Description

Shark Attack (very rare)

The following is from the Arcade Museum:

Name: Shark Attack
Developer: Pacific Novelty

Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

• Orientation: Horizontal
• Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
• CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

• Joystick: 8-way
• Buttons: 2 [ThrustMunch]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

• Upright/Standard

Description

You control a great white shark who attacks scuba divers armed with spear guns. Devour all divers and avoid all spears. Levels are numbered and indicated by flashing skulls. Shark Attack was the first Video Game to have Quadrofonic sound.

Information

According to Bernie Stolar, who was president of the company at that time, Universal wanted a licensing fee for the game, stating that it infringed on Jaws. Universal took Nintendo to court claiming that Donkey Kong infringed on King Kong. Hoping to avoid a law suit, Stolar explained to Universal that Pacific was a very company and could not afford a licensing fee. Universal agreed to allow him to make his first 1,000 machines without paying a fee. He supposedly made 999 machines and never made the 1,000th.

Trivia

According to Bernie Stolar, who was president of the company at that time, Universal Pictures wanted a licensing fee for the game, stating that it infringed on Jaws. Universal took Nintendo to court claiming that Donkey Kong infringed on King Kong. Hoping to avoid a law suit, Stolar explained to Universal that Pacific was a very small company and could not afford a licensing fee. Universal agreed to allow him to make his first 1,000 machines without paying a fee. He supposedly made 999 machines and never made the 1,000th.

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