Shadow Dancer (1989 video game)

This article is about the 1989 arcade game and its home ports. For the 1990 Sega Mega Drive adaption, see Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi.
Shadow Dancer
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Sega
Images (computers)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Motoshige Hokoyama[3]
SeriesShinobi
Platform(s)Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Master System, ZX Spectrum
ReleaseArcade
  • NA: May 1989[2]
  • JP: September 14, 1989[1]
  • WW: November 1989
Genre(s)Hack-and-slash[4]
Platform
Mode(s)Single-player or two-player (alternating turns)
Arcade systemSega System 18

Shadow Dancer[a][b] is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash action game produced by Sega and originally released as an arcade game in 1989. It is the second and the final arcade game in the Shinobi series, following the original Shinobi itself. The player controls a ninja aided by an attack dog, who is fighting to save the city from a terrorist organization.

Shadow Dancer was the first game developed for the Sega System 18 arcade board hardware,[5][6] and its generally well-received home versions were released for several home computer systems and the Master System console in 1991 and 1992 respectively. A loose adaptation titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi was released exclusively for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990.

  1. ^ "Shadow Dancer (Registration Number PA0000620951)". United States Copyright Office. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). Sega of America (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Okunari, Yosuke. Legend of Joe Musashi: SHINOBI Music Collection (booklet). Japan: Wave Master. p. 8. WM-0626~9. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ^ "First Samurai". Computer and Video Games. No. 121 (December 1991). 15 November 1991. pp. 28–30.
  5. ^ "Video Game Flyers: Shadow Dancer, Sega (Japan)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Leadership: Sega USA does it again with 'Line of Fire' and some hot kits". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 4. January 1990. pp. 23–6.


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