Fire Shark

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Fire Shark/Same! Same! Same!
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-Tech
Publisher: DreamWorks (US), Sega (EU), Toaplan (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Release Date RRP Code

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.

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

A and C shoot; B 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.

Magazine articles

Main article: Fire Shark/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

SegaVisions US 02.pdf¦page#43¦US print advert in Sega Visions (US) #2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

ExpandSega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
64 №4, p37[1]
90 №110, p67[2]
78
88 №40, p139[3]
68 №5, p92
53 №5, p95
78 №9, p20
59 №1, p81[4]
51 №17, p88[5]
87 №4, p74[6]
60 №23, p54
60 №23, p55
63 №27, p50
83 №2, p67[7]
90 №3, p18[8]
75 №18, p65
75 №18, p65
61 №6, p68/69[9]
74 №33, p38[10]
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
19 reviews
ExpandSega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[11]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
83
[13]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
64
[1]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
59
[14]
Console XS (UK) PAL
83
[15]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[16]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[17]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[18]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[19]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[20]
FX (UK)
70
[21]
Génération 4 (FR)
88
[3]
Famicom Hisshoubon (JP) NTSC-J
50
[22]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
79
[23]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
68
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
53
[25]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
78
[26]
Mega (UK) PAL
78
[27]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
55
[28]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
83
[29]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
59
[4]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
73
[30]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
59
[31]
Player One (FR)
51
[5]
Play Time (DE)
56
[32]
Power Play (DE)
59
[33]
Raze (UK) NTSC
87
[6]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC
50
[34]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
63
[35]
Sega Pro (UK)
83
[7]
Sega Pro (UK)
90
[8]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
75
[36]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
75
[37]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
61
[9]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
79
[38]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
60
[39]
Zero (UK)
74
[10]
Sega Mega Drive
69
Based on
38 reviews

Fire Shark

Mega Drive, US
FireShark MD US Box.jpg
Cover
FireShark MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Fireshark md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
FireShark MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
FireShark MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
FireShark MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
FireShark MD JP CartTop.jpg
FireShark MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, AU

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

FireShark MegaTech Cart.jpg
Cart

References

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  14. The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
  15. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
  16. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 227
  17. Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 79
  18. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 73
  19. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 315
  20. Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-10-26), page 1
  21. FX (UK) (+0:00)
  22. Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-22, 23 (1990-11-16, 12-07)" (JP; 1990-11-02), page 16
  23. Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 88
  24. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  25. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  26. Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87
  27. Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20
  28. Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 103
  29. Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
  30. Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 79
  31. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  32. Play Time, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-08), page 95
  33. Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 148
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