Shadow Knights - The Shogun of Death, also known as Budo - The Art of Ninja Combat, is a platform game created by id Software and published by Softdisk in 1991.

Shadow Knights was the first game created for Softdisk, who paid $5000 for it as part of id Software's contractual obligation to them.

[2] The prospering land of Naipusan falls under siege by warriors from the North led by the evil shogun Sashika.

In the wake of the never-ending reign of terror, a ninja born in the east whose arrival foretold by sages comes to remove Sashika from his seat of power and rule Naipusan fairly.

[5] The level maps were designed using a custom-made program called Tile Editor (TEd), which was first created for Dangerous Dave.