Samurai Shodown IV

Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Developer(s)SNK
Publisher(s)SNK
TNSsoft (Windows)
Designer(s)Kiyoji Tomita
Artist(s)Y. Koyasu
Writer(s)Y. Yoshimitsu
Composer(s)Hideki Asanaka
Yasumasa Yamada
Yoshihiko Kitamura
SeriesSamurai Shodown
Platform(s)
Arcade
Release
25 October 1996
  • Arcade
    • WW: 25 October 1996
    Neo Geo AES
    • WW: 29 November 1996
    Neo Geo CD
    • WW: 27 December 1997
    Saturn
    • JP: 2 October 1997
    PlayStation
    Original release
    • JP: 25 December 1997
    Re-release
    • JP: 24 April 2003
    Windows
    • JP: December 2000
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge is the fourth in SNK's flagship Samurai Shodown series of fighting games. Chronologically, it is the second and final chapter of a story between Samurai Shodown and Samurai Shodown II, with Samurai Shodown III being the first chapter. Samurai Shodown! on the Neo Geo Pocket is a monochrome adaptation of this game, and it was followed by Samurai Shodown! 2 on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, which is a 2D adaptation of Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage.