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Shamus - Play Online

PC Booter - 1984
Also available on: Apple II - Atari 8-bit - Commodore 64 - TRS-80 CoCo - VIC-20

For small DOS games like Shamus, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.

Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.

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hey 01 Feb. 2025

how do you resolve the sticky key issue for this game? it keep moving even after I stop pressing the arrow key.

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Kruesae 03 Nov. 2020

Shooting:
alt+arrow key

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Natty 13 May. 2020

How do you shoot? I started pressing on the space bar, I imagine that was from memory but nothing. BTW thank you!

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not 25 Oct. 2018

alt fires

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vinnie 07 Oct. 2017

haven't played this game since my dad pulled out his old Atari, and i cant remember if you have to pick up the knives, or if you have an unlimited supply. whatever the case, i dont know which key to press, i've tried them all.

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