Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with role-play elements that make it stand out from other similar games released at the time. In addition to the original four heroes found in its…
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is an arcade developed by Capcom, released 4 February 1996 on Sega Saturn and Arcade.
What Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 1996. It is available on Sega Saturn and Arcade. It runs on CP System II (CPS-2).
The premise, in the publisher's words
After defeating the Arch Lich Deimos, the heroes continued on their journey through the Broken Lands of Glantri upon realizing that Deimos was only part of an even greater evil plan, and he was in fact being used by a mysterious sorceress named Synn, who appears to be a young woman, but commands a powerful magical abilities, has been scheming to control the Kingdom of Glantri and conquer the humanoids of the Republic of Darokin. After Deimos was defeated, Synn vowed to punish the land that she desired. At the game's end, the player discovers that Synn is in fact a centuries-old red dragon, determined to harness the mystical forces of the lands she has conquered, in order to awaken a…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is the 46th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft in 1996. Its critic score of 75 is 2 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Baldur's Gate III at 95.
How it was received
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 53% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara launched on 4 February 1996, within three weeks of Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom and Front Page Sports Football Pro '96. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, Front Page Sports Football Pro '96.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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