Why are people comparing this game with the Genesis one? They are not even the same game. The only things they share is the title and setting/universe. Two completely different stories. It's like comparing an orange with an tomato :D
This snes version looks fun and I'm going to add it to my emulation collection but one thing's for sure...this is one of the few instances where the music and the game itself is a thousand times better on the Genesis version and blows the snes version away...a lot of times it was the opposite with those dual releases but the Genesis release was so much more rich all around, the mood, the music, the gameplay, the classic feel & look, the way you met shady characters.
Shame there wasn't a PC game for Shadowrun made during the time when games like Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate were made. Hopefully Bethesda will get the license for it and make their own Shadowrun game.
This was such a unique and awesome console rpg for it's time. There were random encounters but it didn't interupt the flow of the game like in traditional rpgs such as Final Fantasy and Breath of Fire.. the combat system was simple and straightforward but still addicting and different. The setting and story was also unique. They need to bring this out on the VC somehow.. Data East went bankrupt years ago so someone else needs to pick this up.
Does anybody have any understanding of why you're able to kill the the non threatening business men in the park that have families and leftist views on corporations. I know Jake isn't allowed to harm innocents yet somehow they didn't qualify, anybody else find this funny or have any insight into why that might be.
Both SNES and Genesis games are equal, both of games are superb, way better than piece of crap 2007 game, hell the Sega CD version is better than 2007 as well, hopefully they will bring all three classics back with a subtitle and Sega CD version with english translation that would be awesome. Also make a new RPG with 1st Person, 3rd Person and over shoulder elements game like Elder Scrolls 3&4, Fallout 3, Star Wars KOTOR, Dragons Age, Mass Effect and many more!
I need to own and play this game again! Everything about this game is so damn good, that I really wish there was a sequal to it. Maybe someday, hopefully.
"Um, I think it started ticking... if it goes off, it's likely to take a good portion of your head along with it. Sorry, here's a refund... try some aspirin. I don't think I can help you."
I'm currently working on a 3d adaptation of this game and have been for the last year. I'm using a graphics engine I wrote last year and am mapping out the levels at the moment. If it works out well, I'm going to add my own stories and well as a possible multi-player option. Depends on my load at uni next semester. When I have a working version I'll post a link to it in my YouTube channel's description.
@Textra1 If you love shadowrun for snes and sega search on google for abandon tomorrow flash game - its a rpg inspired from shadowrun and it can be played straight from browser , no download required. Haill shadowrun! PS: if you help the game with a good rating developers gona make a contiune to it.
I used to watch my roomate play this for hours on end. I am currently in possession of an NES now but my buddy doesn't have this one. I'm so bummed. Would love to play it.
There a tons of different weapons and armor that you can buy as you progress through the game. There are shops throughout the game were you can buy them. Each shop that you find will carry more powerful armor and weapons than the previous ones.
The player takes on the role of Jake Armitage (an homage to one of the main characters in William Gibson's novel Neuromancer), a courier who is shot and nearly killed in the streets of Seattle in the year 2050 by a hit squad. He wakes up in a morgue with amnesia. The remainder of the game follows Jake as he attempts to uncover his own identity, as well as that of the mysterious figure who wants him dead.
There's also an ongoing novel series about Shadowrun that you may want to check out. The Secrets of Power trilogy, the first three books in the series, involves part of this game's plot. And the Xbox 360 game serves as a prequel to the events here in this game and novels.
I really don't know why they went the first person shooter route. We have enough of those. Why not make some kind of action/rpg like the original on xbox instead of that crap. A
Def one of my favorite games for SNES! Must of finished the game at least 5o times.. I recently found some good hacked SNES ROMS for Zelda and Final Fantasy, but do u know of any good ROM patches for Shadowrun?
this is a good game! kind of hard in the beginning but later on it just takes patience, i think the wachowski brothers got their idea for matrix by playing this game..? any one with me?
Johnny Nemonic was based on a story written by William Gibson and I believe Shadowrun was based on a different story written by the same author. The name Armitage is also used it his novel Neuromancer
God this game ruled. The Genesis version was pretty rad too, but too difficult. I didn't realize until now how big a ripoff the opening screen is of Blade Runner... lol... But whatever, both of those rock and I own all three. Too bad the internet makes the matrix and "jacking in" look laughable.
dungeon crawl?? the game has a total of 4 areas that could be considered dungeons. With the biggest dungeon being 7 stories, and the last level being 3 stories long.. I'm not sure how you can call that a crawl. Certainly, any use of the "huge" descriptor is ridiculous imo. Amazing game though, an aesthetic delight.
Okay, look, the biggest problem for Shadowrun was simply the fact it turned into a huge dungeon crawl towards the end. That was really my only HUGE complaint with it. It was an excellent fairly simple to play and understand RPG and lots of awesome concepts. C'mon guys, Elves, Orcs, Dragons, The Matrix, Vampires, Squidmonsters, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!
