Reviews for Flash Shadowgate

[RickyTheFish]

Awesome

I loved this game when I was a kid, and I think that mouse support makes it so much better. Considering that game time is limited as the torches are always burning, the ability to point-and-click instead of slowly moving the cursor definitely speeds up the game. Granted, there are SO many torches in the game, it's nearly impossible to run out anyway, but that's not the point (although I will still search for the infinite torch cheat, just so that I can say I found it). Overall this is a great port of a game I used to enjoy playing, and the only problem I've found so far is that the hammer in the dragon's room is referred to as a bone when it's picked up. Since that's no big deal, I'll still give you a 10.

larrymcduck responds:

Thanks for the support. I'm very happy you enjoyed it. I will look into the Hammer issue. Thank you for letting me know about it.

-EDIT-
I looked at the code and tested it, but the message "THE HAMMER IS IN HAND." is what comes up for me. If you continue to have this problem let me know and I'll do what I can to fix it.

[linknzelda3]

Pretty good

I like this game alot back then and I forgot how fun this game was lol well there a problem in the game when I have the sphere it wouldn't let me be in the fire room and just keep kicking me out I can't go furthere in the game

larrymcduck responds:

I'm glad you enjoy this game as much as many did. As for your SPHERE issue, if it says, "THE HEAT IS UNBEARABLE AND YOU HAVE TO TURN BACK." it's not a glitch, you are missing something.

[michal1996]

hey this is game for SNES

SNES in poland pegazus

larrymcduck responds:

That's pretty cool. I've never seen the SNES version before, only the NES, Mac, ect.

[comabeam]

i loved this game sooo much brings back great memories and all the puzzles just come right back to me.

larrymcduck responds:

Awesome!! :D

[FightingSeraph]

Great remake!

Although Icom/Infinite Ventures has already ported Shadowgate on the Game Boy Color; yours was a case of something accurate to the source material, but adds a few enhancements to make it better.

Graphics: It's the same as the NES version of the game, but you added to it with Flash 8's capabilities. To put it another way, what you did with Flash's tweening added to the experience, and kudos for managing to make shape tweening NOT look shitty. However, I think you could have taken the Flash enhancements a bit farther and some sprite editing would have been nice.
Sound: You did a great job at porting the game's music, though you could have used a greater variety of sound effects. For example, try Megatron's Laugh from Beast Wars upon the death screen.
Content: It may be a Flash remake of an NES game, but at least it was fun and that's what matters. In addition, you also streamlined the interface a bit and added mouse support, which makes this better. That, and an easier to navigate item menu. However, having to deselect a command can get a bit tedious, but that didn't affect playability in any major way.

What I like:
-Solid gameplay
-Good music
-Previously Unused subject
-Addicting
-Clever enhancements

What I didn't like:
-The enhancements could have been taken a bit further.
-Can get confusing at times, but still manageable if you know where to look.

Overall: Larry, how would you like a nine from me? (4.5/5)

larrymcduck responds:

Thank you very much! Your nine is appreciated!