The Legend of Kage

ReleasedOct 1, 1985

Arcade
Commodore C64/128/MAX
ZX Spectrum
Sharp X1
Amstrad CPC
MSX

About

The Legend of Kage is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary video game home systems in 1986. The player is armed with a kodachi shortsword and an unlimited amount of shuriken. Grabbing a crystal ball causes the player character's Kage's clothes to change to the next level in colour and thereby attain certain powers (bigger shuriken and/or faster speed); if Kage is hit while in green or orange clothes, he does not die but revert to his normal red clothes. Grabbing a scroll causes Kage to stand still and meditate for several seconds while approaching enemies drop to the ground dead (although the scrolls appear in the arcade version, the crystal balls do not). This MSX version was brought without a license to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.

Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito, Imagine Software, Nidecom Soft
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Themes: Action, Fantasy
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Age ratings: ESRB E
IGDB rating: 65 / 100 (16 ratings)
Also known as: 影子传说, Kage no Densetsu