Let's Compare ( Flying Shark )

video locations
1. Arcade 0:38
2. ZX Spectrum 3:47
3. Amstrad 7:16
4. MS DOS 10:30
5. Commodore 64 14:00
6. TI99 ( Home Brew ) 17:09
7. Nintendo Entertainment System 20:30
8. Atari St 23:37
9. Amiga 26:47
10. Sharp X68000 29:56
11. FM Towns 33:05
Video Description Source
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_...
Flying Shark is a 1987 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed by Toaplan and published by Taito in Japan, Romstar in North America and Electrocoin in Europe. Controlling the titular biplane, the players must fight endless waves of military vehicles while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. The plane has a powerful bomb at its disposal that can clear the screen of enemies when fired. It was the third shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their eight video game overall.
Although first launched in arcades, Flying Shark was later ported across multiple platforms, each one being created by different third-party developers and featuring several changes or additions compared with the original version. The game proved to be a success for Toaplan among players in Japanese arcades and garnered mostly positive reception from western critics, however the game was met with mixed response from magazines, specifically the home conversions. In 1989, a sequel titled Fire Shark was released. The rights to the title are owned by Tatsujin, a Japanese company formed by Masahiro Yuge.
Gameplay
Flying Shark is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game in which players take control of the titular biplane through five increasingly difficult levels in order to defeat an assortment of military enemy forces like tanks, battleships, airplanes and artillery as the main objective. The title initially appears to be very standard, as players control their plane over a constantly scrolling background and the scenery never stops moving until a runway is reached. Players have only two weapons at their disposal: the standard shot that travels a max distance of the screen's height and three bombs.
The bombs are powerful weapons capable of obliterating any enemy caught within its blast radius. Various items are scattered through every stage that appear by destroying certain enemies: Shooting down colored waves of enemy planes spawn items like "S" power-up icons, point bonuses and extra lives. Certain enemies on the ground spawn "B" icons that increases the player's bomb stock when destroyed. Every time the player lands at a runway beyond the first takeoff, the amount of bombs multiply 3000 points to the player's total score.
Players are given three lives initially and bonus lives are awarded at 50000 points and thereafter.[1] The game employs a checkpoint system in which a downed single player will start off at the beginning of the checkpoint they managed to reach before dying. Getting hit by enemy fire will result in losing a live, as well as a penalty of decreasing the plane's firepower to his original state and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing. Completing the last stage restarts the game with the second loop increasing in difficulty.
TI99 information link
Flying Shark for TI99 By
Rasmus Moustgaard
atariage.com/forums/topic/268...

[@GamingHistorySource]

Sorry I missed the premiere folks. Had a lot going on here. Hope you enjoyed ! :)

[@garb7477]

It's maddening to hear a great NES track covered by that sfx

[@TheN0odles]

Had the demo of this on my C64. Great game (well that one level anyway)

[@shane1489]

Yeah me too and I’ll say the C64 looked like a pretty good version compared to some of the others.

[@danmanx2]

I'm looking forward to this!

[@AnimationMaster167]

Hey Gaming History Source! I just want to say happy 10 years of your original Pac-Man Lets Compare video! To celebrate, can you do Dragon Buster and Xevious next?

[@AnimationMaster167]

Uh... or Probably a 3rd remake of let's compare dig dug. He didn't have the Sharp X1 version, the PC-88SR version, the PC-6001mkII version, the J2me version (Dig Dug Deluxe Classic and Deluxe), or the Fujitsu FM-77AV version. I actually have the FM-77AV Version of Dig Dug.

[@GamingHistorySource]

Thank you ! :)

[@MsBee]

Sickest NES soundtrack, Tim Follin was a musical genius, and thank goodness music continues when paused lol

[@MsBee]

@HHR Haha right? Enough with the turbo already

[@deany2274]

What amazing music FM Towns has! Sounds awesome! So funky and clear improved!!