Genius game. A "proper" sequel to this would be sooooo good instead of the fps version which looks turd.
I loved the way when you kill any person all the corpses look the same. Ah the music and sounds bring it all back. My care free years of gaming in the 90's....I want the sega megadrive version too, anyone know where i can get my dirty mitts on a copy?
Truly the best game ever for snes or genesis. the genesis version was a little bit better in my opinion. It's actually based on a dungeons and dragons type game. All modern cyberpunk, matrix-related games, movies, etc. was heavily influenced by this game. It's right on what you said about underrated, if this had come out nowadays it would have rechanged pop culture. I'm not liking what I see about the remake of it that microsoft is doing though, of course I haven't played it yet...
it was underrated for good reason. As a game, it wasn't much fun. The interface was painfully tedious and could have been so much more fluid, esp. considering what was done with less buttons on the Genesis platform.
As an experience, overall, it had some nice features but if the interface gets in the way, then it moves from being a game to a tech. demo that could be a game someday, if only the developers would fix the major problems.
incredibly moody.
gsmaciel 3 days ago
one of the games that ill never forget
khriszmarts 2 months ago
This game is fantastic,is a mix between fallout 1 and Deus ex.
Galvorn11 2 months ago
Remember enjoying HOURS with this game... :-)
Been hoping for Years of a Follow-up.. and NOT the First-player shooter that they Tried >.<
sure hope a MMO is In the Near Future
silouettesshadow 4 months ago
Why are people comparing this game with the Genesis one? They are not even the same game. The only things they share is the title and setting/universe. Two completely different stories. It's like comparing an orange with an tomato :D
DecenniuM 5 months ago
This snes version looks fun and I'm going to add it to my emulation collection but one thing's for sure...this is one of the few instances where the music and the game itself is a thousand times better on the Genesis version and blows the snes version away...a lot of times it was the opposite with those dual releases but the Genesis release was so much more rich all around, the mood, the music, the gameplay, the classic feel & look, the way you met shady characters.
EastWiq 5 months ago
can some one help me .what is that game ware you see a creepy ass trool at the door
apegrape05 6 months ago
the music is so epic!!!!
nodsatbirds 7 months ago
Wtf, no music?
SilvaTone2203 8 months ago
music from shadowrun
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r0m4n101 9 months ago
Shame there wasn't a PC game for Shadowrun made during the time when games like Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate were made. Hopefully Bethesda will get the license for it and make their own Shadowrun game.
vgmaster9 10 months ago
whys the music "Event"?
doomster706 10 months ago
Damn. One of the best games ever made. Years ahead of it's time.
jpxxx 1 year ago
Hi guys , im working on a cyberpunk game inspired from shadowrun , if any of you want details or a link to it pls pm me :)
The game has all, cyborgs, androids , psi , matrix all
ConradProteus 1 year ago
Dopest game ever.
the original johnny mnemonic meets matrix trilogy.
beanothedon 1 year ago
I'm after a complete copy of this game, looks pretty good actually shame it has the same name as that shit 360 title
CokeCokeCokeCoke 1 year ago
Did you just shoot that orc once with no-one reacting, not even the orc itself, at 4:34?
Haha.
What a wimpy orc!
Gargantou 1 year ago
This was such a unique and awesome console rpg for it's time. There were random encounters but it didn't interupt the flow of the game like in traditional rpgs such as Final Fantasy and Breath of Fire.. the combat system was simple and straightforward but still addicting and different. The setting and story was also unique. They need to bring this out on the VC somehow.. Data East went bankrupt years ago so someone else needs to pick this up.
JPThunder01 1 year ago 2
Argubly the best game ever!
TheDatsyukian 1 year ago
I hope our world looks like this year 2050 :)
Vattuman 1 year ago
what a game this was i as only five
1234brittle 1 year ago
Does anybody have any understanding of why you're able to kill the the non threatening business men in the park that have families and leftist views on corporations. I know Jake isn't allowed to harm innocents yet somehow they didn't qualify, anybody else find this funny or have any insight into why that might be.
fadplastic 1 year ago
Both SNES and Genesis games are equal, both of games are superb, way better than piece of crap 2007 game, hell the Sega CD version is better than 2007 as well, hopefully they will bring all three classics back with a subtitle and Sega CD version with english translation that would be awesome. Also make a new RPG with 1st Person, 3rd Person and over shoulder elements game like Elder Scrolls 3&4, Fallout 3, Star Wars KOTOR, Dragons Age, Mass Effect and many more!
jasondixon360 2 years ago
NOSTALGY T_T
fuck post-2007 nintendo...
metashinryu 2 years ago
man i hope this comes to the VC
davegorack 2 years ago
I need to own and play this game again! Everything about this game is so damn good, that I really wish there was a sequal to it. Maybe someday, hopefully.
