History VideoGame / SewerShark

** Zerks are supposed to weigh an average of ''50,000 pounds'' [[note]] The game uses the weight in pounds of whatever you just killed to determine your score. Zerks are enemies that appear at the very end of the game, and because of that are worth of tons points. [[/note]]. Somehow the obese, out-of-shape CorruptCorporateExecutive can run around with a box full of them, no problem.

** Thankfully, after a certain point, the required score is dropped altogether. Unfortunately, this is at the last two levels of the game.

* ExpositionFairy: Catfish

*** Additionally, failing replenish your hydrogen[[note]]"Watch your H2 level!"[[/note]] after destroying a certain amount of the same enemies presumably causes both of you pass out and crash[[note]]If the lack of hydrogen doesn't end your lives, that is.

* ShootEmUp

* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Your ship runs on an energy meter, and if it depletes, you automatically lose. There are 7 recharge stations in the entire game, and at each of them you have to make either a left or right turn into (and no, there is no turn indicator for these at the on-screen direction pad). The exact turns you need to make for each one is static (and thus, can be written down), but the only indication is a green light that shows up too late for you to make the turn. You can afford to miss every other one, though.

''Sewer Shark'' is a first-person [[ShootEmUp rail shooter]] that was sold with the ill-fated [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems Sega CD]] console, and shortly afterwards ported to the equally ill-fated 3DO console (with somewhat higher quality audio and videos than the Sega CD version). The game was made by Creator/DigitalPictures, the company who also made such {{c|ultClassic}}lassics as ''Make My Video'', ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' and ''Corpse Killer''.

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** Zerks are supposed to weigh an average of ''50,000 pounds'' [[note]] The game uses the weight in pounds of whatever you just killed to determine your score. Zerks are enemies that appear at the very end of the game, and because of that are worth of tons points. [[/note]]. Somehow the obese, out-shape-shape CorruptCorporateExecutive can run around with a box full of them, no problem.

Set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, it centers around "sewer jockeys", exterminators hired to clean the sewers of dangerous mutant vermin [[SeriousBusiness using flying ships and gatling guns]]. Gameplay-wise, it's fairly average rail shooter - mostly, it's known for being the first video game for a game console to use FullMotionVideo for its primary gameplay and for its memorable cutscenes.

** Zerks are supposed to weigh an average of ''50,000 points'' [[note]] The game uses the weight in pounds of whatever you just killed to determine your score. Zerks are enemies that appear at the very end of the game, and because of that are worth of tons points. [[/note]]. Somehow the obese, out-shape-shape CorruptCorporateExecutive can run around with a box full of them, no problem.

* InformedAttribute: Ghost is supposed to be an amazing Sewer Shark pilot, but since ''you'' are the pilot and gunner and Catfish is the navigator, all he ever does is give you shit for one thing or another.

* InformedAttribute: Ghost is supposed to be an amazing Sewer Shark pilot, but since ''you'' are the pilot and gunner and Catfish is the navigator, all you ever really see him do is give you shit for one thing or another.
--> '''Spoony''': Why does ''he'' get the girl?! He didn't do ''anything''!

* BatOutOfHell

* InformedAbility: Ghost is supposed to be an amazing Sewer Shark pilot, but since ''you'' are the pilot and gunner and Catfish is the navigator, all you ever really see him do is give you shit for one thing or another.

* {{Jerkass}}: Stenchler

-> '''Spoony''': Why does ''he'' get the girl?! He didn't do ''anything''!

-->[[SubliminalSeduction ".enin rebmun ,enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN"]][[note]]This is supposedly also a hint for the game: if you miss a correct turn, and turn left (AKA: "niner") three times, you won't hit a wall.[[/note]]

-->"[[StuffBlowingUp Crash and burn!]] [[EmphasizeEverything Crash!]] ''[[EmphasizeEverything And! Burn!]]'' [[TheManyDeathsOfYou The sewer jockeys]] '''[[TheManyDeathsOfYou COME]],''' [[TheManyDeathsOfYou and they]] '''[[TheManyDeathsOfYou GO!]]''' [[CrapsackWorld But]] ''[[CrapsackWorld down here]]'' -- [[CrapsackWorld This! Is the]] ''[[CrapsackWorld hole!]]'' '''[[EarnYourTitle I]]''' [[EarnYourTitle give you a name!]] [[TheLancer A]] ''[[TheLancer friend.]]'' [[CorruptCorporateExecutive A]] '''''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive boss.]]''''' [[EarnYourHappyEnding And a]] '''[[EarnYourHappyEnding reason]]''' '''''[[EarnYourHappyEnding TAH LIVE!]]''''' [[SinkOrSwimMentor You're gonna owe me]] '''''[[SinkOrSwimMentor big,]]''''' [[SinkOrSwimMentor Dogmeat!]] [[HeroismIncentive And what's my payback?]] ''[[BugWar A million pounds of tubesteak!]]''" [[ScoringPoints That's]] '''[[ScoringPoints ALL]]''' [[ScoringPoints you've gotta deliver today, hot-shot!]] [[KillStreak You nail this]] ''[[KillStreak one run,]]'' [[PalmtreePanic and we got a one-way ticket to Solar City!]]"

