What platforms is Shadow Blasters on?

Shadow Blasters was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

When did Shadow Blasters release?

Shadow Blasters was first released on August 10, 1990.

Shadow Blasters

Aug 10, 1990Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Shadow Blasters — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Shadow Blasters on?: Shadow Blasters was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
When did Shadow Blasters release?: Shadow Blasters was first released on August 10, 1990.

About Shadow Blasters

The evil god Ashura has unleashed hordes of monsters and demons onto Earth, hoping to take control of the planet as well as the hearts of men. The powerful god Hyprion has recruited four of Earth's most powerful warriors and assembled them into a team to fight the encroaching darkness. The player assumes control of this group of warriors in order to defeat the armies and their god, Ashura.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Developer: Sigma Pro-Tech
Publisher: Sigma Enterprises
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1990	$15	$45	$200	Low

Also released on: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$15

Complete

$45

Sealed

$200

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Japanese release	$30	$49	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $2.18 in Jul 2009, $21 five years ago, and $14.74 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$1.89	—
Jan 2011	$2.99	—
Jan 2012	$2.62	—
Jan 2013	$2.38	—
Jan 2014	$5.99	$10.09
Jan 2015	$5.97	$15.25
Jan 2016	$6.00	$19.99
Jan 2017	$10.99	$24
Jan 2018	$11.50	$27
Jan 2019	$11.29	$25
Jan 2020	$10.98	$29
Jan 2021	$12.99	$34
Jan 2022	$23	$64
Jan 2023	$15.97	$50
Jan 2024	$16.74	$49
Jan 2025	$19.92	$48
Jan 2026	$19.40	$57
Oct 2026	$14.74	$45

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	1990	47016	721337100026
Japan	10 August 1990	T-26023	4983094000056

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: JP+NA
Released: 1990
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An early Genesis platformer, with the Japanese cart costing more than the US one.

Shadow Blasters is a platform game developed by Sigma Pro-Tech. It came out in Japan on 10 August 1990 as Shiten-Myooh and in North America in 1990 in a localized form, published by Sigma Enterprises and Sage's Creation.

What the press said at the time

“Yes, there's a little bit of everything in this game, including a lot of atmosphere, some awesome graphics and a few real surprises”
— Video Games & Computer Entertainment, November 1990

“Limp beat-’em-up in which you get to play a variety of equally limp characters. … Yeah, good word, limp.”
— Mega, July 1993

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits above the middle. The Japanese cart usually costs much more loose, though a complete copy costs about the same, and its cartridge has a different shape.