[@No1BRC]

Great video, i loved Flying Shark on my ATARI ST ☺

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

Sound is suffering on most. I would enjoy most of them back in the day.

[@enemyofvirtue]

ah man, early tim follin on the NES soundtrack. what a master!

[@alcelobo9114]

What a happy coincidence. I suddenly had remembered this game and wanted to see all the versions of it. And here it is, your video from just two weeks ago. Thanks.

[@GamingHistorySource]

I'm glad it met your needs. :)

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

@@GamingHistorySource If there were only three ports you've missed so far, they would to have to be the US version for the C64 titled Sky Shark, which is somewhat based on the NES version, the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 versions found on the Toaplan Shooting Garage collection titled Flying Fire Shark, and the Evercade version found on the Toaplan Arcade 1 cartridge.

[@OuroborosChoked]

Y'know, I was watching that Sharp 68000 version and thinking, "This looks fantastic... if only it was zoomed out a little more..." and then the FM Towns version comes on and it's exactly that (only with some distracting sprite flickering). Both versions look almost as good as the arcade version, though.

[@shane1489]

More great stuff per usual. I guess I could have lived with a few of these ports but some.... no way... it would be more fun to do yard work as a kid.

[@JudgmentStorm]

My favorite of all is the FM Towns one. Arcade perfect graphics, but superior BGM. The TI99 one looks and sounds amazingly good.

[@andy6576]

A great but utterly balls-hard schmup. Also super nice to have this channel back!

[@alkohallick2901]

Great game!!

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

🎵Flying Shark, do do do do do do, Flying Shark, do do do do do do, Flying Shark, do do do do do do, Flying Shark.🎵

[@batcat2338]

🤩 AMAZING

[@Halbared]

Nes and 64 versions are great, respect for that Texas version as well.

[@belstar1128]

All the versions look good this time for a change.

[@kokopalen]

00:51 I think this is the fire button... **Drops bomb**

[@garrettspencer3887]

good vid just supported u

[@GamingHistorySource]

Thankyou ! :)

[@garrettspencer3887]

@@GamingHistorySource no prob be sure to support me back

[@esmerylan]

For some reason I was sure this game was also on the Genesis, but I must have mixed it up with Fire Shark.

[@retro-rock3067]

wow

[@batcat2338]

wow, i didn't know this game was on arcade.

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

It was the original version though.

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

DOS looks decent but what about the main sprite, accelerates too fast? CPC is a ZX port like the Amiga from the ST. I like the ZX version a lot but TI seems to be the winner here.

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

Hey, I got a suggestion for you. Please make "Let's Compare ( Truxton / Tatsujin )". 1. Arcade 2. Genesis / Mega Drive 3. Mega Drive ( Tatsujin ) 4. Android ( Truxton Classic ) 5. PC Engine ( Tatsujin ) 6. Windows / Steam 7. Evercade ( Toaplan Arcade 1 )

[@martyclarke969]

lol Flashback

[@arthurthoma48]

Arcade 10/10 Zx Spectrum 2/10 Amstrad 2/10 C64 5/10 MS-DOS 4/10 Atari ST 6/10 Amiga 7/10 Sharp x68000 10/10 Fm Towns 9/10

[@Tetlee]

But harsh on the old Speccy there! 😄

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I used to play the C64 version until my thumb couldn't press the trigger anymore on that stupid old Atari 2600 joystick

[@TEPA6ANT]

Twin Cobra?

[@GamingHistorySource]

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[@TEPA6ANT]

​@@GamingHistorySource oh.... okay. I meant that games are somewhat similar.

[@alkohallick2901]

Wow the NES version just grates on you. 😖

[@fradd182]

ZX- adequate for the machine capabilities, but thats very poor overall. CPC - so slow and jerky. MS-DOS: not bad, the palette is weird. C64- playable, graphics could have been better for 87. TI99 - nice surprize.