Achievement Guide for Shadowrun (1994) for the Mega Drive (aka. Sega Genesis).

⛔ ⛔ ** CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS ** ⛔ ⛔

• RetroAchievement game page
• Guides from GameFAQs
• GameFAQs Guide by GLSicherman - The Salish-Shadhe map is especially useful.

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Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	SLOT OFF, FRAG-FACE!! Enter Matchsticks alone and unarmed and defeat Ito Ogami and his thugs using just your fists (hand razors and spurs are ok)	He can only be killed once.
	You and Your Johnson Take on a job for every Johnson on the game in one play session	One of the Johnson will be unavailable after some point in the game.
	My Little Black Book Acquire All Contacts	One of the Johnson will be unavailable after some point in the game. You need to get his contact before that.
	Bad Security Obtain corporate security badges	One of the Johnson will be unavailable after some point in the game. You can only get this item from his contact.
	The Day May Come When the Courage of Men Fails Get into the Mitsuhama building, rescue Aragorn and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	This is a story mission with special requirements.
	Kept You Waiting, Huh? Get into the Fuchi building, get the Cyber-Heart and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	This is a story mission with special requirements.
	Safe and Sound Get into Renraku Office and get the map without raising an alert or using invisibility and escape in one piece	This is a story mission with special requirements.
	Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying Get into Hollywood Correctional, rescue Ilene and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	This is a story mission with special requirements.

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• Story Achievements (these cannot be missed).
• Side Quests (There are 2 side quests in the game. They can be attempted at any time in the game).
• Shadowruns related.
• Matrix related.
• Other miscellaneous types (Like collect all contacts, buy specific items, etc.).

• Any starting class is fine, it only affects the very early stage of the game. You can always hire companions to complement your team.
• Hire any shadowrunner for the short term, then sell their items for easy money.
• Grind Gunderson and buy the Predator Pistol and Armor Jacket as soon as possible.
• Try to raise your Reputation to 5, then buy the Ork Armband as soon as possible.
• Try to raise your Electronics to 5. Buy Invisibility (or hire Ricky) to repeat early Corp Runs from Mortimer Reed.
• Next, target to raise your Electronics, Charisma, and Reputation to 6. And earn the money to buy Electronic Kit and Security Pass (aka. Corp badges).
• You should be able to complete all the stealth runs at this point. You don't have to do it now, but just keep this in mind: Every main mission that involves a corp run, there is a stealth achievement for it.
• You should already have a permanent team by now, let them stay in the team while grinding so they can earn karma too.
• You should be able to clear all the missable achievements by this point. Make sure to do it before proceeding too far into the main plot!
• Grind mid-level Corp Runs (from Celeb or Julius), and save up to buy the Fuchi Cyber-5 Cyberdeck.
• Depending on your confidence level, either repeat the mid-level Matrix Run or the Renraku Corp Run from Celeb to earn money and karma while upgrading your deck.
• Focus on the Cyberdeck's Response and Masking. Once you are confident enough, start grinding high-level Matrix Run (from Celeb) for money and karma. You will need a lot of money and karma to complete all the achievements.
• Just grind the high-level Matrix Run until you are feeling confident to finish the main plot of the game. It is up to you whether to grind for all the achievements first, or finish the game first and come back. If you think the grind is too much, you could grind just enough for the most expensive item in the game (the Fairlight Excalibur), then just save-buy-load for the rest of the items.

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You will earn these just by progressing through the story. With the exception of SIX special ones listed first.

Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	SLOT OFF, FRAG-FACE!! Enter Matchsticks alone and unarmed and defeat Ito Ogami and his thugs using just your fists (hand razors and spurs are ok)	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Make a save before confronting him in the Matchsticks. Arm yourself with Spurs, dismiss all your companions, and then go in and punch everyone to death. Just load your game after that.
	This One's Personal Go to Elysia's Tomb alone and unarmed and defeat Thon and his thugs using only your fists (hand razors and spurs are ok)	This is the final boss, you can always reload the game after you beat him, so I wouldn't consider this missable. - Get the Spurs if you do not already have it. - Wear the best armor you can. - Bring a full inventory of Medkits, and spam heal every time your HP drop below half. - Having high Body, Strength, and Melee Combat is a must. - Having high Biotech helps on healing. - Maxing these stats will make it very easy.

When progressing thru the story, there are some missions require you to enter a corp run to extract either a package or a person. Below achievements are unlocked if you managed to complete these without triggering any alarm.

Tips:

• Raise your Electronics and Charisma to 6.
• Buy Electronic Kit, or better yet, Level 5 Maglock Passkey.
• Buy Security Pass (aka Corp Badges).
• Save before entering, and reload a save if you failed.
• Just choose "Walk Away" for every random encounters.

Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	The Day May Come When the Courage of Men Fails Get into the Mitsuhama building, rescue Aragorn and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Part of a main quest.
	Kept You Waiting, Huh? Get into the Fuchi building, get the Cyber-Heart and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Part of the Stark side quest.
	Safe and Sound Get into Renraku Office and get the map without raising an alert or using invisibility and escape in one piece	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Part of a main quest. Note that when opening the safe containing the package, the alarm will be forcibly triggered. Don't worry about it, just be sure to be stealthy on your way to the safe.
	Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying Get into Hollywood Correctional, rescue Ilene and get out without raising an alert or using invisibility	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Part of a main quest. Safer to just buy your way in. Cheapest is to buy from Sgt. Chillicutt.

Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions
	On the Trail Recover Michael's Stuff from Stoker		Doctor, Doctor, Gimme the News Tell Dr Haversheen of Michael's Death		Tabatha Shale Track down Tabatha
	If Kung Lao Was a Pimp Find out what Boris Erascoe knows about Michael		The Horse's Mouth Meet Caleb Brightmore and find out what he knows		Barfight Hunt down Mako Sochou and make him to squeal
	Retirement Find and kill Ito Ogami and his thugs		The Lion's Den Obtain the map overlay from Renraku and escape with your hide intact		He's One of Them Rangers Meet David Owlfeather and make a deal with him
	Return of the King Rescue Owlfearher's drek-head brother and return to David		Horny Obtain a gargoyle horn and return it to the most wise one		Sit, Boy! Obtain a hellhound pelt and take it back to the wise guy
	I Kill Where I Wish and None Dare Resist Befriend a feathered serpent		The Face of Your Enemy Return to Spirit Eyes one last time to learn the identity of Michael's killer		Making a List, Checking it Twice Complete the Trial of Friendship
	I'm Telling You, These Walls Are Funny Rescue Ilene Two-Fists to complete the Trial of Fellowship		Frosty the Snowelf Complete the 'Trial' of Faithfulness and meet Frosty		The Puppet Master Meet the man who's been pulling the strings
	Sniffing Out a Rat Locate the Landmark Map		A Crushing Defeat Defeat Thon and avenge your brother

You will get these when you rescue Stark. Just find online for the walkthrough.

Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions
	I Am Iron Man Find an old friend in need of your help		Ya Got Heart, Chummer Steal the cyber-heart and save Stark

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You earn these by completing shadowruns from Johnsons.

Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	And I~I Will Always Love Youuuuu Complete any bodyguard shadowrun	You'll probably get this during one of the earliest run from Gunderson.
	Mailman Complete any courier shadowrun	You'll probably get this during one of the earliest run from Gunderson.
	Cowboy Diplomacy Complete any enforcement shadowrun	You can get this from Mortimer Reed or Julius, where they send you to beat up one of the 3 gangs in the game.
	Distgruntled Postal Worker Complete any acquisition shadowrun	You can get this from any Johnson other than Gunderson, where they send you to a Corp Run to extract a package.
	Career Change Complete any extraction shadowrun	You can get this from any Johnson other than Gunderson, where they send you to a Corp Run to extract an employee.
	Tron Complete any matrix shadowrun	Celeb gives out this run all the time. Mortimer Reed gives out simple run occasionally.
	No Job Is Too Big. No Fee Is Too Big Take a ghoul bounty job for at least 100 nuyen per ghoul and kill at least 20 ghouls and claim your reward	It is only possible to get this from Gunderson or Mortimer Reed. You will need to raise your Negotiation quite a lot. Just keep asking for job until you get offered 100¥ per ghoul, and then kill more than 20 ghouls before returning to them.
	You and Your Johnson Take on a job for every Johnson on the game in one play session	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ You have to complete one job from each Johnson in one play session (meaning once you save/load, the counter resets). One of the Johnson will be unavailable after some point in the game, so I recommend getting this as soon as you can manage a moderate-level Corp Run.

Complete any corp runs without triggering any alarm of using invisibility.

Tips:

• Raise your Electronics and Charisma to 6.
• Buy Electronic Kit, or better yet, Level 5 Maglock Passkey.
• Buy Security Pass (aka Corp Badges).
• Save before entering, and reload a save if you failed.
• Just choose "Walk Away" for every random encounters.
• You will pop the achievement when you return to the Johnson to claim your reward.

Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	Solidus Snake Complete any Shadowrun in the Mitsuhama Office without raising an alert or using invisibility	Run can be accepted from Mortimer Reed and Julius.
	Naked Snake Complete any Shadowrun in the Fuchi Office without raising an alert or using invisibility	Run can be accepted from Mortimer Reed and Julius.
	Venom Snake Complete any Shadowrun in the Ares Office without raising an alert or using invisibility	Run can be accepted from Caleb and Vigore & Jarl, and sometimes rarely given out by Julius.
	Liquid Snake Complete any Shadowrun in the Lone Star Office without raising an alert or using invisibility	Run can be accepted from Caleb and Vigore & Jarl, and sometimes rarely given out by Julius.
	Solid Snake Complete any Shadowrun in the Renraku Office without raising an alert or using invisibility	Run can be accepted from Caleb and Vigore & Jarl.

