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Retro Weekends Episode 43: Shadow Dancer

 
 
 
 
Retro Weekends plays and reviews Shadow Dancer for the Genesis. All gameplay footage taken from real hardware.
 
   

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What we thought
 
 
Chris

"I really enjoyed this game. As anyone familiar with the channel will know I like skill-based games with high stakes so I don't have any problems with the one hit deaths. Rich feels like the game is a little short but I don't think I can agree here, there's a lot of replayability in the game with many options for difficulty and such. I do prefer the earlier Revenge of Shinobi though which I feel is a bit deeper, but this is great too"

     
4/5
 
   

"I'm quite a fan of this game to be honest, I grew up with it and it was one of my favourite games back in the day. I love the art design in it, I love the music which I feel has a lot of energy (it gets the blood pumping so to speak), and I also love the dynamic animation and movement. The set-pieces here are very memorable, with you walking through a burning city, or climbing the statue of liberty in an elevator, very cool. On the downside It is quite a short game, but I feel like it does just enough here to be respectable too."

rich
   
4/5
 
 
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