After the initial crowdfund failed to reach its target, Shadow Gangs has come back strong on the second attempt. Anyone who followed the original development will know that Shadow Gangs started out on modern consoles before being ported to the Dreamcast, first as a demo, then as a fully fledged title. We now know that physical copies will be finding their way to expectant backers next year after 400 pledges amazed over £27,000. Shadow Gangs is an action platformer that pays homage to Rolling Thunder and Shinobi with both melee and ranged attacks. It also has a steep difficulty curve and many bosses spread over ten levels.
Asked what it meant to get the game funded developer JKM Corp told Fusion that they were ‘very happy, and would like to bring a quality product to the Dreamcast. We are working on it right now, fixing some art assets, and polishing the whole game.’ Having played the demo this is shaping up to be an excellent entry into the ever-growing library of Dreamcast indie titles. It is still uncertain if more copies will be available once its released but there will no doubt be demand for more copies to be printed in the future.
If you do not want to wait to try Shadow Gangs on Dreamcast it is available on Steam, Xbox and Switch right now.
