Platforms: Commodore VIC-20 - Game Boy Color - Atari 8-bit - Commodore C64/128/MAX - Legacy Computer - TRS-80 Color Computer - Apple II - NEC PC-6000 Series - Texas Instruments TI-99
Genres/Themes: Arcade - Action - Science fiction
Developers: Synapse Software Corporation
Publishers: Telegames, NEC Home Electronics, Tandy, Human Engineered Software, IBM, Atarisoft, Americana Software Limited, Synapse Software Corporation
Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape in 1982. According to Synapse co-founder Ihor Wolosenko, Shamus made the company famous by giving it a reputation for quality. "Funeral March of a Marionette", the theme song from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plays on the title screen.
