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1986 · Magical Company · Adventure · Shooter

Sqoon

Nintendo exclusive

Sqoon is a side-scrolling shooter game published in 1986 by Irem for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Released
1986
Platforms
NES
Genres
AdventureShooter
Developers
Magical Company
Publishers
Irem
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
CLASS_IND L
Languages
English, Japanese

About

Sqoon (スクーン, Sukūn) is a 1986 side-scrolling shooter game by Irem for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Although published in North America directly by Irem itself, distribution of the game in that region and technical support were handled by Broderbund.

›Story

Aliens who rule the planet Neptune realize that they have run out of their primary source of nutrition, "man-ham livestock," and decide to invade Earth to feed off the humans. They melt the polar ice caps, causing entire continents to sink under the ocean. The General of the Earth Defense Army begs a pirate called Narikeen to strike back at the aliens with his submarine, Sqoon. Narikeen, being of an evil nature, laughs at the pleas of the general, but reluctantly agrees to exterminate the aliens.

However in the Japanese version, the message came from the United States of America's Pentagon and the message says in Romaji:

SOS...SOS... OTOTOSEIJIN NO SHINRYAKU ARI KYSOKU NI KAIMEN JOSYOSERI SQOON SYUTSUGEKI SEYO KAITEI NI HEIWAO!

U.S.A. PENTAGON

Keywords

  • aliens
  • shoot 'em up
  • side-scrolling
  • nudity
  • high score
  • mermaid
  • alien invasion
  • upgradeable weapons
  • aquatic
  • underwater gameplay
  • crab
  • water level

Media

Sqoon screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player is given Sqoon, a pink submarine, and must use it to destroy the aliens and rescue captured human survivors while trying to avoid coming into contact with enemies and running out of fuel. To accomplish this, Sqoon is equipped with missiles to attack enemies, and an ice ball bomb attack to destroy facilities and release captured humans. When Sqoon has reached its maximum capacity of nine humans, the player must discharge survivors onto an island which will then release power-ups and replenish fuel. Sqoon has a fuel supply which must be replenished every sixty seconds. Failure to do so results in the loss of a life.

Story

Aliens who rule the planet Neptune realize that they have run out of their primary source of nutrition, "man-ham livestock", and decide to invade Earth to feed off the humans. They melt the polar ice caps, causing entire continents to sink under the ocean. The General of the Earth Defense Army begs a pirate called Narikeen to strike back at the aliens with his submarine, Sqoon. Narikeen, being of an evil nature, laughs at the pleas of the general, but reluctantly agrees to exterminate the aliens.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES26 June 1986Japan · North America 1 September 1987

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