1982 · Mattel Electronics · Action · Arcade
Shark! Shark!
In Shark! Shark! you control a fish! Your goal is to earn as many points as possible while staying alive.
- Released
- 1982
- Platforms
- IntellivisionLegacy Mobile Device
- Genres
- ActionArcadeSimulation
- Developers
- Mattel Electronics
- Publishers
- Mattel Electronics
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English
About
Shark! Shark! is an Intellivision game originally designed by Don Daglow, and with additional design and programming by Ji-Wen Tsao, one of the first female game programmers in the history of video games. The player is a fish who must eat smaller fish in order to gain points and extra lives while avoiding enemies such as larger fish, sharks, jellyfish, lobsters and crabs.
After eating a certain number of fish, the player's fish grows in size and is thus able to eat a larger selection of fish. However, while the larger fish becomes a bit faster, it is less agile than the small fish and has a harder time avoiding enemies.
Keywords
- shark
- character growth
- titular antagonist
- underwater gameplay
- crab
- jellyfish
- realism
- eat or be eaten
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
The Video Game Update praised the graphics of Shark! Shark! and said the game would be appealing to children, while stating adults would also enjoy the challenge. R. Wayne Schmittberger of Games also praised the graphics, stating the underwater effects were extraordinary.
Legacy
Shark! Shark! was made available for the PlayStation 3 through PlayStation Home in fall 2012 in a collection titled Intellivision Gen2. In addition to players being a fish eating other fish trying try to take down the shark, their food and foes will both swim in a wide variety of new patterns. It was also released on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.
A new version of Shark! Shark! was announced for release on the Intellivision Amico video game console. It is one of the six games that were meant to be included with the console.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Intellivision Collection 1Intellivision Greatest Hits: 20th Anniversary EditionA Collection of Intellivision Classic GamesIntellivision Lives!Intellivision Flashback
- Remade as
- Shark! Shark!
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Collections1 collection
Platform libraries
- Intellivision gamesMaster component releases
Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.