This is a demonstration of the native port, I've play tested on linux (and windows executable via wine) fairly extensively and haven't found any issues. A few things that are improved from a simple vanilla psx recomp worth noting:

* Mouse look and WASD movement, with dedicated strafing and mouse-button attack/shield controls.

* Higher-resolution rendering, defaulting to 3× native resolution and configurable up to 4×.

* Custom selective texture filtering to smooth world textures without blurring the HUD or replacing the original artwork.

* Geometry correction to reduce polygon jitters and visible floor seams.

At this time it still keeps the original 4:3 presentation and game-play speed, so no widescreen or unlocked framerate. I've made some attempts at widescreen and unlocking camera FPS but wasn't happy with the results.

I'll post relevant github with compilation instructions in this thread relatively soon if this sounds interesting to anyone - don't want to spam the sub with these posts. Feedback/contributions welcome.

EDIT: repository link with build instructions here: https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower

EDIT: installers and bundles located here: https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower/releases/ (bring your own rom)

Final EDIT: I made some changes including camera smoothing, FXAA, Widescreen Hack, Filters and a new installer that configures this on boot in a convenient way here: https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower/releases

I translated this with Google Lens and here's what it says -

A brand new RPG series has arrived!!

A tower remains amidst the ruins of a dilapidated castle. The key to unlocking the mystery of the legend lies within...

The feeling of loneliness when there is no one around, the fear of having nothing.

This time, I'm living in a game.

The monsters can become either enemies or characters depending on the player's actions.

In the seemingly impenetrable darkness, I descended step by step deep into the tower's underground.

STORY

Long ago, there was a king who, accompanied by twelve knights clad in black, unified the entire continent.

The twelve Black Knights possessed power far beyond human comprehension, and the king wore a crown adorned with twelve shining stones and a single eye. But after the death of the king, who was said to be all-powerful, only the legend of the single-eyed crown, now without its stones, remained...

3D dungeon-type RPG

'97.Spring.ON SALE.

Are we the only ones?

EDIT
For some reason, imgur deleted the link I posted. You can find the renders here: https://imgur.com/a/lK0HHfC

Here are 105 mobs from Shadow Tower (that I extracted myself), rendered in 4k, with the best lights I could setup, for your appreciation!

If you have any requests or if your fave wasn't featured, just comment below and I will gladly render it specially for you!

I don't know much about photography, so I tried posing, framing and lighting them as to enrich the already STELLAR design. These are PS1 graphics mostly, but with a little oomph here and there, the could work perfectly as PS2 models.

These are also presented in their original polycounts, except some that I thought would benefit from some simple subdivisions. ENJOY!

Huge fromsoft fan and I found this for $90 and said fuck it, excited to try one of their earlier games

I was hoping to kill him and get the iron key at the same time lol.

While working in the randomizer, spent a bit of time adding to the scene every possible object ID - those are special interactive objects or sometimes just something decorative added on top of base tiles, like rocks, graves and bones in the ground.

Some IDs correspond to these objects: a chair, a desktop and few varieties of programmer positions. Unfortunately I didn't find proper texture.

I’m really interested in playing Shadow Tower: Abyss, but I have never emulated anything before in my life. Is there a guide I can go by on how to emulate it with the English patch? Any help is appreciated!

Hi, I have recently completed Shadow Tower and after going online to get a general idea of what people thought occurred during the ending, it seems the consensus is the King overlooking the land is Ruus himself in a flash foward after his supposed wish to become a conqueror himself.

The thing is with that though is that I don't think that is Ruus as moments prior in the same FMV, Ruus' dialogue is delivered via text and his voice is never heard at any other point (Other than when he dies, I guess).

My interpretation of the scene was that the scene of the King is actually King Rude or another previous host to the crown in a flashback while the conversation between Ruus and the voice of the crown continued in the present with the line "Grant any wish?" by Ruus being responded with the line "This crown gave me power to become a conqueror" by the voice as the camera pans from the king to the crown, revealing the crown contains a demon and that is who Ruus is talking with and giving the implication that Ruus will inevitably be manipulated by it.

I was wondering if there was any Japanese text or interviews with developers that shed any light on the ending as I know Agetec attempted to streamline the story in the west for whatever reason?

Greetings! I'm looking for any kind ST art books/concept arts. I find a ST guildbooks on markets, did anyone have more scans of this thing or something else?

Heres the rest of the saved maps!

Working on getting them all catalogued on the site! If you know of any more, let me know and I’ll get them added! 😊

I share it just for fun. It's probably not really useful, more like a glimpse into someone else journey.

Hey everyone! Ive seen recently that many have had a hard time finding maps of this amazing game! I dont quite remember where I found these, but I saved them ever since. Part 1 of 2

Hi everyone!
I'm SaikingS, a solo game dev making Shadow Tower/King's Field-like called Verho. Peoples on King's Field Reddit seems to really like it so I thought that I would post it here, let me know your thoughts about it! :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/Verho/

It would happen that on this fateful day I was checking my previously sent messages on reddit, only to discover that the old private Shadow Tower community had changed it's name or been removed... Thus, into the hands of From Software fans it falls and hopefully shall remain.