Shadow, The (UK)

It was planned for release in 1994 on the super NES, alongside other systems, but was canceled.

Releases console

1994 SNES

1994 Genesis

1994 Atari Jaguar CD

Developer Ocean Software

The Shadow was developed by British studio Ocean Software, which was famous for acquiring licenses for games based on major motion pictures during this period. Ocean's vice president of development, Gary Bracey, considered The Shadow as the next big movie license after the company's Batman. Though not particularly impressed with the script for The Shadow, Bracey was able to meet with the film's director Russell Mulcahy and star Alec Baldwin while optioning the game tie-in. Production on the game was led by Brian Flanagan, who described it as a "messy project". Flanagan was its designer and lead artist, having created its sprites and a large portion of its backgrounds. Versions were developed for the SNES and Sega Genesis. The SNES version was completed and review copies were even sent to gaming magazines prior to its scheduled release. However, it was ultimately cancelled due to the film's low box-office gross.

The Shadow battles various enemies in the game.

Preliminary North American SNES cover art