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{{Infobox video game
|title = ShadowWraith
|image = ShadowWraith cover.jpg
|alt = ShadowWraith box art
|developer = Terminal Sunset
|publisher = StarPlay
|designer = Ravi Mehta
|engine =
|released = 1995
|genre = [[Scrolling shooter]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Macintosh]]
}}
'''ShadowWraith''' is a top-down view [[scrolling shooter]] video game created by American studio Terminal Sunset for the Macintosh, and published by StarPlay. The game has a sequel called ''Souls in the System''.

As of December 2002, the StarPlay online product catalog indicated that the company was no longer selling games directly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starplay.com/store.html |title=StarPlay product catalog |publisher=StarPlay |accessdate=2015-09-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021208184209/http://www.starplay.com/store.html |archivedate=2002-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Story==
In the game, the player assumes the role of an [[artificial intelligence]] representation of a man named Alex Kendall, who was assassinated for having associations with the [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]].<ref name="allgame">{{cite web |title=ShadowWraith - Overview - allgame |author=Savignano, Lisa Karen |publisher=[[AllGame]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211165546/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=638 |archivedate=2014-12-11 |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=638 |accessdate=2015-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before his annihilation, Kendall's work in the Defense Department had grown unsatisfying for him, and so he instead devoted his time and efforts to the expansion of the ever growing [[cyberspace]].<ref name="allgame"/> In his latest project, he had created a way of designing a person's ego into the net, with such a cybernetic ego incorporating personality and intelligence in addition to tactile senses, using his own as a prototype.<ref name="allgame"/><ref name="IMG">{{cite journal |journal=Inside Mac Games (Free Preview Edition) |page=13 |title=ShadowWraith |last=Condit |first=Jeremy |date=March 1996}}</ref> His attempt at doing so was a success, though Kendall never got a chance to reveal his findings to the world, as he was killed shortly after, awaking to see his family die at the hands of his murderers. Soon afterwards, Kendall's mind came to life again in the form of a cyberspace program.<ref name="IMG"/>

Throughout the game, the player controls Alex Kendall's cyberspace program of himself, seeking revenge of his family, and his own mortal self.<ref name="allgame"/><ref name="IMG"/> The phrase "Revenge is best served on the Net" is shown in the opening titles before game play commences.

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was composed by Steven Allen, Andrew Schlesinger, Volker Tripp, and Thomas Chenhall, with the songs being stored in [[MOD (file format)|MOD format]]. It consisted of the following song titles in alleged order of game play:

#Extend
#Into the Shadow
#Haunt
#Night
#Cyberride
#Fall
#Wraith
#Marshins
#Dance of Zax
#Overlord
#World
#Ryu
#Stardust (Memories)
#Oblivion
#Silntrac (Silent Racer)
#Elysium
#Molecule (Molecule's Revenge)
#DENSETSU
#Pulse
#Off Line Pulse
#Dance Factory
#Internal Impactor
#Evergladez
#Space
#Xenon

==Reception==
[[Inside Mac Games]] complimented the game on its detailed physics model and music, among other things, and commented that ShadowWraith was better than the other games in its genre, though there were slight difficulties with switching weapons during gameplay and slower performance on [[68030]]-based Macs.<ref name="IMG"/>

==Sequel==
''Souls in the System'' is a sequel to ''ShadowWraith'', released in 1996 for the Macintosh. It included multiplayer modes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Souls in the System |url=https://tcrf.net/Souls_in_the_System |website=The Cutting Room Floor |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> It was designed and developed by Ravi J.K. Mehta of Terminal Sunset Software.<ref>Souls in the System User Manual Credits page.</ref> The cover illustration was designed by Peter Bollinger and came with the CD containing the program and music files.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141211165546/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=638 Overview of ShadowWraith by Lisa Karen Savignano] at [[Allgame]] (archived resource)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121232254/http://www.starplay.com/tech_support.html#anchor6080744 ShadowWraith FAQ at StarPlay Technical Support] (archived resource)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020214082117/http://starplay.com/souls.html StarPlay Productions - Souls in the System] (archived resource)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121232254/http://www.starplay.com/tech_support.html#anchor6328809 StarPlay Technical Support - Souls in the System] (archived resource)


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[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:Classic Mac OS games]]
[[Category:Classic Mac OS-only games]]
[[Category:Scrolling shooters]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:StarPlay Productions games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]

ShadowWraith - Revision history

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