Shadowrun (1996 video game)

Shadowrun
Developer(s)	Group SNE
Publisher(s)	Compile
Series	Shadowrun
Platform(s)	Mega-CD
Release	JP: February 23, 1996[1][2]
Genre(s)	Role-playing, visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

Shadowrun (シャドウラン) is a cyberpunk visual novel role-playing video game for the Sega Mega-CD that was made and released by Japanese company Compile.^[3] It is based on the pen and paper RPG Shadowrun by FASA. It was released on February 23, 1996 in Japan, and is the last Mega-CD/Sega CD game released anywhere.

The game is based on a Japanese manga series. Unlike the other Shadowrun video games, which play in Seattle and surrounding areas, this game plays in Japan. There are no orcs and trolls because Japan exiles them. Like the original game, it uses six-sided dice rolls for a turn-based combat—conflict resolution system.

Reception

Famitsu scored the game a 24/40.^[4]

References

1. "Compile software history, archived - Mega Drive/Mega CD page". Archived from the original on November 4, 1999. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
2. "Sega CD - Games". Allgame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
3. "GDRI page for Compile's developed software". Retrieved 9 November 2012.
4. Famitsu staff (March 1, 1996). "クロスレビュー" [Cross Review]. Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 376. ASCII. p. 30. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

Other websites

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Shadowrun at MobyGames