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Shadow Dancer

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Genres
PlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upArcade
Themes
Action
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Developer
Team Shinobi
Publishers
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., U.S. Gold, Kixx
Release dates
Platform Date
Arcade December 31, 1989
Amstrad CPC March 01, 1991
Commodore C64/128/MAX March 01, 1991
ZX Spectrum March 01, 1991
Amiga June 01, 1991
Atari ST/STE June 01, 1991
Linux June 01, 2010
Mac June 01, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows) June 01, 2010

About

Shadow Dancer is an action platform game developed by Sega for the Sega System 18 arcade system in 1989. A port of the game was published by Sega for the Sega Master System, and ports to several home computers were published by U.S. Gold. It was the first sequel to Shinobi, alongside The Revenge of Shinobi. A similar game titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi was released for the Sega Mega Drive, which features an entirely different set of stages. A terrorist group is planting numerous time bombs throughout the city. The player, a ninja master accompanied by a canine partner, sets out on four missions to dismantle the bombs and destroy the criminal syndicate behind these acts.

Story

The young Ninja battles together with his faithful pet dog. In the center of the city, a group of terrorists are committing known to man, including the planting of time bombs throughout the metropolis. Our youthful hero and his canine companion courageously set out to gather all the explosives placed by the evil gang and annihilate the syndicate that manipulates them

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