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Shadowrun

Shadowrun is an action role-playing game.It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.The game is the second video game adapted from Shadowrun, and has a more open ended style of gameplay than…

25 March 1993

Shadowrun is an adventure developed by BlueSky Software, released 25 March 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Shadowrun is

Shadowrun is an adventure game developed by BlueSky Software and released in 1993. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.

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Shadowrun is an action role-playing game.It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.The game is the second video game adapted from Shadowrun, and has a more open ended style of gameplay than its 1993 Super NES counterpart, Shadowrun by Beam Software. The game is set in the Shadowrun universe, in the 2050s. A time where the blending of technology and human flesh is common; it is around the time the Matrix, a huge computer network, came online, with the ability to jack into its cyberspace directly. It was also a time of magic renewal: a phenomenon known as The Awakening occurred, where magic returned into the world. Sorcery was once again possible, and slowly and seemingly…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Shadowrun series

Shadowrun is the first of 9 entries we hold in the Shadowrun series. The next entry was Shadowrun in 1993.

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When did Shadowrun come out?
Shadowrun was released on 25 March 1993 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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