| Sky Shadow | |
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| Developer(s) | Patrick Buckland[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Casady & Greene |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Arcade |
Sky Shadow is a 1990 Defender clone for the Mac OS, published by Casady & Greene.[2] It was programmed by Patrick Buckland, author of the classic Mac Game Crystal Quest.[1] In 1994 it was licensed from Casady & Greene by MacSoft and re-released for System 7 on CD-ROM.
Sky Shadow is also the companion of Mon-Star in the Silverhawks toy line and fiction.
Reception
Sky Shadow was critically acclaimed when originally released, featuring detailed graphics and fast-paced gameplay. It received the top score of five mice from MacUser magazine and was inducted into the Macworld magazine "Game Hall of Fame" as the Best Shoot-'em-up game of 1990.[3]
Macworld praised Sky Shadow's graphics and sound effects as well as its gameplay, stating that "Sky Shadow is an engaging, fun, and highly addictive game". Macworld criticized its stability, stating it "often crashes", as well as its "severe penalties for minor mistakes" in that it's easy to die, whereupon the player loses all their points.[4]
References
- ^ a b Breen, Christopher (1999-01-01). "The Game Room: It's a Wrap". MacWorld. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ^ McCornack, Jamie; et al. (1995). Tricks of the Mac Game Programming Gurus. Hayden Books. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-56830-183-9.
- ^ Levy, Steven (December 1990). "Game Hall of Fame". Macworld. Mac Publishing. p. 210-215.
- ^ Moran, Tom (December 1990). "Sky Shadow 1.0.2 Review". Macworld. Mac Publishing. p. 254.