NES Sky Shark

Demo of the first 2 levels for the NES port of Sky Shark. Done for the review at http://www.qualtality.com/?page_id=28

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Sky
• Shark
• NES
• shooter
• STG
• Toaplan
• SHMUP

[xhirtam]

how many levels have this game??? -_- when i was a child played this but never ends because i remember that i never past a big black plane but now i play and i get many levels but no get to there O_O

[qualtality]

@xhirtam If it's true to the arcade version, there should be about 5 levels. It should also loop infinitely from the first stage when you beat it, ramping up in difficulty each time.

[nutherefurlong]

Your username is full of win :)

Does the title screen run for a bit? Was curious about the music for it.

[qualtality]

Yeah, the titlescreen just loops infinitely. You can also grab the NSF rip of the soundtrack from Zophar's Domain or somewhere and play it with the NotSo Fatso winamp plugin.

[Jac2Mac]

How come the Japanese division of Taito didn't do the NES port of Sky Shark rather than Software Creations? It would have done much better if it were done by Taito themselves using the same code as Bubble Bobble and Operation Wolf.

[qualtality]

This is actually a really good question. I might look into it, but if i had to GUESS, i'd assume it had something to do with the limits Nintendo placed on how many titles a company could put on the system within a year. An example of this is that Metal Gear was released under the Ultra Games brand, which was actually a company created by Konami specifically to get around this limitation.

[fishsandwichpatrol]

This game was amazing, and the soundtrack was really good. An orchestral rescore would be awesome...

[JBxWinters]

wow this brings back memories.. i remember playing this game with my grandfather when i was a kid... i wish i can go back in time

[kineticdeath]

i remember playing this waaay back when on the pc, it was HARD i personally never got past the aircraft carrier lol, but then i was like 6 and i didnt know there was a bomb weapon (or i never knew how to use it if there was). Would have gotten me past the bit i was stuck on (that carrier lol) had i have known!

[TheUnbiasedGamer]

@mohabiraq1 It's an nes game! How could it rip off a game that came after it?!!

[mohabiraq1]

looks like a cheap copy of Fire shark for sega genesis game

[MysticArksRevenge]

@Jac2Mac I agree! They should've done that game. I swear, the NON-JAPANESE always want to make games for the Japanese systems. They don't deserve to make any.

[NiFe628]

I just bought this game the other day from The Exchange. *Sigh* I love NES Games.

[Benosaurusrexx]

about to download a emulator and rom file for this game/game system! remembering back think i only made it to the desert level, i think that was level 3.

[generalesperanza]

Best game ever

[TheDemoniusX]

Game is one of the best shooters in existence. Awesome game-play, bad ass music and crazy enemy patterns. This game will give you a stroke because it'll do nothing more then PISS YOU OFF!!!!

[jigoyawara]

this game was great and very hard