Shadow Dancer (1989) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Shadow Dancer

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…

1 November 1989

What Shadow Dancer is

Shadow Dancer is an arcade game developed by Team Shinobi and released in 1989. It was published by Kixx. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum. It runs on Sega System 16.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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

Description from the publisher · source

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.

Where it sits in the Shinobi series

Shadow Dancer is the third of 36 entries we hold in the Shinobi series. It arrived a year after Shinobi. The next entry was Shinobi in 1989.

See all 36 Shinobi games in release order →

Shadow Dancer — frequently asked questions

When did Shadow Dancer come out?

Shadow Dancer was released on 1 November 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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