Fire Shark

n/a

Fire Shark/Same! Same! Same!

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

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-11-02	¥6,5006,500	T-40013
US	1990-10^[1]		34016
EU	1991-12^[2]		T-34016
AU	199x
UK	199x	£?	?

Non-Sega versions
Arcade

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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.

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

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
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

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0101: "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (1990-10-xx)^[4]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[19]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

80

^[20]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[21]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

64

^[7]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

59

^[22]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

83

^[23]

Cool Gamer (RU)

30

^[24]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[25]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[1]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[26]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[27]

FX (UK)

70

^[28]

Génération 4 (FR)

88

^[8]

Famicom Hisshoubon (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[29]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

79

^[30]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[31]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

53

^[32]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[33]

Mega (UK)

PAL

78

^[34]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

55

^[35]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[36]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

59

^[9]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

73

^[37]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

59

^[38]

Player One (FR)

51

^[10]

Play Time (DE)

56

^[39]

Power Play (DE)

59

^[40]

Raze (UK)

NTSC

87

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

50

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

63

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

83

^[41]

Sega Pro (UK)

90

^[16]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[42]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[43]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

61

^[44]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[45]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

60

^[46]

Zero (UK)

74

^[18]

	69
Based on 38 reviews

Fire Shark

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	570b5024
MD5	dc1fa82af5d70b5a35e06b7f10f9bbcb
SHA-1	453ca331d15c47171c42312c14585541a3613802

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	9c175146
MD5	c00981929f3eca882d123809e81185df
SHA-1	020169eb2a4b3ad63fa2cbaa1927ab7c33b6add4

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (US)

Same as above ROM except 102 bytes blanked. Possibly pirate or hack.

✔

CRC32	2351ce61
MD5	de1cab62facb121904d0cb1da9cc00a8
SHA-1	54b9060699187bf32048c005a3379fda72c0fb96

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	77bbd841
MD5	9b399dee13e33613a4bed61b76d0233d
SHA-1	b0d2552c5aae75dbe2d63600c0dbd64868c2f2c5

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

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

[:File:EGM_US_015.pdf_p73-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:SegaPower_UK_26.pdf_p10-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Power, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-05), page 10

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p67-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 67

[:File:GPSG_US_01.pdf_p5-4] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 5

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf_p24_.2822.29-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 22 (24)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p37-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 37

[:File:Generation4_FR_040.pdf_p139-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 139

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p81-9] 9.0 ^9.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_017.pdf_p88-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Raze_UK_04.pdf_p74-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Raze, "February 1991" (UK; 1990-12-20), page 74

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-13] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPower_UK_27.pdf_p50-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 50

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p69_.2867.29-15] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 67 (69)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p18-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 18

[:File:SegaForce_UK_06.pdf_p68_.2868.2F69.29-17] Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 68/69 (68)

[:File:Zero_UK_33.pdf_p38-18] 18.0 ^18.1 Zero, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-11), page 38

[19] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 82

[20] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 319

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf_p24-21] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 24

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p51-22] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p130-23] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130

[24] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 227

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p79-25] Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 79

[26] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 315

[27] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-10-26), page 1

[fx1992-04-24-28] FX (UK) (+0:00)

[29] Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-22, 23 (1990-11-16, 12-07)" (JP; 1990-11-02), page 16

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_010.pdf_p88-30] Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-31] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p95-32] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-01.pdf_p87-33] Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p20-34] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20

[:File:MegaForce_FR_04.pdf_p103-35] Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 103

[:File:MegaPlay_US_02.pdf_p42-36] Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Micromania2_ES_050.pdf_p79-37] Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-38] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-05.pdf_p95-39] Play Time, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-08), page 95

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-02.pdf_p148-40] Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 148

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p69-41] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 69

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-42] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-43] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[:File:SegaForce_UK_06.pdf_p68-44] Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-45] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[46] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14

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Fire Shark

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-Tech version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References