When I tried to explain Shamus to the 'Girl of my Dreams,' I succeeded only in picturing an amusing and drunken gangster. She seemed to think he was an 'Undesirable Character,' so I guess I unintentionally stressed the rougher side of the diamond. A Macintosh clone is a computer running the Mac OS operating system that was not produced by Apple Inc.The earliest Mac clones were based on emulators and reverse-engineered Macintosh ROMs.During Apple's short lived Mac OS 7 licensing program authorized Mac clone makers were able to either purchase 100% compatible motherboards or build their own hardware using licensed Mac reference.
Starring in the titular role of Shamus, you will have to find your way through over 120 rooms in this cross between Berzerk 's 'robots in a maze' action and Adventure 's exploration of a predefined game world. The elusive villain's henchmen will express their disapproval of your plans in rather strong terms, namely with showers of bullets.
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Shamus
DOS - 1984
Also available on: Commodore 64 - Apple II - VIC-20
Description of Shamus
Early action/adventure game that is another oldie but goodie from Synapse, published by IBM in 1984.
According to MobyGames' description, Shamus lets you '..explore over 120 rooms to find the evil enemy. Shamus is an exact combination of Adventure (the Atari 2600 game where you roam from room to room looking for items and avoiding the dragon) and Berzerk (the arcade maze game where you shoot robots and avoid Evil Otto). If you like those two games, you'll like Shamus. A diverse array of special items can also be picked up for points or extra men. It's fun for ten or twenty minutes, but gets frustrating at times, boring at others.'
The bottom line: if you like either game that inspired this classic, you will like Shamus. If primitive gameplay in 4-color CGA graphics isn't your cup of tea, then steer clear. In my opinion, it's good for a few minutes of nostalgic fun, but doesn't have the truly timeless gameplay (a la Alley Cat) to keep you entertained for long.
Review By HOTUD
Sheamus 1982 Mac Os Update
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Screenshots from MobyGames.com
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Comments and reviews
endlessbender2020-05-081 point DOS version
I remember this being hard as hell as a kid. Didn't it play the pink panther song as the intro? My sister and I used to love that part.
MYMOON2020-03-280 point Commodore 64 version
I still play this one every now and then. A classic. My thoughts about the DOS version did not change in the last 9 years or so.
80sKid2019-06-150 point VIC-20 version
One of the best Vic20 games, fine graphics and super fast on expert mode
stash2017-06-13-1 point
whenI played this game I had to load it from a cassette and it took 45 min to load and when you lost you had to reload.
freakedenough2016-08-110 point DOS version
sadly the dos version crashes after loading level 1 on my olivetti m24. poor one. gonna take out my c64 then.
Kram2014-10-120 point DOS version
Sheamus 1982 Mac Os Download
I have on the Vic 20 on all levels including Expert level. You face a large version of Shadow.
Xerxes2014-06-301 point DOS version
Has anyone beaten the game? Please info about ending!
mymoon2011-10-110 point DOS version
wish i have never seen the pc version! After the c64 version this is pure ****. Jumping squares mac os.
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Comments and reviews
endlessbender2020-05-081 point DOS version
I remember this being hard as hell as a kid. Didn't it play the pink panther song as the intro? My sister and I used to love that part.
MYMOON2020-03-280 point Commodore 64 version
I still play this one every now and then. A classic. My thoughts about the DOS version did not change in the last 9 years or so.
80sKid2019-06-150 point VIC-20 version
One of the best Vic20 games, fine graphics and super fast on expert mode
stash2017-06-13-1 point
whenI played this game I had to load it from a cassette and it took 45 min to load and when you lost you had to reload.
freakedenough2016-08-110 point DOS version
sadly the dos version crashes after loading level 1 on my olivetti m24. poor one. gonna take out my c64 then.
Kram2014-10-120 point DOS version
Sheamus 1982 Mac Os Download
I have on the Vic 20 on all levels including Expert level. You face a large version of Shadow.
Xerxes2014-06-301 point DOS version
Has anyone beaten the game? Please info about ending!
mymoon2011-10-110 point DOS version
wish i have never seen the pc version! After the c64 version this is pure ****. Jumping squares mac os.
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DOS Version
Commodore 64 Version
- Year:1983
- Publisher:Synapse Software Corporation
- Developer:Synapse Software Corporation
Apple II Version
- Year:1983
- Publisher:Synapse Software Corporation
- Developer:Synapse Software Corporation
VIC-20 Version
- Year:1982
- Publisher:Human Engineered Software
- Developer:Synapse Software Corporation
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