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2 | ''Submarine Attack'' is a [[HorizontalScrollingShooter side-scrolling]] shoot-em-up game for the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem II, released in 1993. It features an [[UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines advanced submarine]] that you, TheCaptain, must use to destroy the enemy. Although you start with rather amazingly poor shooting skills, you can improve your submarine with [[PowerUp upgrades]] obtained from destroyed enemies. Sometimes you can obtain [[HealThyself health]] and additional lives by the same means. First, your enemies are human, but soon they'll change into many [[FlyingSeafoodSpecial monstrous]] [[SeaMonster creatures]] of [[HybridMonster mythology]] [[StarfishAliens and]] [[AlienInvasion other]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts worlds]], before you [[FinalBoss meet the]] [[UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerOther final]] [[EldritchAbomination boss]]. The game has unlimited continues. |
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4 | !!This game provides examples of: |
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6 | * AdvancingWallOfDoom - Combined with DeadlyWalls. |
7 | * BattleshipRaid - One of the bosses takes up about half a level. |
8 | * BeamSpam - More like missile spam. Except in the last level, where you gain [[EnergyWeapon lasers]] for no reason whatsoever. |
9 | * {{Cutscene}} - Combined with LoadingScreen. |
10 | * DeadlyGas - Air bubbles can destroy you. |
11 | * DescendingCeiling - One of the bosses does this. |
12 | * DramaticEllipsis - Invoked in sound and lack of enemies. Meet the FinalBoss! |
13 | * EverythingTryingToKillYou |
14 | * GoForTheEye - Several bosses. |
15 | * HitPoints - You have three. |
16 | * InstantDeathRadius - Especially the last boss. |
17 | * ShowsDamage - When your submarine flashes, get a [[HealThyself health item]]. Or die at the next hit. |
18 | * UnderTheSea - It's a submarine game, so yeah. |
19 | * UnderwaterBase - One of the first bosses. |
20 | * UnderwaterBossBattle - Most bosses. |
21 | * UnderwaterRuins - Obviously those of {{Atlantis}}. Beware their [[SubBoss guardian]]. |
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