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Nightshade (NES)

Played this via NES Switch.
I remember renting this game long ago as a kid. I never got that far in it.
Here I am several years later. A lot older and wiser to get a second crack at it.

Sutekh has taken over Metro City. His evil goons murdered the city's hero, Vortex. You are Mark Gray, who dons the guise of Nightshade to avenge your fallen idol.

It's an action/adventure with a point and click interface. The combat is a little jank but once you know how to deal with most of the fights they are all pretty easy.

This game has no save feature but it can be beaten in less than an hour once you know what to do. This game has a neat way of handling your "lives". When you lose your entire health meter, Sutekh puts you in a death trap. If you can survive the death trap, you successfully escape but you lose a bit of your Popularity when you do so. There are four different death traps. The fifth death trap cannot be escaped and it's game over.

Speaking of Popularity, you have a Popularity Gauge. When you do good deeds for the citizens of Metro City, your reputation goes up and you can get better cooperation from the public to learn more information.

Overall, I think this game is very under appreciated and it deserves a little more love.

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