Shadow of the Beast II
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Electronic Arts Psygnosis Victor Musical Industries (JP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Reflections Interactive, Psygnosis WJS Design Digital Developments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Psygnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Amiga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Reflections Interactive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.2 RSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shadow of the Beast II, subtitled Shadow of the Beast II: Jyushin no Jubaku (シャドー・オブ・ザ・ビーストII 獣神の呪縛) in Japan, is a 1992 action game by Psygnosis, originally released for the Amiga before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD, and also the Atari ST and FM-Towns computers. It is the sequel to the original Shadow of the Beast and the second game in the Shadow of the Beast trilogy (the third game was an Amiga exclusive, though it was also going to be released for the Mega Drive).
Contents
Story
At the end of the first game, you manage to free yourself from a life of serving the Beast Lord, only to find your baby sister has been kidnapped by Zelek to take your place as a Beast Messenger. Infuriated, you set out to find your sister and destroy Zelek.
Gameplay
- Sega Mega Drive version:
The controls are simple: jumps, fires, selects a weapon to fire. A flail replaces the punches from the first game. Items can be offered to certain characters by pausing the game, Gimmick sections from the first game have been removed. The game is now even more open-worlded and non-linear. Due to this openness, limited hints and the failed puzzles not killing the player, it's possible to get stuck easily.
- Sega Mega-CD version:
TODO
Versions
- Around a quarter of the screen of the Sega Mega Drive is covered by a black bar that serves no purpose. Reasons for this are unknow, although it can be assumed this is due to the Sega Mega Drive version running at a higher resolution than the Amiga original and the developers not compensation this.
- The Sega Mega-CD and Sega Mega Drive version are largely different, with the Sega Mega-CD having more content, additional weapons, optimized graphics, slightly altered gameplay, cutscenes, extra dialogue options, more characters to interact with etc. It's generally considered to be the definite version of the game.
- Compared to the Amiga original, both versions feature a different player sprite, with the Sega Mega-CD's hero being slightly armored, and the Sega Mega Drive's hero only wearing pants.
- For the Sega Mega Drive version, cutscenes and background graphics were removed.
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Shadow of the Beast II | Shadow of the Beast II |
Japanese | シャドー・オブ・ザ・ビーストII 獣神の呪縛 | Shadow of the Beast II: Jyushin no Jubaku |
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Original Game: Reflections
- MegaDrive Conversion: WJS Design
- Programming: Rob Povey
- Music and Sound Effects: Tony Williams
- Graphics: Lee Carus Westcott, Nicky Carus Westcott
- Bits N Pieces: Noel Hines
- Others Involved: Wayne Smithson, John White, Mike Simpson
- Thanks To: Leo Skirenko, Philip Watts
Mega-CD version
- Amiga Original: Reflections
- Sega Conversion By: Digital Developments
- Written By: Tim Swan, Andrew Bond
- Graphics: Andrew Bond, Lee Doyle
- FM Towns Graphics: Nicky and Lee Carus Westcott
- Sound Effects: Tim Swan, Kavin Collier
- Music: Derek Austin, Jimmy Jaketh
- Guitar: Ray Deefholts
- Music Produced By: Derek Austin, Bob Butterworth
- Recorded In: Roland RSS Stereo at Boxmead Studios UK
- Character Speech By: Tim Bentinck
- Quality Control: Pat Russell, Paul Euason, Graeme Love
- Story and Documentation: Nick Wild
- Project Management: John White, Mike Simpson, Tony Parkes, Steve Cain
- Copyright 1994 Psygnosis Ltd
- Japanese Translation: Yu Kakinomoto
- Producer: Kazuo Nakamura
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shadow of the Beast II/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Artwork
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Based on 19 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Shadow of the Beast II/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:SotB2 MCD JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 93
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- ↑ File:Shadow of the Beast II MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Shadow of the Beast II MCD JP credits.pdf
- ↑ ', "November 1993" (; 1993-xx-xx), page 152
- ↑ ', "November 1993" (; 1993-xx-xx), page 188
- ↑ ', "July 1994" (; 1994-06-23), page 203
- ↑ ', "July 1994" (; 1994-06-23), page 74
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