Mindshadow is a 1984 graphic adventure game released for the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, Mac, IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk), ZX Spectrum, and later the Atari ST and Amiga The game was developed by Interplay Productions and published by Activision.

Interplay entered into an $100,000 contract with Activision to produce three illustrated text adventure titles, of which this was one.

[1] One of the game's programmers, Allen Adham, hired by Brian Fargo, CEO of Interplay Productions, would later be one of the founders of Blizzard.

After buying a forged ticket, the character flies to Luxembourg where he receives more clues and finally confront his nemesis.

If the player has uncovered enough clues (i.e. by reading a newspaper, or finding notes and messages on dead bodies) at the very end, the character will be able to regain his memory.

The story started right after Jared hit William on the head and dropped him on a desert island.

[13] Sinclair User awarded 2 stars out of 5, describing the game as "not very original" and "rather small.