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Shamus

Game Boy · 2000 · Vatical Entertainment (NA); Telegames (EU)

DeveloperJunglevision Software
PublisherVatical Entertainment (NA); Telegames (EU)
First release2000
PlatformGame Boy
Rarityno data
WhyThere’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.

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. "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.

For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Product codes

The code on the sticker shows the region and units produced.

DMG-AVXE-USAUSA · on the boxDMG-AVXP-EUREUR · on the cartridge

Code source: retroplace.com.

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