Shamus
Shamus is a Arcade game released on December 31, 1982 for Commodore VIC-20, Game Boy Color, Atari 8-bit and 6 more. Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape in 19…
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Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape in 1982. According to Synapse co-founder Ihor Wolosenko, Shamus made the company famous by giving it a reputation for quality. "Funeral March of a Marionette", the theme song from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plays on the title screen.
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- Developer
- Synapse Software Corporation
- Publisher
- Telegames, NEC Home Electronics, Tandy, Human Engineered Software, IBM, Atarisoft, Americana Software Limited, Synapse Software Corporation
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action Science fiction
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- Text / Subtitles
- English
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