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Name: | Shadowrun |
Console: | Super Nintendo (SNES) |
Release Date: | 1993 |
Publisher: | Data East, Krome Studios Melbourne |
Genres: | Isometric projection, Action role-playing, Action, Adventure, Role-playing |
Shadowrun is a cyberpunk-fantasy action role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, adapted from the tabletop role-playing game Shadowrun by FASA. The video game was developed by Australian company Beam Software and first released in 1993 by Data East. The game is loosely based on the novel Never Deal with a Dragon by Shadowrun co-creator Robert N. Charrette and set in the year 2050. The player takes on the role of Jake Armitage, a man suffering from amnesia after having been critically wounded by assassins. The plot then follows Jake as he attempts to uncover his own identity and the identity of the mysterious figure who wants him dead, and eventually complete his mission. Harebrained Schemes' 2013 Shadowrun Returns links the stories of this game and of Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis. A project to adapt Shadowrun for the SNES had a turbulent history between 1989 and 1993, including having been halted in mid-development before being resumed in late 1992 under a tight deadline. Its eventual lead designer was Paul Kidd, creator of Beam Software's 1991 Nightshade, elements and a feel of which he then carried on to Shadowrun. |
There are two components for playing a snes Shadowrun rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the snes OS and software.
The second component is the Shadowrun rom itself to play on the emulator.
Step 1: you can start by downloading a reliable and bug free emulator. We’d suggest snes9x – it’s open source, fast and one of the most frequently updated.
Once you have finished downloading snes9x , extract the downloaded .rar file to a location, for example your Desktop. After, double click the snes9x.exe file in order to start the emulator.
Your emulator will now be ready to play Shadowrun rom. But now you’ll need to find the correct ROMs online. A ROM is essentially a virtual version of the game that needs to be loaded into the emulator.
Step 2: return to snes9x and hit File > Open. Navigate to the downloaded .exe file and double click it to open it. The game will now run on the emulator and you can play the game freely.
Tip: Saving games on an emulator functions a little differently. The integrated save system will not save your progress.
Instead, you’ll need to click File > Save State and then choose an empty slot. You can save your progress in whatever point you like within the game, not only on the official checkpoints offered by the game.
When playing in the future and you want to continue from your saved state, you can use File > Load State to load up the game from exactly where you last saved it.
Emulator | Console | Platform | FileSize | Emulator |
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Snes9x GX 4.3.6 | Super Nintendo (SNES) | Wii | 0MB | Download |
SNES Station | Super Nintendo (SNES) | PS2 | 1.3MB | Download |
ZSNES 1.51 | Super Nintendo (SNES) | Windows | 0.8MB | Download |
Snes9x EX+ | Super Nintendo (SNES) | Android | 1.2MB | Download |
SuperRetro16 (SuperGNES) Lite | Super Nintendo (SNES) | Android | 8.5MB | Download |