Jaws FAQ for NES.
Version 1.0.
Written by Ramagamma ([email protected]).
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CONTENTS
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1. Why a Jaws FAQ.
2. The Game.
3. Walkthrough.
4. Anything else.
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1. Why a Jaws FAQ
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You might and indeed should be asking youself why i am writing a FAQ on
the game of a very very bad movie from the mid seventies. The reason is that
i read a FAQ on it by EdtheMoogle that inspired me to rush out and get the
ROM off the internet and play for a good hour or so before deleting it. Heck
its kinda fun finding a crap game and beating it then writing a FAQ/Review for
it to pass the time and add a FAQ to my contributor page at www.gamefaqs.com
which is the only site that can host this FAQ. Beats doing homework anyday.

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2. The Game.
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I am sure you have all seen the terrible movie about a killer shark who
terrorises a small neighbourhood. It was made in 1975 and is famous for being
a shark movie that lasts 2 hours with only about 10 minutes of that involving
anything to do with sharks. Well as the way of the world goes some fool out
there decided to cheat the public out of its own money by making a very very
bad game. Dammit i could programme this and that isnt a joke. Anyways just to
pass the time ill do a FAQ on it although god knows why anyone would need one
as my dad could complete JAWs. On with the FAQ.

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3. Walkthrough.
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You boot up the game and what do you get. A very nice title screen thats
what. The top of Jaw's head makes up the A and there some Jaws music going
on in the background. All very nice so far. You push start and your suddlney
greeted with even cheerier music and a picture of a boat. Just after the music
fades the game starts. And yes you are extremley dissapointed. It looks like
some kind of island surrounded by rocks and water. You take a look at the
bottom of the screen and you notice 4 things. Score which shows your current
score for the level. I wouldnt give a damn about that though because your not
exactly going to gain populatiry by running about shouting "i got a really
high score on Jaws for the NES". Shells which are this games basic from of
currency i suppose you could say. If you have shells you can buy upgrades
to you ship. More on that later. There also power which starts at 1. You can
upgrade this more on that later. The last thing on the screen is "Jaws Power".
As you meet him and fill him with bombs and harpoons this will slowly decrease
and increase again. Right so what you shuuld do to start is move about.
Eventually a message will flash at the bottom that you have "hit something".
You are then taken to a side view screen where your guy is swimming about. You
then have to shoot Jellyfish and Stingrays. Sometimes they drop crabs which
try and run away, grab them for points. Sometimes they drop stars which
you should pickup to get points and less often they will drop the shells you
can use as currency. Collect about 10 of these and then go to one of the
docks with the picture of the anchor on them. You then get the Jaws radar
whihc starts beeping whenever he comes near. Its a wee bit usless though
because you can always see him surfacing just before he comes at you. Right
once youve got the tracker you have to get more and more shells. Eventally
you should get to a bonus stage. What happens is instead of controlling a
crappy little scuba diver you control a plane. The ocean below you is filled
with Jelllyfish that appear often. What you need to do is drop bombs on the
jellyfishes heads. Its much easier than the rest of the game. Anyways once you
have done that for a few minutes or so the bonus game ends and you get a number
of shells depening on how many jellyfish you killed. I didnt say this game was
any good. Now you are back to the main screen.

Hopefully you will have about 20 shells at last by now. What you have to do now
is swim between the 2 ports with the anchors on them avoiding Jaws. Every time
you reach one with 5 shells your power bar in the bottom goes up. Once you are
level 5 go sailing at the very right hand side of the screen and you should see
some kind of boat type thing. Get that. Now whenver you go underwater you are
in a submarine and you can shoot bombs underwater and your harpoons turn into
missiles. Ok so know you are level 5 and you have the submarine. Right just
stay in one stop till Jaws comes near you. The difference between this and any
other encounters you had with Jaws is that the sea has a LOT of jellyfish that
can now swim sideways. Avoid these and pummel Jaws with your bullets and your
bombs. Since you are level 5 you will notice that Jaws power starts to go down
a large amount. Oh i forgot to mention. At the start of every encounter with
Jaws you are in the boat and you can shoot out bombs to the different sides by
hitting A and B. One button does the left side and one does the right. Once
you get hit by Jaws though this stops and you are swimming. Its unlikley you will
be able to hit him with many bombs before a jellyfish gets you and even then you
can only go a certain distance to the left or right before you stop and jaws gets
you. Right you should be in the submarine so hit Jaws with everything, missles and
bombs. Once his energy is about half done he will swim away and you want to scream
thinking you have just lost all your hard work. Fear not though. He will come back
about a second after you are back to the main screen and this time he has some
baby sharks. Avoid the sharks and take away the remaining half of his energy. Once
he has no more energy left its your last encounter. Its not a perspective from
the front of your boat and you can see Jaws fin swimming up. When Jaws is very
close to you push B and he is forced up out of the water. You can only do this 3
times before you have to waste his energy again. When he is up in the water he spins
round really fast. Hit A to stab the front of the boat into his stomach. His corpse
floats to the bottom of the sea and a plane flies over the river. Congratulations you
have just comepeted Jaws.

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4. Anything Else.
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Wow that was fun and i did it in less than a hour. Anyways this guide is
copyright to Ramagamma(tm). It can only be found on www.gamefaqs.com and
not the evil www.fbgames.com which is the worst site ever.
Rock on.
Ramgamma.

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