Shark! Shark! instructions

SHARK! SHARK!

Intellivision Cartridge Instructions

(For 1 or 2 Players)

Terror reigns under the ocean surface. It's a heavy traffic of sharks,

nasty fish, seahorses, crabs, lobsters and jellyfish. They swim fast,

jerk up and down, lurk behind plants, or slide under coral reefs.

They have weird shapes, striking colors, tiny or big sizes, and very

mean intentions. They eat or kill each other at first sight!

OBJECT OF THE GAME

Under your control, a small fish will begin scoring points by quickly

GULPING SMALLER FISH and NIBBLING AT A BLACK SHARK'S TAIL.

Watch for that shark turning around on you a bit too fast... or you're

dead! Never touch his head or fins! For every 1000 points earned,

you'll GROW ONE SIZE BIGGER. For every shark, crab, or lobster killed,

you'll get one bonus small fish. You start with 5 small fish, one at a

time, each a size 1, capable of growing up to size 5. After you've

reached size 5, for every 1000 points earned you'll get a BONUS FISH

instead. At certain sizes you're capable of eating up seahorses or

killing falling crabs and lobsters. But when the size-6 jellyfish begins

to cruise around, you'd better avoid him...as you would any fish or

thing bigger than you...or you're finished. Get eaten up once, another

small fish will take your place. But how many fish in your team have

you left? Soon you'll have only one. WIN BY SCORING HIGH AND

STAYING ALIVE!

GET READY

To begin the game, press RESET. You see the SHARK! SHARK! Title

Screen. Now choose your game speed:

Press 3 for very slow.

Press 2 for slow.

Press 1 for medium slow.

Press DISC for normal.

Watch the "SELECT 1 OR 2 PLAYERS" message on the screen.

If 1 player, press 1 on either keypad. Then press ENTER. YOU'RE ON!

YOU'RE THE SMALL YELLOW FISH!

NOTE: To continue playing the game, use the LEFT keypad only.

If 2 players, press 2 on either keypad. Then press ENTER. BOTH YOU

AND YOUR FRIEND ARE ON!

YOU'RE THE SMALL YELLOW FISH, IF CONTROLLING THE LEFT

KEYPAD. HE'S THE SMALL RED FISH, IF CONTROLLING THE RIGHT

KEYPAD!

HOW TO PLAY

You begin in the middle of the screen with a SMALL YELLOW FISH (if

you're playing alone). Your fish is size 1. Suddenly all kinds of

devouring fish, crabs, and lobsters begin to appear. Devouring fish

come in sizes from O to 5, except for the black shark who is MUCH

BIGGER but considered DIFFERENT. Crabs and lobsters are also in a

different category. The killer jellyfish is size 6, but he appears later.

Press DISC to SWIM FASTER and CHANGE DIRECTION. Press any

Key number to DART at TOP SPEED...as when chasing a smaller fish or

escaping from a bigger one! Press any Side Button to STOP

SWIMMING. Try to keep your fish in the middle of the screen, thus

avoiding a sudden assault!

Always attack and SWALLOW UP SMALLER FISH. Do it fast and don't

let anything bigger than you touch you! Watch your SCORE go higher

for every swallow. Watch your fish GROW ONE SIZE BIGGER for EVERY

1000 points scored! The bigger he gets, the faster he swims...and the

SHARPER HIS BITES! Also, the LARGER HIS MOUTH! He must be at

least size 3 to eat a seahorse and size 4 to kill a FALLING crab or

lobster. Watch those last two turn brown and slip to their death

through the bottom screen coral reefs.

GET EATEN THE FIRST TIME, and a second small yellow fish will

appear in the middle of the screen. The screen will indicate you have

4 more fish to go! GET EATEN A SECOND TIME, and you'll have 3 fish

to go! And so on. (Unless you've gained some BONUS FISH

somewhere.)

When you're out of fish to play, you've LOST THE GAME. Watch the

"GAME OVER" message appear! The top left side of the screen will

show a "O." Read your FINAL SCORE on the top right side. Is it high?

