Shadow of the Beast
Studios
Developers — The Creative Assembly, Reflections Interactive
Publishers — Psygnosis, Tec Toy
Details
Platforms — Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Lynx, Atari ST/STE, Sega Master System/Mark III, Commodore VIC-20, FM Towns, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Genres — Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Modes — Single player
Perspective — Side view
Shadow of the Beast ranks #5,500 overall and #717 among platform games — top 20% of all ranked titles. Among the 201 games released in 1989, it ranks #15. Hovers within reach of its all-time peak of #5,492, reached 6 days ago.