Jaws FAQ
by Ed the Moogle
Version 1.2
Copyright 2000 Ed the Moogle

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Now, you may be wondering why I, Ed the Moogle, would write an FAQ for this
shame of a game. My reply is simply this: Someone on GameFAQs requested it. So
I figured "Why not?" and wrote one. This'll be good for a few more kilobytes on
gamefaqs.com :). On top of that, I could possibly get on the New and Noteworthy
list for a little while. Then again, maybe not. Maybe they'll start a
"Dishonorable and un-noteworthy" list just for me :).

Contents

1.Various quotes about why this game sucks
2.Playing the game
3.Power-ups
4.Bonus Round
5.Strategy
6.Conclusion
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Section 1: Various quotes about why this game sucks

"Currently it's making itself useful as my doorstop, but other than that this
game is total crap." -Myself, Ed the Moogle

"Overall this is pathetic attempt at classic gaming fun." -Dave 008 Bond

"Ummm, it makes a neat sound when you ''accidentaly'' leave it in the middle of
the road and something destroys it." -Dave 008 Bond
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Section 2: Playing the game

You start the game on a small, almost entirely empty (two significant spots)
map screen in a tiny little boat. You drift around with the Control Pad for a
little while, stopping occasionally with the message "YOU HIT SOMETHING!!!!"

At this point you go underwater and view your guy from a side-view. You can
float around with the control pad (to some fairly catchy music) and shoot the
jellyfish, sharks and stingrays that appear. Sometimes they will drop starfish,
shells, and crabs which can merit you bonus points. You return to the boat
after a few minutes of killing these enemies. If a stingray, jellyfish, or
shark hits you, you die.

After a few moments of this you return to the boat. If you collect 5 shells and
touch the anchor icon at the upper-right corner of the screen, you will get
Jaws Radar, a thorougly useless item. But you'd think, since they KNOW where
Jaws is, there wouldn't be any more "YOU HIT SOMETHING!!!!!!" messages. Oh
well.

If you collect 5 more shells and return to the starting point without dying,
you can get a slight power-up, which enables your spears to do slightly more
damage while underwater. You can get power-ups again and again by going back
and forth between the two anchors, up to level 9, at which point you are about
as powerful as Superman, save for the fact that a single stingray sting or
shark bite can kill you.

In the event that Jaws should attack you, you stay in the boat for a few
moments, at which point you can drop depth charges on him with A and B. Of
course, these do a pitiful amount of damage, so they're barely worth it. After
you drop into the water, he will stupidly swim back and forth while you fill
him full of spears. None of this matters, however, as he can take about a
million hits before he escapes and regains at least 1/3 to all of his life (if
you take too long between encounters, that is. Every time you go back down into
the water, he recovers life).

However, in the event that you should power up enough to kill Jaws within one
meeting, you will go to a pointless minigame which has Jaws stupidly swimming
back and forth as usual. You have three "Strobes" at this point, and you must
aim the front of the boat at him, and when he gets close enough, jab him with a
Strobe using the A button, then follow up with the B button to impale him.
Shark problem solved. Our beaches are safe once again! Now you get to sit back
and watch the top-notch, 10-second closing cinema. Note that there are no
end-credits. Maybe LJN is so ashamed of this game that they didn't put them in.
Hmm...

Many thanks to Prio for telling me how to beat that vicious fish. His letter
follows.
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Prio (prionace@m0use.net) writes:

I have terrible news.  You're going to have to revise this FAQ,
because you didn't get it right the first time.  Pity you.  :P

Okay, look, when you encounter Jaws in the minigame thingy (which I did
zillions of years ago as a little kid with no discretion), you only need to hit
him once.  If you lunge out with the front of your boat and don't immediately
see a huge hole get poked in his stomach, it means you missed.  It's really,
really easy to miss, even when it looks like you haven't.  If I remember
correctly, you've gotta line it up so that the very middle of his
bleached-white belly is a bit above the tip, then slam away.  Again, it's
persnickety as hell, but far from impossible, especially if you remind yourself
that you're back to gutting jellyfish again if you fail.

