Cover artwork of The Hound of Shadow

// Archive entry № 32441

The Hound of Shadow

From the 8-bit home-computer and console era, The Hound of Shadow (1989) is documented in VG90's reference index for Amiga, Atari ST, DOS.

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About the game

Dating from 1989, The Hound of Shadow for Amiga, Atari ST, DOS is preserved in the VG90 archive as a catalogue entry — a factual marker of a release that belonged to the 8-bit home-computer and console era.

the 8-bit home-computer and console era was a period of rapid change for the medium: bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. Placing The Hound of Shadow in that timeline shows where it sat as the industry evolved.

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Why it matters

The value of a record like this is context: the 8-bit home-computer and console era produced far more games than the handful everyone remembers, and bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. An archive earns its keep by preserving the long tail, not just the hits.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS. Release year: 1989. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.