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Shadowgate: Legacy & Art

Shadowgate is a 1987 point-and-click adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Mindscape for the Macintosh as part of the MacVenture series. The game takes place in the Castle Shadowgate, residence of the evil Warlock Lord. The player, as the "last of a great line of hero-kings", is tasked with saving the world by defeating the…

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Shadowgate topic overview

The analysis highlights Legacy and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Shadowgate.

Related topics
43
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
48
Extracted relationships
124
Related term clusters
21
Bridge connections
48

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Legacy · 20 topics
Ports · 11 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Reception · 3 topics
Gameplay · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Point-and-click adventure
Composers
NES Hiroyuki Masuno Kento's Group
Developer
ICOM Simulations[a]
Directors
Dave Marsh · Karl Roelofs
Engine
MacVenture
Mode
Single-player

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Overview

Gameplay

Ports

Reception

Legacy

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Shadowgate connects Entity context

The extracted context around Shadowgate shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Shadowgate → AmigaNA: December 1987, Apple IIGSNA: 1989[citation needed], Atari STNA: February 1988, EU: 1993[citation needed], Game Boy ColorNA: January 1999[citation needed]JP: August 13, 1999, JP: August 13, 1999, JP: March 31, 1989, MacintoshNA: June 1987, MS-DOSNA: July 1988, NA: 1989[citation needed], NA: 1993[citation needed], NA: 2002[citation needed], NA: December 1987, NA: December 1989, NA: February 1988, NA: January 1999[citation needed], NA: July 1988, NA: June 1987, NESJP: March 31, 1989NA: December 1989PAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed], PAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed] Another extracted example is Shadowgate → Abstraction Games, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Bit Adventure Anthology, Déjà Vu, ICOM Simulations, Kemco, Macintosh, MacVenture, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, October, PlayStation, Swedish, The NES, Uninvited, Volume. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Shadowgate

Top relations

Release · 24
Shadowgate → AmigaNA: December 1987, Apple IIGSNA: 1989[citation needed], Atari STNA: February 1988, EU: 1993[citation needed], Game Boy ColorNA: January 1999[citation needed]JP: August 13, 1999, JP: August 13, 1999, JP: March 31, 1989, MacintoshNA: June 1987, MS-DOSNA: July 1988, NA: 1989[citation needed], NA: 1993[citation needed], NA: 2002[citation needed], NA: December 1987, NA: December 1989, NA: February 1988, NA: January 1999[citation needed], NA: July 1988, NA: June 1987, NESJP: March 31, 1989NA: December 1989PAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed], PAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed]
related to Ports · 22
Shadowgate → Abstraction Games, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Bit Adventure Anthology, Déjà Vu, ICOM Simulations, Kemco, Macintosh, MacVenture, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, October, PlayStation, Swedish, The NES, Uninvited, Volume
related to Sequels · 16
Shadowgate → Another N64, Before Shadowgate, Beyond Shadowgate, Dave Marsh, Four Towers, GameCube, Karl Roelofs, Nine, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Power, Scholastic Corporation, Shadowgate Rising, Trials, TurboGrafx-16, Worlds
related to Legacy · 10
Shadowgate → Game Boy Color, ICOM Simulations, Infinite Ventures, Kemco, NES, Palm OS, Shadowgate Classic, Viacom, Windows, Windows CE
related to Reception · 10
Shadowgate → Computer Gaming World, Computers, Deja Vu, Dragon, Hartley, Kirk Lesser, MacVenture, Patricia, The Role, Uninvited
related to Gameplay · 7
Shadowgate → Due, Many, NES, Nintendo's, Subtle, Virtually, Warlock Lord's
related to Plot · 6
Shadowgate → Ages, Behemoth, Castle Shadowgate, Lakmir, Staff, Warlock Lord
Publishers · 4
Shadowgate → JP/PAL: Kemco, JP: Kemco, NA/EU: Nintendo, NA: Kemco * Seika
Directors · 2
Shadowgate → Dave Marsh, Karl Roelofs
is a · 2
Shadowgate → 1987 point-and-click adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Mindscape for the Macintosh as part of the MacVenture series, great adventure game in that you must continually be aware of what’s already been accomplished to complete subsequent puzzles

