Shadow Gate for the Game Boy Color is a remake of the original Shadow Gate, thus the “Classic” in the title. It’s one of those games which seemed to have died off from popularity and existence after the Game Boy Color entries. And similar to the Survival Kids series in the sense that all future entries or sequels haven’t been worthy of the title.
The game can be traced back to the Mac in the earlier generations before it appeared on the Nintendo Entertainment System only a few years later. With the games premise been as simple as they come, you’re the last of a great hero and you have to defeat the evil Warlock- who is summoning demons to kill you before you can kill him, sounds like a Zelda plot gone wrong, but at the end of the day what we have here is something quite interesting.
I never heard of the series before buying the Game Boy Color game (which sadly for some reason is now lost because when I was little I for some reason gave all my games to dad to keep safe or something and then he lost it 
, anyway…), the game is quite an interesting little gem which people would be spending hours with.
There are other titles available with a similar design choices, but Shadow Gate stands alone with its puzzles and story.
Graphic wise it’s something which has run ahead of the crowd on the Game Boy a few miles ahead of everyone else, it looks great and appears that lots of time has been put into the presentation of the title.
It’s quite easy to understand how to play, in fact it’s a point and click adventure game like no other, and when it comes to fights with evil demons, it’s still point and click, but its then taken a roll of turn based games when it comes to damage etc.
Shadow Gate Classic is one of those games which always wants to hurt you, there’s lots of puzzles which if you get wrong your quite easily going to pay for it, either with death or damage. The wrong solution to a puzzle could kill you, while the right solution lets you pass, it’s a game with a long winding maze of rooms which could kill you or if you have the right items accumulated set you free.
The game is quite spooky for some parts, one because you don’t know if your move is going to kill you until it happens and then the other token that the evil guy in this game is quite bad ass.
For those looking for simular titles, MacVenture also has the Déjà vu series which has appeared on the Game Boy Color as well as the original platforms, but Shadow Gate seems to be alone when it comes to sequels (there is one for the 64 and one which died in limbo in the 64 era).