''Out of the Shadows'' is an

action-adventure game The action-adventure genre is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve to complete a story ...

developed for the

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by R.M. Waller and R.M.R. Woodward. It was published in 1984 by Mizar Computing and in 1986 on the compilation ''Fourmost Adventures'' by Global Software.

Reception

''Out of the Shadows'' received a "Crash Smash" from ''

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'' magazine, who highlighted the novel light and shadow concept and overall complexity of the gameplay.

References

ZX Spectrum games ZX Spectrum-only games 1984 video games Action-adventure games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Crash Smash! award winners {{action-adventure-videogame-stub