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Shadow of The Beast is a platform action game, developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis. The game was made for the Amiga and released in 1989. It was later imported on other game systems.

The Plot
A young child called Aarbron, was kidnapped away from his unsuspecting parents. The mysterious abductors carried the child far across the land to the mighty temple Necropolis. There the child was accepted by the mages of darkness, warrior priests of the Beast Land.
Deep below the temple the child was escorted, passing through a labyrinth of rooms and passages to the chambers of creation. There the evil mages worked their dark arts creating strange creatures, plants and traps to guard their lord beast's stronghold. Aarbron had a special purpose, during the years of preparation, he was corrupted by dark magic and slowly transformed his appearance, turning him from human into a powerful creature, the Beast Messenger, a loyal servant for the evil beast lord Maletoth. During this process, it cause him to erase memories of his past life completely.
Many years later the Beast Messenger witnesses a man being executed,
the creature's past memories returns and realises the man being executed is his father. This prompts Aarbron to seek revenge against Maletoth. This will take him on a long arduous journey, forcing him to battle his way through both hostile terrain and Maletoth's forces. Hopefully by defeating Maletoth, he will be freed from his curse, and return to his former human self.

Synopsis
One of the most difficult games to beat! Could not finish this game in the early days way back in 1990. I was hoping to add this about 2 years ago, gave up, very frustrating at the time. But I tried it again starting last October, persevered and finally completed this game last week. I tell you it was exhausting to beat this.
You only have one life with 12 bars, when you loose a life, you have to start all the way at the beginning, you also have to find the right position and action to use in every part of a level, and trying not to loose too many bars. Very challenging game.
Despite the difficulty and frustration of completing the game, it is a beautiful looking game with an excellent soundtrack. Gameplay wise, it is mediocre for sure.

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