Shadow Blasters

Infobox VG
title=Shadow Blasters


caption=Shadow Blasters box art
developer = Sigma Enterprises
publisher = Sage's Creation
designer= Kim Songdong (composer)
released=Sega Genesis
flagicon|Japan 1990
flagicon|US 1990
genre = Sidescroller, Platformer
modes = 1 to 2 Players Simultaneously
ratings= none (pre-ESRB)
platforms=Sega Genesis
media= Cartridge
input=Game Controller

"Shadow Blasters" (四天明王 "Shiten Myouou") is a video game developed by Sigma Enterprises Inc. for the Sega Genesis video game console. It was released in 1990 in both North America and Japan.

Gameplay

Overview

The evil god Ashura has unleashed hordes of monsters and demons onto Earth, hoping to take control of the planet as well as the hearts of men. The powerful god Hyprion has recruited four of Earth's most powerful warriors and assembled them into a team to fight the encroaching darkness. The player assumes control of this group of warriors in order to defeat the armies and their god, Ashura.

Mechanics

The game is a standard sidescrolling platform game. The player can control one character at a time and can choose from a pool of four characters. Each character is able to walk, jump, crouch, and fire a projectile weapon unique to that character. For the most part, the player is free to move forward and backward through a given level as desired. As the player progresses, characters become more powerful by picking up power-ups for the attributes of speed, jump, and power. Power-ups do not "roll over" into the character pool if the current character is at the maximum for the respective attribute - a character can only gain attribute points from a power-up if that character is in play when the power-up is collected.

Characters

There are four characters that player can choose from. Each character has 4 distinct stages to his or her weapon. The player can switch characters at any point during game play simply by going to the character select screen and choosing a different character. While this is a powerful asset, once a character dies, he or she cannot ever be revived. This effectively limits the total "lives" of the player to 4. Once the last character is dead, the game is over.

Levels

Part I

The first part of the game consists of six levels: Mountain, Street, Glenn, Harbor, Forest, and Future. One unique aspect of this game is that these six levels may be played in any order the player desires.

Part II

The second part of the game consists of two levels and a final battle, arranged in a predetermined order.

Character list

External links

* [http://cheats.gamespy.com/genesis/shadow-blasters/] Game Release Information
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