Shadowgate

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Description

Using the same graphical interface as Deja Vu, Shadowgate is an adventure game set in a fantasy world. Players take the part of an adventurer sent to the ancient keep of Shadowgate on a quest to find a mystic artifact known as the Staff of Ages and stop the evil Warlock Lord from summoning a horrific demon known as the Behemoth. However, Shadowgate has become infested with the Warlock Lord's demonic minions, not to mention the castle's still functional booby-traps.

Unlike Deja Vu, death comes at the protagonist suddenly, unexpectedly and, most of all, often. Such simple acts as pulling the wrong switch or opening the wrong door can cause the hero to be skewered by a booby-trap or disemboweled by a monster. If the player character's torch burns out (this happens quite regularly) and the player forgets to light a new one, the protagonist will trip in the dark and break his neck.

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Alternate Titles

• "Shadowkeep" -- Working title
• "Behemoth" -- Working title
• "シャドウゲイト" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into books
• MacVenture series
• Shadowgate series

User Reviews

Kill me once, then kill me twice, then kill me once again.	NES	PCGamer77 (3233)
A very good adventure game that takes advantage of the Amiga's capabilities	Amiga	Katakis | カタキス (41999)
A step way back	NES	D Michael (232)
Gateway game	NES	Christina Nordlander (26)
Early dungeon point and click puzzler, a little "mature"	Macintosh	Andrew Fisher (707)
Fan-freaking-tastic	DOS	Ryan MacGregor (1)

Critic Reviews

Consoles Plus	NES	Sep, 1991	94 out of 100	94
All Game Guide	NES	2007		90
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Mar, 1988	87 out of 100	87
Jeuxvideo.com	NES	May 18, 2010	16 out of 20	80
ST Action	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	77 out of 100	77
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Windows 3.x	Dec, 1993	9 out of 12	75
Amiga Computing	Amiga	Sep, 1988	73 out of 100	73
Power Play	Atari ST	Mar, 1988	7 out of 10	70
Video Games	NES	Jun, 1992	48 out of 100	48
The Good Old Days (Staff Reviews only)	Amiga	Apr 24, 2003	2 out of 6	33

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Trivia

Inform port

Programmer David Griffith re-implemented an entirely text-only port of this game in Inform, available (with source!) at his website, reviewed in SPAG #36.

Related Web Sites

• OC ReMix Game Profile (Fan remixes of music from Shadowgate.)
• Shadowgate - Wikipedia (information on the open encyclopedia website)
• The Shadowgate Lands (Information about the game.)