The Ocean Hunter

The Ocean Hunter

Released1998
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 on 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. Upon reaching the end of the level, a boss is encountered. Each boss is named after a famous mythological sea monster: Kraken, Leviathan, Charybdis, Ahuizotl, Karkinos, Midgardsorm, and Rahab. There are also dozens of mini-bosses in the game, many of them also named after sea monsters.

Details

DeveloperSega Enterprises, Ltd.
ReleasedNovember 1, 1998
StatusReleased
GenresShooterArcade
PlatformsARC Arcade
ModesSingle playerCo-operative

About This Game

In a Steampunk alternate world, a maritime civilization built on the seas has been under attack from below. Giant ocean monsters have begun hitting shipping vessels, harbor infrastructure, and the people who depend on both. Ordinary predators follow the monsters to scavenge what the destruction leaves behind. Coastal settlements, out of options, post bounties on the creatures. Torel and Chris, underwater adventurers for hire, take the contracts. The hunt begins in the depths and does not end until every monster on the list is accounted for.