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Beyond Shadowgate (1993) Game Information

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3816

Avg. Rating:

3.00/5

# of Ratings:

1

US Release Date:

1993

Platform:

TurboGrafx-16
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Developer:

ICOM Simulations

Publisher:

Turbo Technologies Inc.

Genres:

Adventure

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  Nelson Schneider
Nelson Schneider
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08/29/2017 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

’Tis a Pity Your Adventures Have Taken You Here

The original “Shadowgate” was one of my favorite NES games. In general, I find that RPGs and Adventure games tend to stand-up better over the long-term than heavily Action-centric games, as their mechanics tend to be the type of thing that ‘ages well.’ With Adventure games especially, there are no worries about sloppy/unresponsive controls, slippery platforming, or unforgiving/punishing systems in place to handle character death. No, when it comes to old Adventure games, the biggest thing that keeps them from maintaining classic status is insane-moon-logic puzzles.

Because I loved “Shadowgate” so much in my formative years, I often wished there had been a sequel. When “Shadogate 64: Trial of the Four Towers” was released in 1999, it marked one of the exceedingly rare oc...

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