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Sqoon

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Platform Famicom Year 1986
Publisher Irem Developer Home Data
Region JP Language English
Tags Action, Shoot'em Up, Dolphins
Platform Famicom
Year 1986
Publisher Irem
Developer Home Data
Region JP
Language English
Tags Action, Shoot'em Up, Dolphins

A shoot'em up in a world under water from climate change. Sqoon has you piloting a submarine to destroy aliens while collecting survivors. Get your survivors to safety in order to regenerate your fuel which is constantly counting down.
 
Good Bad
  • Unique setting for a shoot 'em up.
  • More complex gameplay than most shooters
  • Cartridge lights up
  • Dolphins
  • Odd hit-boxes for areas holding survivors
  • Secondary weapon has odd angle
  • Unclear goals requires reading the manual
  • No auto-repeat
  • Very chaotic
Good
  • Unique setting for a shoot 'em up.
  • More complex gameplay than most shooters
  • Cartridge lights up
  • Dolphins
 
Bad
  • Odd hit-boxes for areas holding survivors
  • Secondary weapon has odd angle
  • Unclear goals requires reading the manual
  • No auto-repeat
  • Very chaotic
 
4 Unique game with more complexity than most shoot'em ups but the added complexity doesn't translate into it being more fun.

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