SHADOW DANCER for Sega Genesis hints and tips

SHADOW DANCER

PRACTICE LEVEL:

On the title screen, hold down all three BUTTONS, and 

press START, until you see "START/OPTIONS/PRACTICE".  

This will allow you to choose any round, but not fight 

the boss for that round!

LEVEL 1:  BURNING DOWNTOWN

Round 1-1:

To defeat the Shooting Men, stand before the blocks, wait 

for them to stand up, then shoot them, or use your dog on 

them.  If you stand on the third set of blocks and jump 

and shoot, a hidden 1-up icon will appear!

Round 1-2:

Watch out for falling rocks!  Spinning Guys come out of 

the windows, so look out.  When you get to the crack in 

the fround, get up on the ledge, and jump over it.  Right 

after the ledge, there's a wall with a red creature.  Get 

behing the wall, kill the creature, and a 1-up icon will 

appear.

Round 1-3:

Jump and hit the him in the head, while avoiding the 

falling rocks.  When his face glows, he is going to shoot 

fire, so be ready to duck or jump over the fire.

BONUS STAGE

ROUND 2:  BATTLE ON THE RAILWAY

Round 2-1:

Hit the Blue Ninja twice, watch out, they jump!  If you 

walk all the way to the right, drop down to where the two 

Shooting Guys are, and hit towards the right, a hidden 2-

up icon will appear.

Round 2-2:

Hit the Red Ninjas twice.  They are also very difficult 

to defeat.  There is a hidden 1-up icon behind the second 

fence, right next to the wall on the left!

Round 2-3:

As soon as the face appears, jump and shoot at it.  Then, 

avoid the hands (walk as far away as possible).  As soon 

as you see the hands are going to miss you, jump again 

and shoot at the face.  It takes perfect timing to hit 

it!

BONUS STAGE

ROUND 3:  STATUE OF LIBERTY

Round 3-1:

Walk to the edge of the screen, then jump up.  Continue 

to do this, collecting all the kids, and searching the 

whole maze area.  There is a hidden 2-up icon on the far 

right, where there is one spinning guy.  If you kill the 

spinning guy, it will appear.  When you reach the screen 

where two red ninjas and one blue ninja attack, use your 

magic, or be ready to do some fast footwork!

Round 3-2:

Wait for the ninjas to appear and kill them as quickly as 

possible.  If you can, knock them off the edge, instead 

of killing them!  This round gets hard, so you might want 

to use your magic to defeat some of the ninjas.  When you 

see a helicopter go up the screen, get ready to jump.  

Then, when it comes across the screen, time your jump, so 

that you jump through his fire.  

Round 3-3:

Wait for her to land, and get as far away from her as 

possible.  There are only two times you can hit her, and 

you have to hit her face.  First, When she has just 

thrown the saw blade and her head is down (very hard to 

hit at this time (takes perfect timing)), and second, 

when she lands and puts the saw blade down.  

BONUS STAGE

ROUND 4:  IN THE DARKNESS

Round 4-1:

When you get half way through this round, you will see a 

child, right next to a guy that throws shields.  Grab the 

girl first, then jump immediately to the left, looking 

out for the bullet shot by the guy on the far right.  

Then, you will face a Gold Ninja.  Destroy him, and move 

back to the right, and take out the rest of the guys.  

This part takes lots of practice, so keep trying.

Round 4-2:

Don't stand behind the black area too long, things will 

kill you that you can't even see!  When you reach the 

area with the ninjas, use your magic.  Shoot as much as 

possible, and you will hit things that you don't even 

know are there!  In addition, use your dog as much as 

possible (this is probably the round he is most helpful 

in).

Round 4-3:

Wait for the wheel to stop, and then hit it in the 

center.   Once he starts moving, move left and right to 

avoid him.  Right after he stops, watch out, because he 

shoots fire at you, and if you are too close to him, it 

will hit you.

BONUS STAGE

ROUND 5:  UNION LIZARD

Round 5-1:

ROOM 1:  SHOOTING GUYS

Walk to the right, shooting the guys that are shooting at 

you.  Use your dog as much as possible!

ROOM 2:  SPINNING GUYS

Walk to the right, taking out all the spinning guys.

ROOM 3: FORGMEN

Walk to the right, taking out all the Frogmen.  Look out 

from behind, because sometimes, they will drop behind 

you.  Walk to about the middle of the room (to the first 

crate all by itself), and shoot the right of the crate to 

find a hidden 1-up icon.  

ROOM 4:  NINJAS

Walk to the right, taking out both Blue Ninjas.  Then, 

continue to walk right, avoiding everything, and making 

all the Ninjas follow you.  When you reach the end, use 

your magic on all of the ninjas to destroy all of them at 

one shot!

ROOM 5:  GREY NINJAS

Walk slowly to the right, making the Ninjas appear.  

Right when they appear, hit them as fast as possible.  

Then, once they are destroyed, continue to the right.  

When you reach the end, jump and hit the red circle to 

find a hidden 1-up icon.  

ROUND 5-2:  LAST BOSS:

Kill the Grey Ninjas as quickly as possible, and wait for 

the guys head to fly off.  When it does, walk left and 

right to avoid the fireballs (dropping from the ceiling).  

Once free from the fireballs, jump and hit the red and 

blue glowing spot in the enemies neck, before he regains 

his head.  You can't hit him when his head is on, so be 

sure to get in as many shots as you can, while his head 

is off.

MISCELLANEOUS HINTS 

BOSSES:

Magic takes off two points of damage to each boss.  So, 

get him down to where two points of damage will kill him, 

then use your magic to finish him off.

Each boss has a different pattern, once you find that 

pattern, the bosses will kill you less, and be much 

easier to defeat.

BONUS ROUNDS:

If you don't hit any Ninjas in the bonus rounds, you will 

get 1 extra life.  However, if you shoot all of the 

Ninjas, you will get 3 extra men; all but one, two men, 

and all but two, 1 extra man!   

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