Nightshade ndimasewera apakanema omwe amapangidwa ndikusindikizidwa ndi Ultimate Play the Game. Idatulutsidwa koyamba mu 1985 ku ZX Spectrum ndipo idatumizidwa ku Amstrad CPC ndi BBC Micro kumapeto kwa chaka chatha. Idatumizidwa ku MSX ku Japan kokha ku 1986. M'masewerawa, wosewerayo amatenga mbali ngati mphunzitsi yemwe akufuna kuwononga ziwanda zinayi m'mudzi womwe udawonongedwa ndi mliri. Masewerawa amakhala ndi zosewerera komanso zowonera, zofanana ndi omwe adalipo kale Knight Lore ndi Alien 8. Kuphatikiza apo, Nightshade ili ndi mtundu wabwino wa injini yamafilimu kuchokera ku Ultimate Play the Game, yotchedwa Filmation II. Masewerawa adalandiridwa potumiza ndemanga zabwino ; Otsutsa adayamika mawonekedwe ake pamasewera, mawonekedwe ake, ndi mitundu yake, komabe wowunikira m'modzi adagawika pazofanana zake ndi zomwe zidalipo kale.
Masewerawa amaperekedwa mu mawonekedwe a isometric. Wosewera amatenga gawo la msilikali yemwe amalowa m'mudzi womwe uli ndi mliri wa Nightshade kuti agonjetse ziwanda zinayi zomwe zimakhala mmenemo. Kuphatikiza apo, onse okhala m'mudzimo adasandulika kukhala ma vampires ndi zolengedwa zina zauzimu. Kulumikizana ndi zilombozi kumayambitsa knight, ndikulumikizana mobwerezabwereza kusintha mawonekedwe kuchokera ku zoyera kukhala zachikasu kenako kukhala zobiriwira, zomwe zimatsogolera ku imfa ya munthuyo. Knight imatha kugundidwa ndi mdani mpaka katatu, koma kugunda kwachinayi kumapangitsa kuti moyo ukhale wothira. Cholinga cha masewerawa ndi kupeza ndi kuwononga ziwanda zinayi zenizeni. Chiwanda chilichonse chimakhala ndi chinthu china chake chomwe chiyenera kusonkhanitsidwa ndi wosewerayo: nyundo, Baibulo, mtanda ndi hourglass. [3] Zinthu zinayizo zikasonkhanitsidwa, wosewerayo ayenera kupeza chiwanda chenicheni ndikuponya chinthu choyenera kuti chiwononge. Ziwanda zonse zinayi zikangowonongedwa, masewerawa amatha. Pofuna kuteteza adani ena monga ma vampires ndi zilombo, wosewera amatha kukhala ndi "antibodies", omwe amatha kuponyedwa kwa adani. Ma antibodies amapezeka m'nyumba zozungulira mudziwo ndipo amadyedwa pang'onopang'ono akagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi osewera. Zosonkhanitsa zina ndizowonjezera miyoyo ndi nsapato, zomaliza zomwe zimalola wosewera mpira kuthamanga mofulumira.
Ultimate Play the Game idakhazikitsidwa mu 1982 ndi abale Tim ndi Chris Stamper, pamodzi ndi mkazi wa Tim Carol, ochokera ku likulu lawo ku Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 adayamba kupanga masewera angapo apakanema a ZX Spectrum. Kampaniyo idadziwika chifukwa chosafuna kuwulula zambiri zantchito zake komanso ntchito zomwe zikubwera. Zochepa zomwe zinkadziwika za chitukuko chawo, kupatula kuti ankagwira ntchito m'magulu osiyana. Gulu lina limagwira ntchito pazojambula pomwe lina limayang'ana mbali zina monga mawu kapena mapulogalamu. Mtolankhani akuwunikanso Nightshade for Crash adafunsa Tim ndi Chris Stamper kuti mutu wamasewerawo unali chiyani, adayankha, "O, sitingakuuzeni." injini ya Filmation. Injini ya Filmation idapangidwa ndi abale a Stamper kuti awonetse zithunzi za 3D. Filmation II idagwiritsa ntchito njira yojambulira zithunzi yomwe idapanga mabowo mu maziko kujambula ndi kudzaza, kulola masewerawa kuti apange zomangika kuchokera ku zojambula za pixelated popanda kuphimba, ngakhale zoperewera monga ZX Spectrum zoperekedwa. Nightshade idatulutsidwa koyamba ku UK mu 1985 pa ZX Spectrum ndipo idatumizidwa ku Amstrad CPC ndi BBC Micro pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho. Idatumizidwanso ku MSX mu 1986 ku Japan kokha.
Masewerawa adalandira ndemanga zabwino pamene adatulutsidwa. Chris Bourne wochokera ku Sinclair User adayamika mawonekedwe atsopano a masewerawa ndipo adanena kuti, mosiyana ndi omwe adatsogolera Knight Lore ndi Alien 8, "adafotokoza modabwitsa" komanso "juiced". Wowunika wina, yemwe adalemba zamasewera apakompyuta ndi makanema, adayamika zithunzizo ngati "zabwino" ndipo adati zomvekazo "zinali zatsopano" chifukwa cha "zopusa" za ZX. Philippa Irving wa Crash adapeza kuti zojambula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito utoto kukhala "zodabwitsa" komanso zogwirizana ndi "miyezo yanthawi zonse" ya Ultimate Play the Game, koma adawona zochitika zingapo za mikangano. Wowunika yemwe adalembera Computer Gamer adati zithunzizo zinali "zabwino monga nthawi zonse" koma adavomereza kuti masewerawo "akusoweka" poyerekeza ndi zomwe zatulutsidwa posachedwa za Ultimate Play the Game. Chris Jenkins wotchuka wa Computing Weekly adaganiza kuti zamkati mwamasewerawa zimawoneka ngati mabwalo opanda kanthu, koma adavomereza kuti zotayika zakumbuyo zamasewerawa zinali zatsatanetsatane. Seweroli lalandiranso kutamandidwa kuchokera kwa owunikira. Bourne adati masewerawa adayenda bwino pa liwiro lofanana ndi masewera a arcade koma adawona "malingaliro a déjà vu" ndi lingaliro lamasewerawo ndipo adati masewera a oyambitsawo ayamba "kuonda." Wowunikira masewera apakompyuta ndi makanema adayamikira "kukhudza kwabwino" kwa Nightshade ndipo adatsimikiza kuti inali nyimbo yanthawi yomweyo kuchokera ku Ultimate Play the Game. Irving adadzudzula kusowa kwa malangizo kapena malingaliro omwe adabwera ndi masewerawa, ponena kuti, mosiyana ndi Knight Lore ndi Alien 8, Nightshade sanakhazikitse miyezo yatsopano pamapulogalamu. Irving adavomereza, komabe, kuti masewerawa anali masewera ena "anzeru mwaukadaulo". Wowunika wa Computer Gamer adakondwera ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana zamasewera ndipo adanena kuti zinali zokwanira kuti azisamala kwa maola ambiri. Wowunika wa Home Computing Weekly adanena kuti chifukwa cha kusowa kwa zopinga, masewerawa sakhala osokoneza bongo monga Knight Lore kapena Alien 8. Jenkins adayamikira kugwiritsa ntchito masewerawa a injini yatsopano ya Filmation II, ponena kuti "china chilichonse" chiri kutsogolo. Mtengo wa ZX Spectrum.
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