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Sqoon

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Control a pink submarine in this side-scrolling shooter to rescue humanity from alien invaders.

Sqoon was originally released in arcades by Irem in 1986. The NES/Famicom version was released in 1987.


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Released
1987
Original release
1986
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
40.14 KB
Rating
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About Sqoon

Sqoon is a side scrolling shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The setting involves an invasion from Neptune, whose inhabitants have flooded Earth to process humans into food. A pirate named Narikeen operates the pink submarine Sqoon and becomes the unlikely defender against this threat.

Players control the submarine, which is armed with forward firing missiles for combat and horizontally launched ice bombs for destroying underwater structures. These structures contain human prisoners who float free upon destruction and must be collected. The submarine has limited fuel, lasting approximately one minute per tank, making resource management challenging. Rescued humans are delivered to mobile islands that appear on the surface, which also serve as refueling points.

The game consists of eight levels, each located in a different sunken nation. The primary objectives are to defeat Neptunian forces and liberate humans from the aquatic factories.

Sqoon Screenshots

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Animated title screen, complete with topless mermaid!
A distress call provides the game's back-story.
The game starts as Sqoon floats through the flooded remains of New York City.
Approaching the first man-ham factory. Some trapped humans are visible at bottom-right. However, I am more concerned about the madly circling one-eyed fish.
I have freed some humans. Unfortunately, one has just been grabbed by a killer whale. These scavengers follow your sub and are ready to chomp any people you don't rescue in time.
A new enemy type - Bouncing peanuts!
More people to be rescued - If I can avoid the suicidal sea-turtles.