223 · SKY SHARK
The battles of World War II were non-stop blood baths on the sea and in the skies. No squadron has more kills than yours and no one in your squadron is better than you. That's why they call you Sky Shark.
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SHOW NOTES
Sky Shark Longplay
Flying Shark Gameplay
Same! Same! Same!
1942 Red Planes
Show notes
- Nobody Ever Said It Would Be Easy
- NES Longplay
- Introductions
- Last week I called this FLYING SHARK (the arcade name) before going to SKY SHARK. How much does the name of a video game matter to you NOW?
- I’m thinking about The Legend of Zelda games and it’s nice that they have
- Overview
- Vertical SHMUP very similar to the 1942 series including the control of a biplane
- Gameplay
- What’s unique in this SHMUP?
- Secondary shot is a bomb which kills everything on the screen (which begs the questions, is this a nuclear bomb and your plane is nuclear proof or something?)
- Only five stages, but pretty tough
- Collision detection
- Power Up system is boring
- Tim Follin
- Music
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- Fire Shark (known in Japan as Same! Same! Same!) was launched in 1989
- EGL
- No way
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