Samurai Shodown IV

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Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK TNSsoft (Windows)
Designer(s)	Kiyoji Tomita
Artist(s)	Y. Koyasu
Writer(s)	Y. Yoshimitsu
Composer(s)	Hideki Asanaka Yasumasa Yamada Yoshihiko Kitamura
Series	Samurai Shodown
Platform(s)	Arcade Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release	1996 Arcade WW: 25 October 1996 Neo Geo AES WW: 29 November 1996 Neo Geo CD WW: 27 December 1997 Saturn JP: 2 October 1997 PlayStation Original release JP: 25 December 1997 Re-release JP: 24 April 2003 Windows JP: December 2000
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player multiplayer
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS

Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge^[a] is the fourth in SNK's flagship Samurai Shodown series of fighting games. Chronologically, it is the second and final chapter of a story between Samurai Shodown and Samurai Shodown II, with Samurai Shodown III being the first chapter. Samurai Shodown! on the Neo Geo Pocket is a monochrome adaptation of this game, and it was followed by Samurai Shodown! 2 on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, which is a 2D adaptation of Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage.

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