The Ocean Hunter (Jap) (1998) Supermodel v0.3 svn-881 player 2 full longplay
10The Ocean Hunter (オーシャンハンター) (also known as The Ocean Hunter: The Seven Seas Adventure) is a 1998 shooting gallery game developed and published by Sega. The Ocean Hunter runs on Sega Model 3 hardware. The cabinet features artistic renditions of the bosses of the game, some with faux Greek names: Οχτοπυσ (actual Greek would be Όκτώπους); Λεϖιατηαν (actual Greek would be Λευιαθάν) and Χψχλοπσ (actual Greek would be Κύκλωψ).
A new civilization is flourishing in the seas of an alternate steampunk world, but giant ocean monsters are attacking shipping vessels, harbors, humans and native marine life with increasing frequency. Ordinary marine predators such as sharks have begun to follow in the sea monsters' wake to scavenge what they could from the destruction caused. Frightened for their lives, the people issue bounties on the monsters' heads. The underwater adventurers Torel (Player 1) and Chris (Player 2) head out to defeat the horrible creatures.
The Seven Seas in-game are listed as:
- Baroque Sea (Pacific Ocean): Boss Kraken (Octpus dofleini). Reward: 5.000;
- Luna Sea (Arabian Sea): Boss Leviathan (Carcharodon megalodon). Reward: 8.000;
- Tartarus Deep (Bermuda Triangle): Boss Charybdis (Melanocetus). Reward: 10.000;
- Texcoco Great Lake (Amazon River): Boss Ahuizotl (Elasmosaurus platyurus). Reward: 12.000;
- North Sea (Arctic Sea): Boss Karkinos (Macrocheira kaempferi). Reward: 15.000;
- West Ocean (South Atlantic Ocean): Boss Midgardsormr (Lumbricus terrestris gigantesque). Reward: 18.000;
- Panthalassa (Mediterranean Sea): Final Boss Rahab (Gigantopithecus thalassa cyclops). Reward: 20.000.
After defeating Rahab, during the credits...Rahab reveals he was the one who created the sea monsters (except for Midgardsormr which must have existed before the events of this game) in order to protect the oceans from the pollution of the humans. He then warns the player that he will return someday.
The Ocean Hunter is played by using two mounted turret-like guns on the arcade cabinet. The game is capable of being played with either one or two people simultaneously. The player takes the role of an underwater adventurer searching for the Seven Great Monsters of the Seven Seas, hoping to collect the bounties placed on their heads for attacks on shipping vessels, humans and native marine life. The player proceeds to go throughout the game in a set path, shooting at various hostile ocean life along the way. The game is played progressing through various levels, each with its own design and layout, often incorporating the idea of sunken ships, underwater temples or cities of civilizations long gone. Upon reaching the end of the level, a boss is encountered. Each boss is named after a famous mythological sea monster with the final boss taking on different forms named Dagon, Poseidon, and Rahab. There are also mini-bosses in the game, many of whom are also named after sea monsters or mythological creatures.
After some tweaking with the control, I can now play as player 2 (Chris) alone with the mouse even though there are minor white graphic issue, and the crosshair didn't synchronize 100% with my mouse cursor position. I would play the English version if I could find one but couldn't find it anywhere (Like searching for a needle in haystack) so I will stick to the Japanese version for now. I enjoyed the game regardless.
Would love to see this game revived by SEGA one day
Note: Intro at the end of the video. Sorry about this one
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