Shadow Man (video game)

Shadow Man is a video game developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo 64, Playstation, and Microsoft Windows. It is an action-adventure game, inspired by the Acclaim Comics era of Shadowman. It received a re-release on modern PCs in fall 2013.

An official remaster of the game, aptly titled Shadow Man Remastered, was developed by the company Nightdive Studios and published on PC on April 15, 2021, followed by releases on the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch spread across the following January. It polished the game's graphics and gameplay, and even fully implemented mechanics, enemies and levels that were cut from the original.

History[]

Plot[]

Michael LeRoi becomes a voodoo warrior called the "Shadowman", charged with protecting the living world from threats from the Deadside. When his friend and ally Mama Nettie senses the coming threat of a monster called Legion and his army of dead serial killers, Michael must venture to the Deadside, overcome the trials of the Deadside gods, and beat Legion to save the world.

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Shadowman / Mike LeRoi

Supporting Characters

Mama Nettie
- Jaunty
Bloodshot (N64 only)

Villains

Legion
The Five
- Victor Batrachian
- Jack the Ripper
- Avery Marx
- Marco Cruz
- Milton Pike

Locations:

Items:

Luke's Teddy Bear
Gris-gris
Various guns and weapons

Gameplay[]

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Cast and Crew[]

Shadowman - Redd Pepper
Mama Nettie - Lani Minella
Jaunty - Barry Meade
Legion - Guy Miller
The Five
- Victor Batrachian - Guy Miller
- Jack the Ripper - Simon Phipps
- Avery Marx - Simon Phipps
- Marco Cruz - Corey Johnson
- Milton Pike - Corey Johnson

Crew[]

Producers
- Shawn David Rosen
Composers
- Tim Haywood
Art Direction
- Mike Muskett

Notes[]

In the N64 version of the game, a cheat code executed in a specific level would unlock the ability to play as Bloodshot, apparently a relic from a Bloodshot video game the developer had worked on that was ultimately cancelled. This was left out of the remastered releases, however, as the team was unable to track down the source code for the assets.^[1]