Wesley Bard
ThemeLight, dark, or match your computer.The sun is light, the moon is dark, and the middle one follows your computer's setting. Your choice is saved in this browser.Now: Match my computer
Shadowrun box art
Wes's take — coming soonPlayed? Beaten? 100%? Rating, tier and a Pocket log line will live here.
Instruction booklet · May 1993

Shadowrun

Role-playing (RPG)1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Shadowrun, based on the pen-and-paper RPG of the same name, is a futuristic sci-fi/fantasy game, taking inspiration from Neuromancer, Blade Runner, and other cyberpunk stories.

Specifications

Released
May 1993
Developer
Beam Software
Publisher
Data East
Players
1
Genre
Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Shadowrun
Themes
Fantasy · Science fiction
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

6
7
6
7
EGM · four reviewers
7
9
8
7
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
84/100 (24 ratings)
Nintendo Power
3.7/5
GameRankings
70%
AllGame
3.5/5
GameFan
89%, 84%, 80%, 80%
GamePro
18.5/20
Nintendo Life
9/10
Official Nintendo Magazine
90%
RPG
2/5
Super Play
85%
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
9/10
Electronic Games
94%
BE KIND, REWINDMay 1993
#1 songFreak MeSilk#1 albumGet a GripAerosmithAdmit one · #1 movieDragon: The Bruce Lee Story$10,019,970 weekend
Vol. 3 · No. 90Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of May 7, 1993
May. 5

The West Memphis Three are three men who – while teenagers – were tried and convicted, in 1994, of the May 5, 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment. During the trial, the prosecution asserted that the children were killed as part of a Satanic ritual.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

Open this week in the Time Machine →
Also out in May 1993 · 1 more →

Data: IGDB · Wikipedia · libretro-thumbnails · Charts: Billboard · Box office: Box Office Mojo via Wikipedia. Today’s money uses US CPI-U, 2025 dollars.