Play again! Beat your own score!

Learn how to STUN and KILL THE SHARK. Always attack his TAIL

and NIBBLE at it. Do it very fast and move out of the way even faster

for he'll turn around on you and get you! But you can anticipate his

moves...and position yourself cleverly to AIM AT HIS TAIL AGAIN

AND AGAIN! The smaller your fish is, the longer it'll take to destroy

him. But you can do it! And every nibbling raises your score!

Watch a dying shark twist and shrink in pain as he vanishes through

the bottom screen coral reefs. But remember, every shark appearing

on the screen is a NEW SHARK! And many more will follow!

Now watch out when the killer jellyfish starts cruising around. He's

size 6 and CAN'T BE EATEN BY YOU! Avoid him by all means! He'll kill

you at first touch! More jellyfish will swim along...TOGETHER maybe!

Keep out of their sight! Let the sharks take care of them!

For a TWO-PLAYER GAME, each player fish should attempt to

eliminate the other as well as the surrounding crowd of fish, crabs or

lobsters controlled by the computer. Gulp the opponent player fish

if you're BIGGER; otherwise, nothing will happen. Realize that it is

harder to play now. Your opponent player fish not only is as smart as

you are, but he can swim FASTER than any other fish to eat you up.

So you must be DOUBLY ON GUARD! Watch the red-orange blood

bubbles taint the ocean water when either one gets taken by the

other.

If eaten up by any fish or moving thing, a new player fish cannot

reappear until the opponent player fish is also swallowed up. Watch

and compare scores. If your fish is yellow, your score is in yellow. If

your fish is red, your score is in red and directly below.

YOUR FISH

Player 1 is yellow, and Player 2 is red. Which one do you want to

control? When playing alone against the computer fish, you'll be

controlling the yellow fish. He'll start out very small, size 1, at the

center of the screen and wait for YOUR COMMAND. While alive, he'll

never get off the screen. When dead, a new small yellow fish will

appear at the center. He'll be the second in a team of 5! That team

can go down to zero fish -- if you're not careful -- and lose the game!

Or grow up to 255 fish, by GAINING BONUS FISH and STAYING

ALIVE! Then, there's no telling how HIGH your SCORE can go! How

about 9,999,950 points?

THE OTHERS!

Black sharks eat anything that moves, except lobsters and crabs.

They're very mean and turn around at incredible speed. WATCH

OUT! NEVER TOUCH A SHARK'S HEAD OR FINS! If you do, you'll regret

it immensely! At HIGHER GAME LEVELS, the shark appears more

often on the screen...swimming also faster and with NASTIER AIMS!

He'll turn brown and become PARALYZED for a short time every time

a player fish nibbles at HIS TAIL. Bite his tail several times BEFORE

he tries to leave the screen, and he'll turn brown, shrink in terrible

pain, and die. His body will disappear quickly through the coral reefs

at the bottom of the screen. Then another shark will appear!

The bigger your player fish is, the GREATER YOUR POINTS for

nibbling at his tail! And the FEWER the number of times you'll have

to nibble to kill him! KILL a shark, get a BONUS PLAYER FISH!

CRABS & LOBSTERS

Crabs are orange, lobsters red. They crawl over the coral reefs, along

the bottom of the screen -- but never together. They jump up from

time to time to grab any fish, except sharks. As the GAME LEVEL

GOES UP, they JUMP UP HIGHER and MOVE FASTER. Only when

they're FALLING, which is when they're weaker, can a player fish kill

them. But the player fish must be at least size 4! Otherwise, the

player fish gets eaten up when attacking! KILL a crab or lobster and

get a BONUS PLAYER FISH!

VARIOUS FISH

Swimming along with a player fish will be others of various shapes,

sizes and colors. Fish of the same color are also of the same type. The

large fish want to eat the smaller fish, and the smaller fish want to

avoid larger fish nearby. The bigger their sizes, the faster they swim.

Fish of the SAME SIZE or TYPE won't fight or gulp -- just SWIM PAST!

Get your player fish bigger than any of these, and get ready for

dinner!

