Sqoon Complete Playthrough - NintendoComplete
54A beginning to end play of the first loop through Irem's 1987 NES game, Sqoon, from http://www.nintendocomplete.com/
This video is now outdated. Please see this link for the HD 60fps upload that shows a complete two loops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wIh0ctdU-o&feature=youtu.be
Please note that the game does not have a formal ending. Upon completing the eighth stage, the game puts you back at the first stage with a weird color palette swap.
Considering that this is a shooter from the same time that Irem was also developing R-Type, you'd think this one would attract more notice in the retro-gamer crowd, but somehow it remains incredibly obscure. The pink submarine, Sqoon, has to blow up bases built in Earth's underwater cities (apparently aliens have melted the ice caps) to release imprisoned humans so that you can deliver them to a robotic island. It's as bizarre as it sounds; it's also insanely hard, repetitive, and long. The title screen, however, is one of the coolest amongst NES games.
No cheats were used during the recording of this video, despite how much I wanted to. There was an incredible amount of practice playing this before recording it.
My thumbs are still bleeding.
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