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| Developer(s) | Group SNE |
| Publisher(s) | Compile |
| Series | Shadowrun |
| Platform(s) | Mega-CD |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing, interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | 1 CD-ROM |
Shadowrun (シャドウラン) is a cyberpunk interactive fiction role-playing video game (RPG) for the Sega Mega-CD adapted from the pen and paper RPG Shadowrun by FASA. It was developed by Japanese company Group SNE and released on February 23, 1995.
This game was never released outside of Japan. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the last game released on the Mega-CD (Surgical Strike is the latest known release, having been released in Japan in December 1995[2]), but rather the last third-party Mega-CD game released in Japan.[3]
The game has a manga-based visual style; it is loosely based on a contemporary Japanese manga series [1] which was based on the Shadowrun franchise. Unlike the other Shadowrun video games which are set in Seattle and surrounding areas, this game is set entirely in Japan. In the fictional Shadowrun setting, Japan maintains a practice of exiling all orcs and trolls; thus there are no characters of those races in this game.
Also setting it apart is the combat system, turn-based rather than action-based, and six-sided dice appear rolling on the screen to determine the results of combat -- the conflict resolution system used in the Shadowrun table-top game.
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