SEAHORSES

Brown seahorses are size 3. They are around quite often, sometimes

in pairs, trying to GULP SMALLER FISH...including your yellow or red

player fish. Before you start chasing them, make sure you're at least

size 3! They're delicious to eat!

KILLER JELLYFISH

Killer jellyfish are size 6 and only appear when a player fish has

reached size 5. They're BIG TROUBLE! Especially when 2 or 3 of them

show up at a time! They move fast and occupy lots of space, and your

player fish will have to duck their attacks very smartly...if he wants

TO SURVIVE! Lose sight of any of them for a split second, and you're

the best food they ever had! Only a shark can destroy a killer

jellyfish.

OTHER FISH

Tan and blue fish appear in different sizes, O to 5. Purple fish are size

3. Pink and orange fish are size 4. They feed on smaller fish and get

eaten up by bigger fish. However, a size-5 player fish will gulp any

of these...even when they're size 5...because the player fish is always

a little bit bigger than a similar-sized fish.

SCORING

* The maximum possible score is 9,999,950.

* The maximum possible fish count is 255.

EATING COMPUTER FISH

Computer fish size 0 = 100 points

Computer fish size 1 = 150 points

Computer fish size 2 = 200 points

Computer fish size 3 = 250 points

Computer fish size 4 = 300 points

Computer fish size 5 = 350 points

EATING PLAYER FISH

Player fish size 1 = 150 points

Player fish size 2 = 200 points

Player fish size 3 = 250 points

Player fish size 4 = 300 points

NIBBLING AT SHARK'S TAIL

Player fish size 1 = 150 points

Player fish size 2 = 200 points

Player fish size 3 = 250 points

Player fish size 4 = 300 points

Player fish size 5 = 350 points

KILLING A SHARK

For player fish size 1, 7 nibblings are needed.

For player fish size 2, 6 nibblings are needed.

For player fish size 3, 5 nibblings are needed.

For player fish size 4, 4 nibblings are needed.

For player fish size 5, 3 nibblings are needed.

CLIMBING THE UNDERWATER LADDER

Game Level 0: 0 to 4,999 points

Game Level 1: 5,000 to 14,999 points

Game Level 2: 15,000 to 24,999 points

Game Level 3: 25,000 to 49,999 points

Game Level 4: 50,000 to 89,999 points

Game Level 5: 90,000 to 9,999,950 points

KILLING A CRAB OR LOBSTER

Game Level 0: 500 points

Game Level 1: 550 points

Game Level 2: 600 points

Game Level 3: 650 points

Game Level 4: 700 points

Game Level 5: 750 points

GROWING BIGGER

For every 1000 points gained, grow one size bigger (and FLASH in

celebration).

STOP GROWING when you become size 5.

SPECIAL

* Kill a shark..Get a bonus size-1 player fish.

* Kill a crab...get a bonus size-1 player fish.

* Kill a lobster...get a bonus size-1 player fish.

* For every 1000 points gained after you grow to size 5...get a

bonus 1-size player fish.

STRATEGY TIPS

* While a shark is off the screen, try to stay away from the edge of

the screen. Another one may appear suddenly next to you, and get

you! Any fish bigger than you can surprise you the same way!

* When chasing a smaller fish, be careful of any larger fish nearby

who may also be chasing the same fish.

* Don't trust the coral reefs for hiding. They're infested with crabs

and lobsters!

* When nibbling at a shark's tail, be sure there are no large fish

around the shark and there's enough space for escaping from shark

attack! Nibble him to death BEFORE he tries to leave the screen.

* Try not to nibble at shark's tail when shark is too close to the top or

bottom of the screen.

* For 2-player games, decide quickly which smaller fish you're going

to eat and do it BEFORE your opponent's player fish gets in your way.

Try to build up bonus fish WHILE your opponent's player fish is

DEAD.

PLAY AGAIN!

Watch the "GAME OVER" message appear on the screen accompanied

with the ending music. Press any Key on either Hand controller and

you're ready to start ANOTHER GAME!

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