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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

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.
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