''Sewer Shark'' is a first-person [[ShootEmUp rail shooter]] that was sold with the ill-fated [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems Sega CD]] console, and shortly afterwards ported to the equally ill-fated 3DO console (with somewhat higher quality audio and videos than the Sega CD version). The game was made by Creator/DigitalPictures, the company who also made such [[CultClassic classics]] as ''Make My Video'', ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' and ''Corpse Killer''.

* [[ASpaceMarineIsYou A Sewer Jockey Is You]]

* GoddamnedBats: Bats fly randomly in front of the screen. They don't harm you, but they can mess with your vision.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Despite being a DrillSergeantNasty, Ghost does not utter any profanity.
-->'''Ghost:''' Dogmeat! ''You lick'' '''[[UnusualEuphemism gutterballs!]]''' Your call sign oughta be...Jerkface! Or maybe...Superwimp!

* IncomingHam: "[[WelcomeToHell WELCOME TO THE SEWERS, PUNK!]]" Has the added benefit of being yelled ''directly'' into the camera during an uncomfortable closeup, as is the case with literally every other line of Underwood's dialogue. The intro is nothing but Underwood [[NoIndoorVoice yelling hammy lines into the camera]] while overly-intense music punctuates his manly exlamations. It's actually [[NarmCharm kind of awesome.]]

* TheLancer: Ghost (the "greatest co-pilot to ever shoot the tubes"), though he's something of an inversion because of his mentor-like experience and the fact that [[spoiler:HE'S the one who gets the girl, Falco, in the end.]] Of course, there's MANY other tropes that Ghost fits into simultaneously, but most notably CynicalMentor.

** A scene which might qualify as the game's CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* NoIndoorVoice: "SHOOT THE TUBES DOGMEAT!"

** Ghost will crow about [[Film/ApocalypseNow The Stench of Victory.]]
** Ghost occassionaly shouts "Don't think! If you think, you're dead.", which is likely paraphrased from ''Film/TopGun''

-->[[SubliminalSeduction ".enin rebmun ,enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN"]][[note]]This is supposedly also a hint for the game: if you miss a correct a turn, and turn left (AKA: "niner") three times, you won't hit a wall.[[/note]]

[[color:white:'''''GIANT MUTANT BRAIN-EATING FIREFLIES''''']]

* ActionGirl: Falco, though you never technically get to see her in actual...you know...ACTION. Her badassery is pretty much implied through the opening intro, where both she AND Ghost basically tell you that any LIVING pilots automatically get conferred the title of {{Badass}} in the sewers.

* GatlingGood: Your regular gun, but also [[ItsAllThereInTheManual Sweet Little 16]].[[note]]"16 barrels of fun for Mr. Mole and company".[[/note]] There's even an awesome video of Sweet Little 16 in action.

->''"And what's my payback? [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext A million pounds of tubesteak!]]"''

* DrillSeargentNasty: Ghost

* CowboyCop: Ghost's weaponry isn't strictly legal, but it just might keep you off the wall.

* GatlingGood: Your regular gun, but also [[ItsAllThereInTheManual Sweet Little 16]]. There's even an awesome video of Sweet Little 16 in action.

* IncomingHam: "[[WelcomeToHell WELCOME TO THE SEWERS PUNK!]]" Has the added benefit of being yelled ''directly'' into the camera during an uncomfortable closeup, as is the case with literally every other line of Underwood's dialogue. The intro is nothing but Underwood [[PunctuatedForEmphasis yelling hammy lines into the camera]] while overly-intense music punctuates his manly exlamations. It's actually [[NarmCharm kind of awesome.]]

*** Additionally, failing to vent after destroying a certain amount of the same enemies also causes your ship to detonate.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "SHOOT THE TUBES DOGMEAT!"

* NonstandardGameOver: Each checkpoint has a (hidden) required score and a target score. Where your score is in relation to these values determines the exact cutscenes you get at each one, but being below the required score results in Ghost effectively kicking you out.

->"And what's my payback? [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext A million pounds of tubesteak!]]"

''Sewer Shark'' is a first-person [[ShootEmUp rail shooter]] that was sold with the ill-fated [[OtherSegaSystems Sega CD]] console, and shortly afterwards ported to the equally ill-fated 3DO console (with somewhat higher quality audio and videos than the Sega CD version). The game was made by Creator/DigitalPictures, the company who also made such [[CultClassic classics]] as ''Make My Video'', ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' and ''Corpse Killer''.

[[color:white:'''''GIANT MUTANT BRAIN-EATING FIREFLIES''''']]

-->[[SubliminalSeduction ".enin rebmun, enin rebmun, enin rebmuN"]][[note]]This is supposedly also a hint for the game: if you miss a correct a turn, and turn left (AKA: "niner") three times, you won't hit a wall.[[/note]]