Shamus

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Genres

Arcade

Themes

ActionScience fiction

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Developer Synapse Software Corporation

Publishers IBM, Telegames, NEC Home Electronics, Tandy, Human Engineered Software, Atarisoft, Americana Software Limited, Synapse Software Corporation

Release dates

Platform	Date
Atari 8-bit	December 31, 1982
Commodore VIC-20	December 31, 1982
Apple II	December 31, 1983
Commodore C64/128/MAX	December 31, 1983
NEC PC-6000 Series	December 31, 1983
TRS-80 Color Computer	December 31, 1983
Texas Instruments TI-99	December 31, 1983
Legacy Computer	December 31, 1984
Game Boy Color	December 31, 1999

About

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.

Story

No storyline available

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