Battle Shark (Japan, Joystick) - Gioco MAME

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Battle Shark © 1990 Taito.

Battle Shark is a first-person shooter which has the player looking through a 'periscope' in order to destroy the enemies. This game features simulated damage whenever the player gets hit by either an enemy torpedo or a missile.

• TECHNICAL -

[Japan model]

Dimensions:
185,5cm high
162cm deep
69,8cm wide.
Monitor: 25inch.

Taito Z System hardware
Board Number: K1100541A
Prom Stickers: C43

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players: 1
Control: stick
Buttons: 6

• TRIVIA -

Even if the title screen says 1989, Battle Shark was released in March 1990 in Japan.

Also released as:
"Battle Shark [USA model]"
"Battle Shark [Europe model]"

• TIPS AND TRICKS -
• Battle Shark has a compliment of torpedoes at the start of a level. Once these are depleted there is a short delay before they are replenished.
• Increase the number of torpedoes Battle Shark can hold by defeating the end of level bosses.

STAFF
Direction: Captain Imamura, Ichiro Fujisue
Game design: Atsushi Yamamoto
Software: Ichiro Fujisue, Ghost Hashimoto, Takashi Kitabayashi, Naoya Kuroki, Takayuki Ishiwata
Art design: Hisakazu Kato, Takayuki Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Sato, Ken' Ichi Imaeda, Animation 20
Mechanic: Osamu Wakayama, Seiji Doumi, Yasunori Hatsuda
Cabinet: Atsushi Iwaoka
Hardware: Eikichi Takahashi, Katsumi Kaneoka
Sound and Music (Zuntata): Yasuko Yamada (Devil Yamada), Hidehito Kitamaru

• PORTS -
• CONSOLES:

[JP] Sony PS2 (mar.29, 2007) "Taito Memories II Gekan [Model SLPM-66713]"

• CONTRIBUTE -

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