You are a deep-sea diver trying to catch small fish while avoiding a great white shark that is trying to eat you. Points are scored for catching small fish.
Shark JAWS was produced by Atari in 1975.
Atari released 136 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Shark JAWS was produced include: Pursuit, World Cup Football, Gran Trak 10, Gran Trak 20, Pin Pong, Goal IV, Jet Fighter, Crash 'N Score, Hi-Way, and Anti-Aircraft II -- aka Anti-Aircraft
Name | Shark JAWS |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1975 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9509 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Platform |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Gameplay | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 3.50 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Gameplay | 4.50 |
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Graphics | 2.67 |
Originality | 4.50 |
Sound/Music | 3.50 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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This game is based on and inspired by the movie "Jaws".
This game is also known as JAWS.
LICENSOR:Horror Games
There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Shark JAWS collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Shark JAWS.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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