Shadow of the Beast

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Shadow of the Beast
System(s): Super CD-ROM²
Publisher: Psygnosis, Victor Musical Industries (JP)
Developer: Reflections Interactive
Distributor: Turbo Technologies, Inc. (US)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1992-03-27 JCCD2008 US 1992 TGXCD1018
Non-NEC versions Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore 64 FM Towns Lynx Master System Mega Drive ZX Spectrum

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Shadow of the Beast, known as Shadow of the Beast: Mashou no Okite (シャドー･オブ･ザ･ビースト 魔性の掟) in Japan, is an action game developed by Reflections Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and published by Psygnosis. It was brought to a variety of systems, including Super CD-ROM² hardware in 1992. It was followed by Shadow of the Beast II and Shadow of the Beast III, neither of which were released on a NEC system.

Story

The player controls the Beast Messenger. Born a human child and kidnapped at a young age by mages who serve the Beast Lord, the Beast Messenger was transformed into a monster and had all his memories wiped to enter a lifetime of servitude. However, suddenly, all his memories return to him, and he now seeks revenge and to escape.

Magazine articles

Main article: Shadow of the Beast/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Super CD-ROM², JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Super CD-ROM², US
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1			CD (JP)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1			CD-ROM (US)

References

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