[1] Distributed in Australia by Mindscape, in Germany by Rushware, and in Italy by Leader.
[2] Several magazines (e.g. The One and Zero) published a cheat for the game that only works with the Paranoimia crack of the game.
The Nintendo SNES version is known as "SUPER SHADOW OF THE BEAST" and was never released, although a rom of what seems to be the finished version can easily be found.
UK Advert [2] [Source: Atari Mania]
French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]
Australian Advert [Source: Atari Mania]
SOLUTION
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1. After you start the game, go to the left and enter the tree with
the red arrows flashing into it.
2. Go to the right and go down the first ladder.
3. Go to the left and go down the first ladder you come to.
4. Go to the right past the green spider-like monsters and climb down
the ladder.
5. Go left and down the ladder and go left across the bridge.
6. Go down the ladder and go to the right past the purple monsters.
7. Go down the ladder then go down the right ladder.
8. Go down the first bamboo ladder, then go left and down the next
bamboo ladder and go left halfway down (at the first landing).
9. Go to the left past more purple monsters (raindrops keep falling
on my head!) and jump over the pit. Grab the key.
10. Fall into the pit. Go to the right. Go all the way up the bamboo
ladder. If you missed the key, go left halfway up the bamboo
ladder and go back and get it.
11. Go back up both bamboo ladders, then up the wooden ladder, then
left and down the next ladder.
12. Go left through more purple monsters and you will reach a winged
statue throwing a ball in the air. Punch the ball until it blows
up. You now have a new weapon.
13. Go all the way to the right, and enter the transporter (which
looks kind of like a bird cage). Then go up the wooden ladder,
then go to the right. The game should load briefly here.
14. Once you reach the large monster (which looks like an electric
chair with teeth) just start firing until it dies.
15. Go to the right and kill the green monsters, and go up the first
ladder you come to. Then go all the way to the left, and you’ll
find some green monsters. Kill them. You’ll soon reach a switch
that says “Don’t Touch”. Punch the switch once. Then go to the
right and go up the first ladder you come to.
16. Go to the left, through the bouncing eyeballs, until you find a
key. Go back to the right through the eyeballs. Go down the
first ladder you come to. Go to the right. Go down the first
ladder you come to.
17. Go to the right past the snail and go all the way down the ladder.
Go to the left through the red dragons and go through the bouncing
Psygnosis symbols, then go down the ladder. Go to the right.
18. Go down the ladder, go to the right, and continue going to right
through all the red skulls and wasps. The game will load briefly
again. Then go down the ladder. Go to the right. then go down
another ladder. Then go to the left. Continue going to the left
and go down the first ladder you come to. Now go left and down
another ladder. Go to the left. Go up the next ladder, left and
down the next ladder. Then up the next ladder, go to the right,
and pick up the vial which will give you “Power Punch”.
19. Go to the left and all the way down the ladder. Go to the right
under the rocket engines. Continue all the way to the right until
you come to a large red monster. Start punching it until it dies.
Then go to the right and enter the door, and climb up the ladder.
The game will load again, and you’ll be back near where you
started. Go right. When you get to a statue, punch it until it
comes to life, then kill it. Then continue to the right, past the
castle entrance, and jump up and grab the torch. Then go left and
enter the castle.
20. Go left once you enter the castle and up the first ladder. Then
go all the way to the right and down the ladder. Then to the
right, and all the way up the next ladder. Now go to the left and
walk off the edge. Continue to the left through the daggers and
through the green monsters until you come to a dead-end. Then go
up the ladder. The game will load briefly here.
21. Go to the right through a bunch of knifed monsters. Continue to
the right until you reach a dead-end. Then pick up the wrench and
go back to the left past the table until you reach a dead-end. Go
down the ladder. Go to the right until you reach another
dead-end. Go down the ladder. Go to the right, walk off the
edge, and then go to the left, across a bridge and under some
spiders. Go down the ladder at the dead-end. Go to the right,
through the headless jumping monsters, and down the ladder by the
dead-end. Go to the left across the bridges. You’ll come to a
treasure chest. Bend down and punch it and pick up the gun. Then
go back to the right. When you reach the machine where the
lightning is, bend down and press the fire-button in front of the
machine. This should turn the lightning off. Then go to the
right and up the ladder. Then go to the left, and walk off the
edge. Continue to the left and go up the ladder. The game will
load briefly here.
22. Go to the right, and go down the ladder at the dead-end. Go to
the left, through the flying torpedoes and go down the ladder at
the dead-end. Halfway down the ladder the game will load again.
23. Go to the right, and you will reach a green three-headed dragon.
Go all the way up against the dragon, as far to the right as
possible, and start shooting until it dies. Then go through the
door on the right.
24. After the game finishes loading and you are given your space suit,
go straight to the right all the way until the floor totally
disappears. Continue to the right until you reach and then
destroy BOTH of the monster’s mouths. This will kill it. Then go
to the right through the door-way. You will appear outside the
castle in the graveyard. Go all the way to the right and punch
the giant’s big toe until he dies!
25. Congratulations! Game complete!