Amiga 500 Longplay [039] Shadow of the Beast III

Played by: Ironclaw

10 times better than Shadow of the Beast 1 and 2.

00:05 - weird they show a stretched version of 01:35.

06:16 - "DOOr" text by the lever Pfft Can't be because of too low res for enough pixels to make the necessary details, as I could make a good looking "R" myself by adding 3 pixels in the right places. So, they either did a typo (lower case instead of upper) or they suck.

08:58 - jumping to show how the head and speech bubble ends up too far to the right. They should have added an invisible border so you can't get further than the point I start to jump from.

12:13 - couldn't get back on it, which you SHOULD be able to. Stupid bug. Luckily I could get to the next place without it.

12:24 - you are supposed to fly above these balls with the bird-thingy, but as it bugged I had to try and get past them somehow. After A LOT of tries, I managed, holy moly it was tough, had to move at the exact millisecond and step at the exact pixel distance left and right to not get hit (which = insta-death). You are probably not supposed to be able to get past them without the bird.

13:34 - I was like "OK, now I just have to jump up on the bookcase and climb up the ladder, but nope, you could start climbing the ladder THROUGH the bookcase (no, don't think he's climbing the bookcase, that's no excuse for lazy programming!).

14:41 - These type of puzzles are sooo easy. I only have a bit of trouble with the last row sometimes, so at this mark, I noticed that I couldn't get the last 3 blocks in the order I wanted them, so I redid the third row. I'm not sure if the combination of the last row is correct, but it's the one I think look the best, so all the red things are under each other and an empty space to the right. This puzzle is not needed to complete the level, but did it anyway for a more completed longplay.

15:20 - this puzzle bugs if you don't move right. It can move through the walls, but doing so bugs it so you can't pick up or drop a fish. The goal here is to get them to eat each other, leaving just one left, that one is supposed to be the fish in the top right tank (I think), as I've noticed in other longplays, that fish doesn't harm the player when he passes through it. I did my own combo and had another fish left alive, one that hurts you, but no problem, I just placed him close to the surface so I can duck under him. In fact, you can just place them all near the surface and duck under them without being hurt, thus no need to make them eat each other.

17:22 - if you don't stand under the crystal when it drops, it falls to the ground and you can't pick it up, so you have to kill yourself or something to restart.

17:50 - TOO easy for a last boss. Could have jumped+shoot like I did at the end to get more hits and kill him even sooner, but no rush, yet he died too fast so you didn't get to see when he shoots blue lightning. Maybe he does more, but didn't play that long to find out -
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[DrGreenThumbNZL]

The music in the Beast games are awesome! and the death screens

Ironclaw is a BEAST

[Jayce_Alexander]

It's a shame this game never got the attention Beast 1&2 got, as it's by far the best in the series. Heck, this one is actually a fun game and not just a pretty tech demo.

[krishm]

best gaming soundtrack ever. love it ! especially first part. so good. amazing how big the music for games was back then. it's not only this title, many other

[revenile]

My history with this game is quite amazing. Back in the day there was a small computer shop we bought our Amiga games for. The owner would allow trades of games if they were around the same value. This was one of the games we traded for. This my tied-for-second favorite Amiga game (the other in the slot is the amazing Agony), the game we traded in for this one being my absolute favorite, Leander, which was developed by Traveler's Tales (yes, the lego games guys) and published by... surprise, Psygnosis. Want my childhood in one word? Psygnosis.

[vealck]

I really loved that game as a kid, one of my favourites. Its difficulty was accessible and puzzles logical. And the graphics, music and the eerie climate of the game were good.

[PlasticCogLiquid]

This game came with my Amiga 600, Man I loved it! Good times.

[Tweekend]

I remember buying this game on a Thursday night back in '92. I would have been 15 at the time. Mum would do grocery shopping on Thursday nights and I would tag along, usually hanging around the Games World store and newsagents. I saw this one on the shelf and it was one of those big box games so I was excited to get home and play it. Told my best mate about it the next day and he was keen to come round and play it too. Man I wish I could be 15 again... life was simple back then :)

[HenryvKeiper]

Go big strong muscle man with your Zorro hat!

[jrq]

Wicked artwork on these games! Psygnosis always used to have class soundtracks aswell! Ive never played the 3rd as Ive never owned an Amiga but love the original game. Though it seems a shame most of the enemies in Psygnosis games are inanimate, the atmosphere/ intrigue and unique stamp of these games is timeless.

[Slayerthecrow]

this is the less random shadow of the beast I ever saw
Even seems
logical in some points

[HR]

Very underated game for the Amiga, it combines the best of SOTB 1 and 2 and wraps into something thats hard but fair . . . ish. as usual the presentation is flawless. They really nailed the controls with this one compared to the prequels.

[RagabashBinBash]

Klimat tej gry jest niesamowity. Chociaż trzeba przyznać, że ciężka w cholerę, dawniej bez opisu nie dało się tego przejść

[xaviermccloud]

Wow this game looks AMAZING! I'm into all things retro but this PC/system came out 4 years before I was born. I'm more a Ninty and sega generation kid. The music is also amazing. The are and way the character moves is also really different. i like this A LOT!




Even the enemy placement and way they react is WAY ahead of it's time. This is AMAZING!

[The_Haze]

Amazing game. I bought it when it was released. Wish I had a guide to go with it, as it was pretty hard! But not impossible like the other Beast games.

[CouncilEstatePopMusic]

thanks for this. I didn't realise there was an III

[Dukefazon]

This game is dark... And I'm not talking about the colors.

[ryanroubert]

2 had the best intro; this one, as im checking it out right now here, has the best mechanics of the three

[lifeisyours]

Good game this, when you talk about your favourite Amiga games, well, it has to be included in this list.

Speedball 2
Chaos Engine
It Came From The Desert
Leandre
Turrican 1, 2 &3
First Samurai
Apidya
Project X
Agony
Wolfchild
Anothet World
Flashback
IK+
Cannon Fodder
Walker
Sensible Soccer
Kick Off 2
Jim Power
Gods
Magic Pockets
Body Blows
Full Contact
Panzas Kick Boxing
Xenon 2
Stormlord
Moonstone

[timothymartinez]

i never knew there was a S.o.t.B 3. It sure has come a long way since the first. I was Shocked when I had heard PS4 made a remake and the clips i seen were amazing!

[DrBIeed]

This is the only 1 of these games I never got to play growing up. I need to pay another visit.