Revenge Shark

Appears as a boss in:

Super Darius (1990)


Relatives: Guard Savage, Iron Hammer


The multi-screen monster boss had its origin in the Bydo Mothership of R-Type; while Darius Gaiden would later outdo it for sheer psycho boss-ness, it looks like Taito tried it already when they gave us Revenge Shark. But they blew this one. Badly.


Three aircraft decks! And you can't even blow one up!! :(

Revenge Shark comes out onto a totally dark background, with searchlights from his prow/head/nose. Wow! As he scrolls more into view, you see the aircraft decks, the turrets and whatnot....this is the Enterprise-meets-Belser!

Tips: Granted, given the machine's limitations, perhaps I'm unreasonable, but sadly, the pesky turrets and support ships are all you have to contend with. But pesky is a bit of an understatement, as the turrets and support-ship runaways cannot be taken out. You can, however give Revenge Shark a bloody nose and knock out his fins:



He basically scrolls back and forth. His prow and a few turrets near the conning tower fire pesky bullets of the Battle Garegga type-hard to see. Curiously enough, Revenge Shark also launches a support mech out of nowhere who joins in the carnage, and a second support ship with a biggie beam. The decks keep on sending out the kind of ships you've been eating for breakfast since the start of the game, so they should pose not much of a problem. Apart from the bullets and beams, you should avoid not colliding with him; I'm thinking of the the dorsal and ventral fins here. After the Bydo Mothership, this one's a doozy:

Rating:

Colour Scheme:	79%
Design:	94%
Attacks:	66%
Name:	63% (eh?)

Real-Life Inspiration:The whale shark, the largest fish known.





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