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Below achievements requires you to log into Matrix systems, do some stuffs, and then crash the CPU. Most of them will require a pretty high-level decking capabilities, including a moderately upgraded Cyberdeck, a good decker, and some good programs.

I recommend starting these after you have at least

• The Fuchi Cyber-5 Cyberdeck
• Max Response upgrade.
• At least 6 in your Masking upgrade.
• At least level 5 in your Attack and Deception program.
• At least 6 in your Computing skill (hiring Rianna is a good choice).
• Enough Cyberdeck memory to load Attack, Deception, and a Tar Pit fodder (Slow and Analyze).

Search online for more in-depth Matrix run strategies.

Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	Interrogating Him Deck into Ito's matrix, obtain all interesting datafiles then crash the CPU	Passcode will be obtained during main story progression. Beware the first node contains a guaranteed Tar Pit, so get your fodder ready.

You can keep asking Celeb for Matrix run, accept them to store the system passcode, and then cancel them. The "interesting datafiles" are stored in various data stores, so just try to download at least once in every data store you encounter until you manage to "find nothing interesting". If you found something interesting, navigate to the CPU to crash it.

Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions
	Loose Ends Deck into Renraku's matrix, obtain their piece of the passcode, then crash the CPU		The Heart of Washington Deck into Fuchi's matrix, obtain their piece of the passcode then crash the CPU		Mitsuhacka Deck into Mitsuhama's matrix, obtain their piece of the passcode, then crash the CPU
	Give Them the Raspberry Deck into Lone Star's matrix, obtain Joshua's case file, then crash the CPU		Kratos Deck into Ares' matrix, obtain their piece of the passcode, then crash the CPU		Kicking Some Aztec Deck into Aztechnology's matrix, obtain their piece of the passcode, then crash the CPU
	If She Could Deck into Hollywood Correctional's matrix, find Vigore's file, then crash the CPU		Bar Tabs Deck into Club Penumbra's matrix and crash the CPU		Checkout Time Jack into Gates Undersound's matrix, find Ito's reservation, then crash the CPU
	I'm An Agent Of Chaos Deck into Seattle General Hospital's matrix and crash the CPU

Below 2 are part of the Matrix Side Quest. Once you obtained all the secret passcode from the other systems, your Cyberspace passcode list will automatically have a new CHERNOBYL passcode to log into.

Image	Descriptions	Image	Descriptions
	Piecing it Together Assemble all pieces of the hidden passcode		Savin' the Day Deck into the hidden matrix, find the interesting data file, then crash the CPU

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Image	Descriptions	Remarks
	Soldiers of Fortune Meet All Shadowrunners	Search online for the list of runners. This includes Stark (which can only be met after completing a side quest), and Ilene Two Fists (which can only be met after completing a main plot).
	My Little Black Book Acquire All Contacts	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Vigore & Jarl will be unavailable after some point in the game. You need to get his contact before that. Search online for the list of the contacts.
	Sucker Pay Boris for his story	Go to Boris and ask for his story. He will charge you 100¥. Pay him.
	I Pledge Alleigance To The Mob... Swear loyalty to either the mafia or the yakuza	Buy the contacts from Halloweeners or Eye-Fivers. Then call either of the contacts. Agree to any of them will earn you this achievement. I recommend joining the Halloweeners, for their top-tier gears.
	Clearing Your Name Wipe your criminal record by any means	Some of the contacts offer to wipe your criminal record for a fee (eg: Henry J. Culver costs 2,500¥; Sgt. Chillicutt costs 5,000¥). Or if you don't mind losing all your money and illegal equipments, just walk into Lone Star HQ.
	Protection Racket Obtain 'protection' from all three gangs	Buy the protection from Halloweeners, Eye-Fivers, and Ork Gang. I recommend raising your Reputation to at least 5 to gain free access to the gang bosses.
	Bad Security Obtain corporate security badges	⚠️⚠️ MISSABLE ⚠️⚠️ Vigore & Jarl will be unavailable after some point in the game. You need to buy the contact for Max from them. He sells the badge for 6,000¥.
	Concealed Carry Obtain a weapon permit	Buy from Henry J. Culver for 8,000¥; or Sgt. Chillicutt for 10,000¥.
	The Key To Enlightenment Obtain a level 5 Maglock Passkey	Buy from Alesandro Hobbs for 20,000¥; or Max for 42,000¥.
	The Legends Were True Obtain the best cyberdeck on the game	Buy the Fairlight Excalibur. You can buy from Kipp David for 185,000¥; or if your Negotiation is 9 or above, you could get it cheaper from Crime Mall.
	Yer a Wizard, Joshua Learn all spells as Joshua or any Shadowrunner	Buy all the level 1 spells from the magic shops, including from Merlin's Lore in Renraku Arcology, Riannon's in Puyallup Barrens, and The Medicine Lodge in Council Island.

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Achievement Guide by ~Zero (shauntmw)