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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. Ryuichi Nishizawa says otherwise. According to Ryuichi, they were ashamed of their work and that's the reason why there's no credits. Though he also admits that the game was rushed and was done in under a month.
 
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. Ryuichi Nishizawa says otherwise. According to Ryuichi, they were ashamed of their work and that's the reason why there's no credits. Though he also admits that the game was rushed and was done in under a month.
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Revision as of 12:50, 19 September 2013

Jaws
Jaws - NES.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1987
Developer: Westone
Buy: Amazon

Jaws is a game loosely based on the famous movie of the same name. The player controls a boat that must upgrade frequently to kill the shark. To upgrade, they must go underwater. This is where RPG game elements come into play, 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. Plus, the game was made entirely by three people: Ryuichi Nishizawa did the graphics, Michishito Ishizuka did all the programming, and Shinichi Sakamoto did the music and sound. According to Ryuichi, the game was made in under a month.


Screenshots

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The title screen.

Jaws - NES - Overworld.png

Moving around the overworld.

Jaws - NES - Underwater.png

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 the sound driver came from Hudson Soft. Sakamoto says he was disappointed in his music for this game and the other Famicom game he composed.

Recording

#

Title

Composer

Arranger

Programmer

Length

Size

Listen

01 Title John Williams Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown 0:15 610 KB
02 Get Ready! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 0:06 245 KB
03 Overworld Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 1:19 3.04 MB
04 You've Hit Something! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 0:01 47 KB
05 Underwater Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 1:19 3.05 MB
06 Bonus Scene! Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 1:19 3.04 MB
07 Bonus Scene Results Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 0:02 107 KB
08 Upgrade Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 0:04 157 KB
09 Final Battle Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 1:01 2.36 MB
10 Game Over Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 0:05 211 KB
11 Ending Shinichi Sakamoto Unknown Unknown 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. Ryuichi Nishizawa says otherwise. According to Ryuichi, they were ashamed of their work and that's the reason why there's no credits. Though he also admits that the game was rushed and was done in under a month.


Game Rip

Formats

Download

Size

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Download 5 KB

Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

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