When and if you DO stick it to him, the following things happen:

1) A special happy sparkly sound effect is emitted from the top-notch NES sound
system.
2) You see a little silhouetted side-view animation of Jaws' lifeless corpse
sinking to the bottom of the ocean.  (There is no gushing blood at any point,
of course, so it's a family-friendly evisceration.)
3) A reasonably impressive graphic of an island at sunset appears, and as the
words "THE END" show up (PHEW!), you'll hear quasi-tropical victory music
playing that's a little like double-speed Britney Spears strung out on every
hallucinogen in existence.
4) You press the power button on your game console, go outside, and enjoy some
fresh air, basking in the warm healing rays of the sun. Aaaaahhh.  Then a giant
shark plunges up from the earth amid a shower of rocks and dirt and swallows
you whole in blood-soaked retribution.

This might not all be 100% accurate (for example, I haven't yet been mangled by
any land-bound giant fish and so cannot confirm that presumption), but the gist
of it is that you CAN kill the toothy S.O.B. for good, or at least within the
context of the game. Go ahead and quote me on this stuff, at least if you
include a little disclaimer stating that I only played this game enough to win
it long, long ago, as an itty bitty little dumb kid.  :P
- P.
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Note: One time I played this game, I found a small craft docked near the
right-hand side of the land (not an island) between the two docks. It allowed
my little guy to move faster underwater. Is there a trick to making this
appear?
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Section 3: Power Ups

Starfish- Enemies will randomly drop this. You will gain 1000 points for
picking it up.

Crab- Enemies will randomly drop this. You will gain 300-500 points for
grabbing it. If it touches the ground, it will run away.

Seashell- You gain points for picking this up, and you can trade 5 of them for
a power-up at the docks. They are most often dropped by baby sharks, and are
worth 30 points each.
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Section 4: Bonus Round

After a few rounds of blasting Jellyfish and Stingrays, you may come across a
bonus round, where now instead of a diver, you have an airplane to do your
dirty work. You can drop bombs on the jellyfish below by pressing A or B, and
slow or speed up the plane by pressing Forward or Back as it flies from left to
right, or right to left. You will gain points and Seashells depending on how
many you destroy at the end of the round. You'd think that you could kill Jaws
from the plane with some depth charges or something, but nope. You're stuck
slaughtering some "evil minions" for fun and profit.
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Section 5: Strategy

There is one trick to the AI in the normal game: The enemies are completely
stupid. The stingrays, jellyfish, sharks, and even Jaws himself just swim back
and forth (well, sometimes the jellyfish do a zig-zag thing, but still...). You
can easily maneuver behind them or to the side and pump them full of harpoons,
killing them easily. This even applies to Jaws. I beat the game in 10 minutes
by getting up to Level 3 and then filling his face full of harpoons.
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Section 6: Conclusion

Thanks for reading this FAQ!
This is my first (and hopefully last) revision.

Thanks to

Prio, for telling me how to beat the evil Jaws.
gamefaqs.com for posting this FAQ.
The crazy guy who requested a Jaws FAQ on gamefaqs.com's request list.
and the "E" key on my keyboard, without which this FAQ would not make nearly as
much sense. Th3 3ntir3 FAQ would b3 typ3d lik3 this, and probably would not g3t
post3d on th3 sit3!

NO thanks to

The NES game "Jaws" for being so mercilessly crappy.
My "O" key, which jams up on a daily basis.
My "Home" key, which also jams up on a hourly basis.
My Space Bar, which does not space unless you press it exactly in the center.
All of my arrow keys, which all jam up on an hourly basis.
Gamesdomain, for stealing my frickin' FAQs!
LJN, for making such a bad game.

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edmoogle@hotmail.com (subject: chocobo
