shadow dancer

Shadow Dancer is a side-scrolling shooter and hack-and-slash action video game produced by SEGA and originally released as an arcade game in 1989.

It is the second and the final arcade game in the Shinobi series, following the original Shinobi itself.

The player controls a ninja called Joe Musashi who is aided by an attack dog (Shadow), who is fighting to save the city from a terrorist organization.

Shadow Dancer was the first game developed for the Sega System 18 arcade board hardware, and its generally well-received home versions were released for the SEGA Master System home console and several home computer systems in 1991.

A loose game console adaptation titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi was released exclusively for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990.

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