Jaws (NES)

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Jaws
Jaws - NES.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1987
Developer: West One
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Jaws is a game loosely based on the infamous movie of the same name. The player controls a boat that must upgrade frequently to kill Jaws. To upgrade, they must go underwater. This is where RPG game elements come in because you move your boat around the overworld until the game says you hit something. While underwater, the player must kill stingrays and jellyfish that usually drop seashells. These seashells count as currency in this game. Oddly enough, this is the only NES game West One developed, as they only made Sega games which probably explains why the game isn't all that good, because the programmers had to learn 6502 assembly language.


Screenshots


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The title screen.

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Moving around the overworld.

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Shooting enemies underwater. Apparently, stingrays and jellyfish are so big you can hit them with your boat!

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Attempting to kill Jaws.


Music

The music actually is pretty catchy, especially the bonus scene theme. The other music sounds suspenseful. The title music is a nice short rendition of the Jaws theme written by John Williams. While the game lacks credits, we have contacted the only known composer at West One, Shinichi Sakamoto and he confirmed doing the soundtrack. According to Shinichi, he composed the music in 6502 assembly language (NES programming). Shinichi says Ryuichi Nishizawa programmed the sound driver.


Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

Size

Listen

01 Title John Williams Shinichi Sakamoto Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:15 610 KB
02 Get Ready! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:06 245 KB
03 Overworld Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 1:19 3.04 MB
04 You've Hit Something! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:01 47 KB
05 Underwater Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 1:19 3.05 MB
06 Bonus Scene! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 1:19 3.04 MB
07 Bonus Scene Results Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:02 107 KB
08 Upgrade Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:04 157 KB
09 Final Battle Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 1:01 2.36 MB
10 Game Over Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 0:05 211 KB
11 Ending Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Ryuichi Nishizawa 1:20 3.07 MB


Credits

(Source: Verification from Shinichi Sakamoto; game lacks credits)

After you beat the game, you are treated to a plane flying off into the sunset with the words "THE END" appearing after. Shinichi Sakamoto says because of a subcontract, the developers could not put staff credits in their game.

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Jaws - NES.jpg
Title: Jaws
Platform: NES
Released: 1987/11/??
Publisher: LJN Ltd.