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Shamus
Game Boy · 2000 · Vatical Entertainment (NA); Telegames (EU)
RateSpecs
- Developer
- Junglevision Software
- Publisher
- Vatical Entertainment (NA); Telegames (EU)
- First release
- 2000
- Platform
- Game Boy
- Rarity
- no data
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Description
Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga (credited as William Mataga) and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape in 1982. According to Synapse co-founder Ihor Wolosenko, Shamus made the company famous by giving it a reputation for quality.
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"Funeral March of a Marionette", the theme song from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plays on the title screen. The player moves through four flip-screen levels, each containing 32 rooms, shooting attackers and collecting keys for locked areas while searching for the exit. Shamus was inspired by the 1980 Berzerk arcade video game.
Product codes
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DMG-AVXE-USAUSA · on the boxDMG-AVXP-EUREUR · on the cartridgeCode source: retroplace.com.
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