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Moonshadow

A dark satellite that empowers the Great Earth Snake, Septerios, looms large and when the the lunar cycle is complete, it’s time to pay the ferryman. Only you, as a shirtless wonder, can enter the dark maze to…

31 December 1990

Moonshadow is a video game developed by Idea Software, released 31 December 1990 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Moonshadow is

Moonshadow was developed by Idea Software and released in 1990. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A dark satellite that empowers the Great Earth Snake, Septerios, looms large and when the the lunar cycle is complete, it’s time to pay the ferryman. Only you, as a shirtless wonder, can enter the dark maze to destroy the serpent within before it is too strong to overcome.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Moonshadow launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

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When did Moonshadow come out?
Moonshadow was released on 31 December 1990 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.