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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: DreamWorks (US), Sega (EU), Toaplan (JP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Toaplan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fire Shark, released in Japan as Same! Same! Same! (鮫!鮫!鮫!), is a 1989 arcade shoot-'em-up by Toaplan ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. This is one of the few Mega Drive ports developed by Toaplan themselves.
Like many of the Mega Drive Toaplan ports, each regional release of the game contains multiple regional versions, of which European and US settings "Fire Shark" is slightly easier than Japan setting "鮫!鮫!鮫!". Unusually, the carts released in each region appear to be slightly different; actual differences are currently unknown.
Contents
Story
On an alternate Earth, heavy-arms producing nation S Corps starts invading other countries, and the Tiger Shark, a biplane, seems to be the only hope for stopping S Corps. There are three endings, depending on the difficulty level.
Gameplay
and
shoot;
releases a typical "bomb" weapon. Powerups are a lot like Truxton; you have S icons for speedups (though it never gets as crazy as Truxton does), B icons to increase bomb stock, various #up icons to gain a number of extra lives, and thunderbolt icons to increase score. Finally, you have three different weapons: the cyan spreadshot (wide area), the green laser (focused area), and the red flame thrower (switches between focused and wide).
Most of the scoring in this game is cashing in bombs and thunderbolts at the end of each stage, so some pro dodging is required. After clearing the 10 stages, a harder version of the game will begin, and so on.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Fire Shark | Fire Shark |
English (US) | Fire Shark | Fire Shark |
Japanese | 鮫!鮫!鮫! | Same! Same! Same! |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Fire Shark/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0101: "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (1990-10-xx)[4]
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Mega Drive, AU |
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Mega-Tech version
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1990-08 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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512kB | 1990-08 | Cartridge (US) | Same as above ROM except 102 bytes blanked. Possibly pirate or hack. | |||||||||
✔ |
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512kB | 1990-08 | Cartridge (EU) | ||||||||||
✔ |
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512kB | 1990-08 | Cartridge (JP) | ||||||||||
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1990-07-30 | Page |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 73
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Power, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-05), page 10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 67
- ↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 5
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 22 (24)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 37
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 139
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 88
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Raze, "February 1991" (UK; 1990-12-20), page 74
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 50
- ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 67 (69)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 18
- ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 68/69 (68)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Zero, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-11), page 38
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 319
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 24
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 227
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 79
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 315
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-10-26), page 1
- ↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
- ↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-22, 23 (1990-11-16, 12-07)" (JP; 1990-11-02), page 16
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 88
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20
- ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 103
- ↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 79
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
- ↑ Play Time, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-08), page 95
- ↑ Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 148
- ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 69
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
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