Shadow Man (video game)
Shadow Man is an action-adventure video game developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is based on the Shadow Man comic book series published by Valiant Comics. The game was announced in 1997 and was originally slated for a late 1998 release on Nintendo 64 and an early 1999 release for Microsoft Windows, but was delayed to August 31, 1999. A PlayStation version was also released on the same day. A Dreamcast version was released three months later on December 1.
| Shadow Man | |
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| Developer(s) | Acclaim Studios Teesside Nightdive Studios (remaster) |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment Nightdive Studios (remaster) |
| Designer(s) | Guy Miller Simon Phipps |
| Composer(s) | Tim Haywood |
| Series | Shadowman |
| Engine | Kex Engine (remaster) |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | August 31, 1999
April 15, 2021
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shadow Man was re-released on September 17, 2013, on GOG.com, available for Windows (with a version for Mac OS X subsequently added), and later on Steam, available for Windows and OS X.
Nightdive Studios, who re-released Shadow Man in 2013, developed Shadow Man Remastered, a remastered version of the game which includes 4K resolution, improved shadow mapping, per-pixel lighting, anti-aliasing and missing content that was cut from the original game. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on April 15, 2021, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports were released on January 13, 2022, and the Nintendo Switch port on January 17, 2022.
A sequel, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming, was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002.
Another game starring Jack Boniface, Shadowman: Darque Legacy, has recently been announced.