Important terminology

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Important terminology

game version released nes nintendo warlock macintosh adventure games lord icom simulations series player original windows entertainment macventure puzzles castle

Shadowgate relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 124 structured relationships around Shadowgate. Examples in this analysis include Shadowgate → Composers → NES Hiroyuki Masuno Kento's Group and Shadowgate → Developer → ICOM Simulations[a]. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShadowgateComposersNES Hiroyuki Masuno Kento's Group1.00infobox
ShadowgateDeveloperICOM Simulations[a]1.00infobox
ShadowgateDirectorsDave Marsh1.00infobox
ShadowgateDirectorsKarl Roelofs1.00infobox
ShadowgateEngineMacVenture1.00infobox
ShadowgateGenrePoint-and-click adventure1.00infobox
ShadowgateModeSingle-player1.00infobox
ShadowgatePlatformAmiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, NES, Apple IIGS, Windows, Game Boy Color, Pocket PC, Palm OS, mobile phone, Playdate1.00infobox
ShadowgatePublishersNA: Kemco * Seika1.00infobox
ShadowgatePublishersJP/PAL: Kemco1.00infobox
ShadowgatePublishersNA/EU: Nintendo1.00infobox
ShadowgatePublishersJP: Kemco1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseMacintoshNA: June 19871.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: June 19871.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseAmigaNA: December 19871.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: December 19871.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseAtari STNA: February 19881.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: February 19881.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseMS-DOSNA: July 19881.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: July 19881.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNESJP: March 31, 1989NA: December 1989PAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseJP: March 31, 19891.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: December 19891.00infobox
ShadowgateReleasePAL: May 30, 1991[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseApple IIGSNA: 1989[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: 1989[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseWindowsNA: 1993[citation needed]EU: 1993[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseNA: 1993[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseEU: 1993[citation needed]1.00infobox
ShadowgateReleaseGame Boy ColorNA: January 1999[citation needed]JP: August 13, 19991.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Shadowgate bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Version, Games and Castle. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Shadowgate
    • Version
    • Games
    • Castle
    • Puzzles
    • Simulations
    • Nes
    • Citation
    • Kickstarter
    • Macventure
    • Needed
    • Campaign
    • Macintosh
  • shadowgate
    • Version
    • Games
    • Castle
    • Puzzles
    • Simulations
    • Nes
    • Citation
    • Kickstarter
    • Macventure
    • Needed
    • Campaign
    • Macintosh
  • point-and-click adventure game
    • Macventure
    • Macintosh
    • Series
    • Adventure
    • Icom
    • Point-and-click
    • Simulations
    • Shadowgate
    • Games
    • Amiga
    • Sequels
    • Version
  • icom simulations
    • Simulations
    • Macventure
    • Point-and-click
    • Citation
    • Karl
    • Needed
    • Roelofs
    • Dave
    • Macintosh
    • Marsh
    • Series
    • Original
  • macintosh
    • Amiga
    • Color
    • Point-and-click
    • Macventure
    • Entertainment
    • Series
    • Simulations
    • Version
    • Nintendo
    • Released
    • Sequels
    • Shadowgate
  • macventure
    • Point-and-click
    • Simulations
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Series
    • Nes
    • Amiga
    • Sequels
    • Color
    • Karl
    • Roelofs
    • Shadowgate
  • amiga
    • Color
    • Macintosh
    • Entertainment
    • Nintendo
    • Point-and-click
    • Sequels
    • Released
    • Citation
    • Karl
    • Macventure
    • Needed
    • Roelofs
  • nintendo entertainment system
    • Entertainment
    • Nintendo
    • System
    • Macintosh
    • Series
    • Console
    • Point-and-click
    • Released
    • Game
    • Sequels
    • Version
    • Shadowgate

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Shadowgate, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shadowgate with Legacy. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Shadowgate — Legacy · splits 28 ⟂ 21
Shadowgate — Ports · splits 37 ⟂ 12
Shadowgate — Overview · splits 40 ⟂ 9
Shadowgate — Reception · splits 45 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Shadowgate

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples124
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Shadowgate to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Legacy & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Shadowgate · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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