This was an instant buy for me. I had fond memories of playing Nightshade on the NES. The emulator is decent, it has save state support. The full screen also has a wallpaper behind it. It is cheaper than buying Nightshade NES cart on eBay.
Nightshade1992
Nightshade
1992 Ultra Games80Great
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 4 hours to finish the game, but players put about 3 hours into it on average.
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Available on
- $8.99
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Details
- Launch
- January 31, 1992
- Developer
- Beam Software
- Publisher
- Ultra Games
- Genres
Overview
IT IS MANKIND'S DARKEST DAY! The shadows of doom grow long as the ancient Egyptian villain Sutekh envelops Metro City with a wave of crime. But Sutekh's seedy underworld is about to be infiltrated by a superhero unlike the world has even seen. A superhero who can melt into the darkness like a phantom. By day this brave crimefighter is a common ordinary citizen. But when night falls, he is cloaked in a secret identity to seek out and destroy the dark forces that lurk on midnight streets. Who is this man the press calls Nightshade? Only you can answer that... for he is you. Every night you solidify your superhero status, patrolling one hundred of the city's darkest corners, including King Rat's filthy underground hideout and the League of Unreasonable Gentlemen. Here you'll find thieves, muggers and other alley scum that you must either deal with or destroy for clues. But be warned. You're not the only night stalker. For as you hunt Sutekh, Sutekh hunts you with the human printing press,...
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Masterpiece- Steam100from 18 reviews
Fool me once - I'm mad.
Fool me twice - How could you?
Fool me three times - You're officially that guy, okay?
You know him, you know the one.
You go to the bar and he's like, 'This suit is, uh, officially it's a Giorgio Armani, ech my dad knows him!'
♥♥♥♥ YOU!
I AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIN'T HAVIN' THAT ♥♥♥♥!
I didn't believe my eyes when i saw this was on here... I love this game so much! The soundtrack is super good, the puzzles are fun, and so is the combat. This game is so good.
Like a lot of folks, Nightshade (by Beam Software) was one of the best adventure games I’d ever played. Written by Paul Kidd and scored by Marshall Parker (who also did Shadowrun on Super Nintendo), the game’s design somehow makes point-and-click function smoothly on NES and blends pugilism and puzzles so perfectly that it’s more Batman than Batman!...
I squealed in delight when I saw that this game was added to Steam. It's a severely underrated gem on the NES library that beautifully combines the point & click and action/adventure genres together along with also having the best writing out of any NES game. I highly encourage you to buy this gem of a game right away!