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Shadow Blasters

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sigma Enterprises (Japan), Sage's Creation (US)

Developer: Cyclone System^[1], Sigma Pro-Tech, Sigma Enterprises (???)

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-08-10^[2]	¥6,200 (6,386)6,200e^[3]	T-26023
US	1990		47016

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Shiten Myouou or Shiten-Myooh (四天明王 lit. 4 Dawning Kings) is a 1990 action game by Sigma Enterprises. Sage's Creation published it in the US under the name Shadow Blasters.

Gameplay

You play as one of four people in six levels you can play in any order. Each person can use a normal magic attack with (hold to charge; you can also attack straight up by holding with ), jump with , and fire a special attack with . You can change people at any time with START — but once a person dies once, they are gone for the rest of the game.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Shadow Blasters	Shadow Blasters
Japanese	四天明王	Shiten Myouou

Production credits

Game Designer: T.Mura
Character Designer: Suttako‑Tetsu
Scroll Designer: Goro Tama, TS‑25
Programmer: X Y Z, Hiroshi Sato
Sound Programmer: M.Takayama
Sound Composer: Songdong Kim
Thanks...: Zerozero X, Garam, Katsu, Angela, Mr. Ogulin

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Shadow Blasters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0101: "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (1990-10-xx)^[4]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-06: "June 1990" (1990-05-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

NTSC-U

40

^[5]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

53

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[8]

Joystick (FR)

79

^[9]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

34

^[10]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[11]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

40

^[12]

Power Play (DE)

38

^[13]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

25

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

46

^[15]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

39

^[16]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

65

^[17]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[18]

	50
Based on 14 reviews

Shadow Blasters

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	713d377b
MD5	3593e0995aa5ac87bf54e54da56e4631
SHA-1	8485453264fd67ff8e4549a9db50b4f314a6fcb5

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	7e729693
MD5	db917818b7f82a0bf6dd5aeee7bf5a1a
SHA-1	7bc3be0753b4ba8bbab2f5096e0efa0c0884dd98

512kB

1990-06

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Shouichi_Yoshikawa
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1990" (JP; 1990-05-08), page 6
↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 15
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 202
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 124
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 24
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 107
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63
↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 43
↑ Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 142
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1990" (US; 1990-1x-xx), page 62

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FInterview:Shouichi_Yoshikawa-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Shouichi_Yoshikawa

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-06.pdf_p6-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1990" (JP; 1990-05-08), page 6

[:File:GPSG_US_01.pdf_p15-4] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 15

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 202

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-05.pdf_p124-6] Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 124

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p24-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 24

[8] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joystick_FR_009.pdf_p107-9] Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p94-10] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-11.pdf_p63-11] Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63

[:File:MegaPlay_US_02.pdf_p43-12] Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-11.pdf_p142-13] Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 142

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-14] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-15] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[17] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_22.pdf_p62-18] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1990" (US; 1990-1x-xx), page 62

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Difference between revisions of "Shadow Blasters"

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References