Shadow Dancer

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For the Mega Drive game, see Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi.

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Shadow Dancer
System(s): Sega System 18, Sega Master System, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega; U.S. Gold (home computers)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















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Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー), known as Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi on Master System covers, is an action platform game developed by Sega for the Sega System 18 arcade system in 1989. A port of the game was published by Sega for the Sega Master System, and ports to several home computers were published by U.S. Gold. The game is a sequel or spin-off to the 1986 arcade game Shinobi.

A similar game titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi was released for the Sega Mega Drive, which features an entirely different set of levels.

Production Credits

Master System Version

Graphic: Yatsute Miro, Gaga
Program: M.Wakayama
Sound: K.T.
Manual: May
Special: Hagi Chan, H.Sekiguchi

Armstrad CPC Version

Coding: Dave Semmens
Graphics: Doug Townsley
Software House: Images

Physical Scans

Master System version

Master System, EU
ShadowDancer SMS EU cover.jpg
Cover
Master System, Brazil
ShadowDancer SMS BR cover.jpg
Cover

Amiga Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
74 №45
Amiga
 74
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
ACE (UK)
74
[1]
Amiga Power (UK)
63
[2]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
40
[3]
Games-X (UK)
80
[4]
Joystick (FR)
90
[5]
Megazone (AU)
84
[6]
Power Play (DE)
68
[7]
Raze (UK)
82
[8]
Zzap!64 (UK)
83
[9]
Amiga
 74
Based on
9 reviews

Shadow Dancer




Games in the Shinobi series
Arcade
 Shinobi (1987) | Shadow Dancer (1989)
Sega Master System
 Shinobi (1988) | The Cyber Shinobi (1990) | Shadow Dancer (1991)
Amiga
Atari ST
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
IBM PC compatibles
MSX
 Shinobi (1989)
Sega Mega Drive
 The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Sega Game Gear
 The GG Shinobi (1991) | The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
Sega Saturn
 Shinobi Legions (1995)
Game Boy Advance
 The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Shinobi (2002) | Nightshade (2003)
Nintendo 3DS
 Shinobi 3D (2011) | 3D Shinobi III (2013)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
Music
 The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) | Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) | Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) | Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) | Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) | The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
Book
 Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) | Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) | Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) | Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) | Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) | Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)
  1. ↑ ACE, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-08), page 56
  2. ↑ Amiga Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-23), page 82
  3. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1991" (DE; 1991-07-26), page 58
  4. ↑ Games-X, "3rd May 1991" (UK; 1991-04-26), page 16
  5. ↑ Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 192
  6. ↑ Megazone, "August/September 1991" (AU; 1991-xx-xx), page 50
  7. ↑ Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 39
  8. ↑ Raze, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-05-30), page 38
  9. ↑ Zzap!64, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-04-xx), page 68
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