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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:250:Not affiliated with Universal.]] |
| 3 | ''Shark Jaws'' is a 1975 Creator/{{Atari}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame, created to cash in on the success of the movie ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Atari couldn't get a license from Creator/{{Universal}}, so they created a subsidiary, Horror Games, to protect them from a lawsuit (which never happened). |
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| 5 | You control a diver, who chases after a fish, while avoiding a shark. Every time you catch the fish, you [[ScoringPoints score a point]]. If you touch the shark, you die, but you have [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist infinite lives]]. The game ends when [[TimedMission time runs out]]. |
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| 7 | !!''Shark Jaws'' provides examples of: |
| 8 | * CollisionDamage: The shark. |
| 9 | * DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: You respawn after a couple of seconds. |
| 10 | * ScoringPoints: The goal is to earn as many points as possible. |
| 11 | * TheSeventies: Made to cash in on the movie ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', right down to designing the arcade cabinet so that the word "Shark" in the title was really small, so that people would think it was connected to ''Jaws'' at a first glance. |
| 12 | %%* SideView |
| 13 | * ThreateningShark: The shark is the only enemy. |
| 14 | * TimedMission: The game ends when the timer runs out. |
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