DETHGOJIRA 2 years ago
It's missing the good music
gearlockT 2 years ago
"Um, I think it started ticking... if it goes off, it's likely to take a good portion of your head along with it. Sorry, here's a refund... try some aspirin. I don't think I can help you."
priceless...
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esathegreat 2 years ago 5
@esathegreat Street Doc always resembled Harold Ramis to me
AndiNeverSlice 1 year ago
this games or the most cools games for snes
hendrixmar 2 years ago
ive got the swedish copy to, my favorite game ever still plays it sometimes on the old SNES, great game!!!
Zhachs 3 years ago
i just wished they made a remake of this game.. the whole atmosphere in the game: The Darkness, really made me think of shadowrunner!
reminduns 3 years ago 2
I'm currently working on a 3d adaptation of this game and have been for the last year. I'm using a graphics engine I wrote last year and am mapping out the levels at the moment. If it works out well, I'm going to add my own stories and well as a possible multi-player option. Depends on my load at uni next semester. When I have a working version I'll post a link to it in my YouTube channel's description.
Textra1 3 years ago 10
@Textra1 You are currently my hero for this! I will await your update dude!
Edd731 11 months ago
@Textra1 If you love shadowrun for snes and sega search on google for abandon tomorrow flash game - its a rpg inspired from shadowrun and it can be played straight from browser , no download required. Haill shadowrun! PS: if you help the game with a good rating developers gona make a contiune to it.
ConradProteus 8 months ago
I used to watch my roomate play this for hours on end. I am currently in possession of an NES now but my buddy doesn't have this one. I'm so bummed. Would love to play it.
electrokev 3 years ago
Try SNES Emu for PC. Easy to find.
42317 2 years ago
i got the swedish copy
ntt4rz 3 years ago
this game is awesome, i think it's one of the greatest games ever made on any console.
simonrankin 3 years ago
damn, call me dumb, but i ever get stucked in this game u.u***
yksnimus 3 years ago
Man, this game rules so much. Cyberpunk games are fantastic.
iamdavecrisp 3 years ago
funny thing about this game is that it was translated into swedish :D got a swedish copy
bardaburden 3 years ago
this game is cool they should make this for the game boy ds.
yousawthis 3 years ago
is there a stradegy guide for this game because i keep coming back to it for the past 10 yrs of my life and i can never figure it out lol
habitatx 3 years ago
Just search Google for "Shadowrun walkthrough". You'll get a lot of results.
pcwzrd13 3 years ago 5
@habitatx which part? i got stuk on the game for a while, n when i finally got thru it, i was sad it ended so soon :(
beanothedon 1 year ago
can you get different and cool armors and what other weapons are there?
ryan2ma 3 years ago
There a tons of different weapons and armor that you can buy as you progress through the game. There are shops throughout the game were you can buy them. Each shop that you find will carry more powerful armor and weapons than the previous ones.
pcwzrd13 3 years ago
thanks I just bought this game off of ebay
ryan2ma 3 years ago
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Great! You'll love it!
pcwzrd13 3 years ago
Wow does this bring back memories =)
zallis 3 years ago
Kitsune, to be specific, brings him back to life.
fredlburrows 3 years ago
:D niiiiccceee ^^
sickboy313 3 years ago
To this day this is still my favorite game. cyber-punk shit was hot back then.
StinkyGreenBud 4 years ago
all of the best games r for snes...
Kappamikey133 4 years ago
They also take some influences from Blade Runner in this game.
WhatCrass 4 years ago
If your intersted in it rockmaster92 get it on emulator! But Jake's little adventure is NOT easy.
windego999 4 years ago
aha i think i wll :D
Rockmaster92 4 years ago
If you need help with it I can give it to you.
windego999 4 years ago
That would be awesome thanks alot :D
Rockmaster92 4 years ago
wha is shadowrun actually about?
Rockmaster92 4 years ago
The player takes on the role of Jake Armitage (an homage to one of the main characters in William Gibson's novel Neuromancer), a courier who is shot and nearly killed in the streets of Seattle in the year 2050 by a hit squad. He wakes up in a morgue with amnesia. The remainder of the game follows Jake as he attempts to uncover his own identity, as well as that of the mysterious figure who wants him dead.
pcwzrd13 4 years ago
ah soumds interesting so what are shadowrunners and dus th 360/PC version have anything to do with the conceopt of the original?
Rockmaster92 4 years ago
There's also an ongoing novel series about Shadowrun that you may want to check out. The Secrets of Power trilogy, the first three books in the series, involves part of this game's plot. And the Xbox 360 game serves as a prequel to the events here in this game and novels.
Elfrunner 4 years ago
And that annoying bomb in his head.
StinkyGreenBud 4 years ago
Why kill the music?!
