Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer is a video game in the action genre developed by Team Shinobi and published by U.S. Gold Ltd. originally released in 1991. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

Shadow Dancer is a single player game in which you control Shinobi. With the help of your dog, you must kill your enemies as you venture through locations such as airports, railroads, waterfalls, sewers and more. In addition, you must find and disarm various bombs along the way before exiting each of them. You also have the option of using magic against enemies, which can consist of tornadoes or fireballs.

There are five missions for you to complete; and each has different objectives, such as obstructing the enemy's deadly mission, disrupting the enemy's supply route, assaulting the enemy's industrial units, attacking the enemy's subway forces, and liberating and securing the shuttle base. Each mission consists of three stages and there is a boss in each of the final stages of the mission.

What's so good about the dog, you say? Well, if you ask it to, the dog will tear enemies apart (as long as the dog barks at them when you engage them) and distract them long enough for you to shoot them. Remember that you have a limited time to do this, as the enemy will eventually kick the dog off of you. This causes the dog to yelp and cower, making it powerless against them.

Shadow Dancer is available at a reduced price on the following websites and is no longer abandonware.