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Shadowrun is an action RPG of epic proportions. You take on the role of Joshua, a Shadowrunner out to discover who murdered his brother.

Along the way you get into street brawls, deadly gunfights, run the Matrix, slip into and out of the MegaCorps, explore the wild wilderness and deal with every low-life mage and high-tech cyber Street Samurai in Seattle.

Shadowrun was based on the FASA RPG of the same name, and while real-time, modeled every rule from the paper system, from character stats to experience to combat to weapons and equipment.

The game used an overhead view for physical combat, and a third person "POV" view when on Matrix runs. It allowed two other characters to join your party, temporarily of "for life", however short that was...

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User Reviews

Fantasy, science fiction and good gameplay.

Timo Takalo (42)

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The Press Says

Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Jun, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Mega Play Magazine	Jul, 1994	80 out of 100	80
GamePro	Jul, 1994	4 out of 5	80
All Game Guide	2007		70
Sega-16.com	Aug 10, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Game Players	Jun, 1994	62 out of 100	62

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Trivia

Sega sub-licenced the Shadowrun IP from Data East. Due to a number of factors, the Genesis version was completely different from Data East's SNES version.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Tony Van (2710) on Jun 08, 2002.