Editing Shadowgate (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|GR = 67.14% (GBC)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/198609-shadowgate-classic/index.html | title = Shadowgate Classic for Game Boy Color | publisher = [[GameRankings]] | access-date = 2013-03-08}}</ref>
|Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}} (PC)<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=2014-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114164519/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=41584| url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=41584 | title = Shadowgate (PC) - Overview | publisher = [[Allgame]] | access-date = 2013-03-08}}</ref><br/>{{Rating|3|5}} (MAC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14347&tab=review|archive-date=2014-11-15|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141115123828/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14347&tab=review | title = Shadowgate | publisher = Allgame | access-date = 2015-05-05|last=Baker|first=Christopher Michael}}</ref><br/>{{Rating|4.5|5}} (NES)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14347&tab=review | title = Shadowgate (NES) - Review | last = Baker | first = Christopher Michael | publisher = Allgame | access-date = 2013-03-08 | archive-date = 2014-11-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141115123828/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14347&tab=review | url-status = dead }}</ref><br/>{{Rating|2.5|5}} (GBC, Pocket PC)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18434&tab=review | title = Shadowgate Classic (GBC) - Review | last = White | first = Jason | publisher = Allgame | access-date = 2013-03-08 | archive-date = 2014-11-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141114212107/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18434&tab=review | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|GSpot = 5.8 out of 10 (GBC)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/shadowgate-classic/reviews/shadowgate-classic-review-2537194/ | title = Shadowgate Classic Review | last = Davis | first = Cameron | publisher = [[GameSpot]] | date = 2000-01-28 | access-date = 2013-03-08}}</ref>
|IGN = 6 out of 10 (GBC)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/02/shadowgate-classic | title = Shadowgate Classic | last = Cleveland | first = Adam | publisher = [[IGN]] | date = 2000-02-01 | access-date = 2013-03-08}}</ref>
|NP = 7.3 out of 10 (GBC)<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Shadowgate Classic | magazine = [[Nintendo Power]] | date = February 1999}}</ref>
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''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' gave the game a very positive review, noting the game uses the same superior interface as prior MacVenture games. The difficulty was noted as a step up from ''[[Déjà Vu (video game)|Deja Vu]]'' and ''[[Uninvited (video game)|Uninvited]]'', but ''Shadowgate'' was also said to be more flexible, allowing more than one solution to some puzzles.<ref name = "CGW">{{Cite magazine | date = November 1987 | url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_41/page/n40/mode/1up?view=theater | last = Hines | first = Tracie Forman | magazine = [[Computer Gaming World]] | title = Shadowgate: Inside the Castle Shadowgate  | pages = 41, 57 }}</ref>

The game was reviewed in 1987 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #128 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers stated "''Shadowgate'' is a great adventure game in that you must continually be aware of what’s already been accomplished to complete subsequent puzzles". The reviewers gave the game 5/5 stars.<ref name="Dragon128">{{cite journal
|title=The Role of Computers |last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk |journal=Dragon |issue=128 |date=December 1987|pages=92–96}}</ref>

Keith McCandless of ''[[Macworld]]'' reviewed the Macintosh version of ''Shadowgate'', praising its extensive gameplay, stating "so much is jammed into these two disks that nearly everyone should find this game appealing ... ''ShadowGate'' plays easily and instinctively". McCandless also praised ''Shadowgate's'' graphics and sound, calling the graphics "expertly crafted", despite "[lacking] originality", and called the sound effects "far better than those of most adventure games". He further called ''Shadowgate'' "technically, visually, and aurally superior to most of its competition", but criticized the game's mood, stating that it doesn't "take itself seriously enough to create a mood of mystery", and also lacks the 'tongue-in-cheek' humor of other adventure games, creating a feeling of something "lacking".<ref>{{cite magazine|last = McCandless|first = Keith|title = More Castle Hassles: ShadowGate 1.0 Review|date = September 1987|url = https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8709_September_1987/page/n173 |magazine = Macworld|publisher = Mac Publishing|page = 168}}</ref>