Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (1996) is a role-playing (rpg), hack and slash/beat 'em up, arcade video game developed by Capcom, available on Arcade, Saturn. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 78/100 on IGDB.

What is Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara about?

Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with role-play elements that make it stand out from other similar games released at the time.

In addition to the original four heroes found in its predecessor, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (Cleric, Dwarf, Elf and Fighter), Shadow of Mystara adds a Thief and a Magic-User to the selection. Furthermore, with the inclusion of two separate versions of each character's sprite set, the game allows up to two players to select the same character (in Tower of Doom each of the characters could only be selected once), effectively giving the game 12 "different" characters to choose from. The two Clerics and two Magic Users also have subtle differences within their spell books.

The controls are using four buttons: Attack, Jump, Select (brings up a small inventory ring around the character allowing the player to choose what item is set in the U

Key details

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara was released in 1996 and supports single player, co-operative, split screen. Platforms: Arcade, Saturn. Developer: Capcom.

Should you play Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara?

A solid 78/100 aggregate score makes Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara a safe pick for fans of role-playing (rpg), hack and slash/beat 'em up, arcade.