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Shadow Dancer

PlatformHack & SlashArcade

Steam
Released

1989

Exact day not announced

Platforms
  • PC
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Arcade
  • Amiga
  • +4
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Jun 1, 20105,994 days ago
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
  2. Jun 1991
    • Atari ST/STE
  3. Mar 1991
    • Commodore C64/128/MAX
  4. 1989
    • Arcade

About

Shadow Dancer is an action platform game developed by Sega for the Sega System 18 arcade system in 1989. A port of the game was published by Sega for the Sega Master System, and ports to several home computers were published by U.S. Gold. It was the first sequel to Shinobi, alongside The Revenge of Shinobi. A similar game titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi was released for the Sega Mega Drive, which features an entirely different set of stages. A terrorist group is planting numerous time bombs throughout the city. The player, a ninja master accompanied by a canine partner, sets out on four missions to dismantle the bombs and destroy the criminal syndicate behind these acts.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 91 players
Main story
1 h
Main + extras
2 h
Completionist
2.5 h

Reviews

IGDB players65/10016 ratings

Game info

Released
1989 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Engine
Sega System 16

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBE10+Fantasy Violence

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

Themes & tags

Story & names

The young Ninja battles together with his faithful pet dog. In the center of the city, a group of terrorists are committing known to man, including the planting of time bombs throughout the metropolis. Our youthful hero and his canine companion courageously set out to gather all the explosives placed by the evil gang and annihilate the syndicate that manipulates them

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Release dates by region

10 releases in 4 regions

worldwide

north america

europe

japan

The Shinobi series

All 20 games
  1. Shinobi1987
  2. This gameShadow Dancer1989
  3. The Revenge of Shinobi1989
  4. Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi1990 · Remake
  5. The Cyber Shinobi1990
  6. Shinobi1991
  7. Shinobi II: The Silent Fury1992
  8. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master1993
  9. Shinobi Legions1995
  10. Shinobi2002
  11. The Revenge of Shinobi2002
  12. Nightshade2003

Showing 1–12 of 14 main games, in release order.

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.