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Shamus

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

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Developer
Junglevision Software
Publisher
Vatical Entertainment (NA); Telegames (EU)
First release
2000
Platform
Game Boy
Rarity
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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.

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Product codes

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

Code source: retroplace.com.

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