Carl Williams writes, "Unreleased titles that receive unofficial releases by fans are a dubious endeavor to say the least. For most gamers it is a very wide gray area that they are sometimes fine with traversing depending on the title(s) in question. For many, an unofficial Star Fox 2 on cartridge release is worthwhile, but how many feel the same for say, Robocop versus Terminator on the Nintendo Entertainment System?"
What Spirits of Xanadu lacks in graphics it more than makes up for in this unnerving sense of dread that hangs in the empty halls of this Lovecraftian sci-fi adventure that is the spiritual successor to the wonderful System Shock series.