29: Shadow Fighter

Number 29
(153 points)
Shadow Fighter
1995: 11 (72.0)
1996: 20 (81.0)

In the quest to provide a good Street Fighter 2 equivalent on the one-button Amiga, Shadow Fighter ended up as the best of the bunch.

With 18 characters to play with, Shadow Fighter has an unusually large roster. Each fighter not only has several basic moves performed with the fire button in different directions, but can also pull off several special moves. This variety, combined with fast and solid movement, makes the game one of the better one-on-one fighting experiences on the Amiga.

It's never going to quite live up to the arcade-and-console multi-button brawlers, but Shadow Fighter does the best with what it has, providing an excellent beat 'em up even on the A500, on a single button. Kudos to them, but I'm not so sure you guys will want to play it today.

Recommended TOSEC disk(s):
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(Disk 1 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(Disk 2 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(Disk 3 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(Disk 4 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(AGA)(Disk 3 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)(AGA)(Disk 4 of 4)[cr PSG]
Shadow Fighter (1995)(Gremlin)[!] (CD32)