PatScully123 4 years ago
xbox 360 version of the game killed it.
this is the true shadow run.. and apparently nothing will ever be like this one ever again. i lov ethis game...
dmkrodan 4 years ago
I really don't know why they went the first person shooter route. We have enough of those. Why not make some kind of action/rpg like the original on xbox instead of that crap. A
fredlburrows 3 years ago 3
i can't believe i never heard or played this game!!!. U think the Wachowski brothers played this game =D
blakbro2k 4 years ago
Obviously they did, probably not the video game though, maybe the table top one.
fredlburrows 3 years ago
...Did you walk into that bar, shoot that guy, and he just sort've didn't care? XD
ZantherTsuki 4 years ago
kitsune!
darkaproN 4 years ago
Def one of my favorite games for SNES! Must of finished the game at least 5o times.. I recently found some good hacked SNES ROMS for Zelda and Final Fantasy, but do u know of any good ROM patches for Shadowrun?
xxkainorxx 4 years ago
the best gun rpg of all the time hands down imo xD
drakex99 4 years ago
this is a good game! kind of hard in the beginning but later on it just takes patience, i think the wachowski brothers got their idea for matrix by playing this game..? any one with me?
anomalix 4 years ago
i think this game inspired johnny nemonic.
koolkillarz 4 years ago
Of course it did.
This game also inspired The Matrix movies.
What Inspired to create Shadowrun was the genre Cyberpunk.
I love Cyberpunk <3
Zeithri 4 years ago
Johnny Nemonic was based on a story written by William Gibson and I believe Shadowrun was based on a different story written by the same author. The name Armitage is also used it his novel Neuromancer
JustDoWhatITellYou 4 years ago
^used in his novel
JustDoWhatITellYou 4 years ago
I havent played this in years!,one of my favorites
ResidentGerm 4 years ago
God this game ruled. The Genesis version was pretty rad too, but too difficult. I didn't realize until now how big a ripoff the opening screen is of Blade Runner... lol... But whatever, both of those rock and I own all three. Too bad the internet makes the matrix and "jacking in" look laughable.
ResidentAlien 4 years ago
this is my favorite game of all time. im glad other people still play it.
theoptimist333 4 years ago
the battle system looks weird and strange may someone plz explain the battle system
MrObnoxious1 4 years ago
dungeon crawl?? the game has a total of 4 areas that could be considered dungeons. With the biggest dungeon being 7 stories, and the last level being 3 stories long.. I'm not sure how you can call that a crawl. Certainly, any use of the "huge" descriptor is ridiculous imo. Amazing game though, an aesthetic delight.
adeadcarrot 4 years ago
I miss playing this game!
djroxstar 4 years ago
Okay, look, the biggest problem for Shadowrun was simply the fact it turned into a huge dungeon crawl towards the end. That was really my only HUGE complaint with it. It was an excellent fairly simple to play and understand RPG and lots of awesome concepts. C'mon guys, Elves, Orcs, Dragons, The Matrix, Vampires, Squidmonsters, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!
down417 4 years ago
i love this game
madrick11 4 years ago
YOU ROCK FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO! What a great flashback. Thanks.
kenwoodrd1982 4 years ago
know what's weird? Everytime I start the game, I ALWAYS go for the slap patch, then the scapel... enen though the Scapel is closer... o.O
eyebal 4 years ago
Proper bo I tell thee.
Genius game. A "proper" sequel to this would be sooooo good instead of the fps version which looks turd.
I loved the way when you kill any person all the corpses look the same. Ah the music and sounds bring it all back. My care free years of gaming in the 90's....I want the sega megadrive version too, anyone know where i can get my dirty mitts on a copy?
Edd731 4 years ago
Japanese only. I think you're going to need some region stuff.
RomZomCom 4 years ago
... looks boring
SushiMan101 4 years ago
..... you have NO idea.... how fun this is..
eyebal 4 years ago
Kids.
RomZomCom 4 years ago
Truly the best game ever for snes or genesis. the genesis version was a little bit better in my opinion. It's actually based on a dungeons and dragons type game. All modern cyberpunk, matrix-related games, movies, etc. was heavily influenced by this game. It's right on what you said about underrated, if this had come out nowadays it would have rechanged pop culture. I'm not liking what I see about the remake of it that microsoft is doing though, of course I haven't played it yet...
berzerkkenobi 4 years ago
Definitely one of my favorites. The epitome of an underrated game.
afkaz 4 years ago
it was underrated for good reason. As a game, it wasn't much fun. The interface was painfully tedious and could have been so much more fluid, esp. considering what was done with less buttons on the Genesis platform.
As an experience, overall, it had some nice features but if the interface gets in the way, then it moves from being a game to a tech. demo that could be a game someday, if only the developers would fix the major problems.
bajan13k 4 years ago
ah memories...
gp4nut 4 years ago