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Nightshade

aka: Night Shade
Moby ID: 27509
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Released
1985 on Commodore 64
Credits
1 person
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Moby Score
7.3
#10,040 of 25.7K
Critics
80% (14)
Players
(11)
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12 players
Genre
Action
Perspective
Diagonal-down
Gameplay
Puzzle elements
Interface
Direct control
Setting
Fantasy
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  • box cover Nightshade (1992 on NES, 2019 on Windows, 2020 on Nintendo Switch)
  • box cover Nightshade (2003 on PlayStation 2)
  • box cover Nightshade (2016 on PS Vita, 2017 on Windows, 2018 on Nintendo Switch)

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Between the Seas of the Seven Islands and the purple Mountains lies a valley. Time was that this area was safe and hospitable, however darkness then came - killing many of the inhabitants and warping the minds of the others. Many have gone there, none have returned - can you be the first?

Nightshade is an arcade adventure in scrolling isometric 3D (an advance on earlier Ultimate titles such as Knight Lore, which were flick-screen), with directional or rotational controls. You can take 3 hits from the various roaming monsters - turning from white to yellow to green as you take them - but a 4th costs you one of your five lives. Objects can be thrown at these foes, but only if you have any.

The map is made up of medieval-style buildings, which are visible while you are on the outside but whose roofs lift when you enter them, to ensure full visibility. There are four super-villains to destroy (a mad monk, a skeleton, a ghost, and Mr Grimreaper), and you must find the right objects to do this.

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Martin Smith.

BBC Micro added by S Olafsson. MSX added by Orfikus.

Additional contributors: formercontrib, ZeTomes.

Game added April 9, 2007. Last modified October 10, 2024.