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Black Shades

Black Shades, the cross platform, open-source, psychic body guard game, has made its way onto the iPhone and iPod Touch! Black Shades was one of the winners of the UDevGame 2002 game contest.

31 December 2002

Black Shades is a shooter developed by Wolfire Games, released 31 December 2002 on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Black Shades is

Black Shades is a shooter game developed by Wolfire Games and released in 2002. It is available on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Black Shades, the cross platform, open-source, psychic body guard game, has made its way onto the iPhone and iPod Touch! Black Shades was one of the winners of the UDevGame 2002 game contest.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Black Shades launched on 31 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers and Sonic Advance 2.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Space Rangers, Sonic Advance 2.

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Quick answers

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When did Black Shades come out?
Black Shades was released on 31 December 2002 for iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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