Shamus (1982) · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 1982-01-01
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Genres
- Action
- Platforms
- Game Boy Color, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 8-bit
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
53User score · 6 ratings
Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape in 1982. According to Synapse co-founder Ihor Wolosenko, Shamus made the company famous by giving it a reputation for quality. "Funeral March of a Marionette", the theme song from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plays on the title screen.
- Released
- 1982
- Genres
- Arcade
- Platforms
- Commodore VIC-20, Game Boy Color, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Legacy Computer, TRS-80 Color Computer, Apple II, NEC PC-6000 Series, Texas Instruments TI-99
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Synapse Software Corporation
- Publisher
- Telegames, NEC Home Electronics, Tandy, Human Engineered Software, IBM
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Synapse Software
- Platform
- Game Boy
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- compact cassette
Show 2 more facts
- publication date
- 1982-12-31
- input device
- joystick
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0