Beast

published by Psygnosis in 1989, developed by Reflections, running on Amiga OCS

type: beat 'em up, platformer
genre: Fantasy
series: Shadow of the Beast
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: eng

4/5

Lemon Amiga

Personal reviews (2)

The demo version is an unplayable graphic demo for OCS Amigas. You can't play for more than 10-15 minutes and you lose! Nice graphics & music though!

# 2006 - 3 replies

The best music ever heard on a 90's game!

# 2006

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

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External reviews (20) - average: 79.3% - median: 84.5%

review source		issue	date	score
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 (001-082)	fr	16	1989-11	96/100	96%	view
Joystick Hebdo (38-43)	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