Shadowrun
Shadowrun is an action role-playing game.It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.The game is the second video game adapted from Shadowrun, and has a more open ended style of gameplay than…
Shadowrun is an adventure developed by BlueSky Software, released 25 March 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Shadowrun is
Shadowrun is an adventure game developed by BlueSky Software and released in 1993. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shadowrun is an action role-playing game.It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.The game is the second video game adapted from Shadowrun, and has a more open ended style of gameplay than its 1993 Super NES counterpart, Shadowrun by Beam Software. The game is set in the Shadowrun universe, in the 2050s. A time where the blending of technology and human flesh is common; it is around the time the Matrix, a huge computer network, came online, with the ability to jack into its cyberspace directly. It was also a time of magic renewal: a phenomenon known as The Awakening occurred, where magic returned into the world. Sorcery was once again possible, and slowly and seemingly…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Shadowrun series
Shadowrun is the first of 9 entries we hold in the Shadowrun series. The next entry was Shadowrun in 1993.
What it launched against
Shadowrun launched on 25 March 1993, within three weeks of Kirby's Adventure and NBA Jam.
Released around the same time: Kirby's Adventure, NBA Jam.
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