Cyber Shadow
Remember shoulder pads, Rubik’s Cubes, and dancing to Duran Duran on your Walkman? This author doesn’t because they were born in the 1990s, but Cyber Shadow can make any millennial feel like they can remember those times all the same. The eight-bit ninja sidescroller is dripping with 1980s cool, from the Transformer-style bots, a ridiculous motorbike section, and the NES-era Ninja Gaiden-inspired cutscenes.
isn’t the only game takes its cues from, though. There’s obvious shades of and in the level design and boss battle format, while each level’s many hidden pathways are reminiscent of . Perhaps the most obvious comparison to draw is to , with the pair sharing a publisher in Yacht Club Games.
