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The only hope to defend the enemy army is you, the ace pilot. Enter your Flying Shark combat craft and shoot them from the sky. Really entertaining.
PAL (score display fucked on NTSC)
Tape / Disk
1 Player
Joystick in Port 2 and Keyboard
or Joystick in Port 2 only
or Cheetah 125 Joystick in Port 2
Original Arcade Design © 1987 Taito
C64 Development by Catalyst Coders
Coding by Andrew Parton
Graphics by Fred
Title Picture by Paul 'Dokk' Docherty
Music by Jim Evans
Released in December 1987
The fight is coming to an end and it doesn't look good for our side. High command have recalled you, the great combat ace, to fly a lone mission against overwhelming odds, to win this desperate battle and ultimately, save mankind. We're all depending on you, so best of luck. Flying the Shark Flying Shark is a one player game. To start the game after loading, press the space bar or fire button. Pressing the space bar to start allows you to drop smart bombs with the space bar. Pressing the fire button to start allows you to drop smart bombs by holding down the fire button and pushing the joystick forward. (The space bar will still drop the smart bombs in this mode) If you are using a Cheetah 125 special joystick, fire and smart bombs are both available from the joystick fire buttons. Levels of Play There are five levels to Flying Shark. When you reach the end of a level, the new level will be loaded so leave the disc or cassette in the machine (If loading from cassette, press play on tape when prompted.) Scoring and Bonuses 1000 points for destroying an entire squadron of yellow fighters. Destroy the entire red squadron and you can gain extra firepower by picking up the floating symbol. Destroy the entire blue squadron and pick up the floating symbol for an extra plane. Pick up the special symbol for an extra smart bomb. Loading Instructions: C64 Disc - Type Load "*",8,1 (RETURN) C64 Tape - Hold down shift and press Run/Stop. Then press play on cassette player. Joysticks: Joystick in Port 2 Cheetah 125 Special Compatible: Use both Ports Hot from the arcades, Flying Shark is the definitive conversion of this shoot-em-up, chart-topping classic hit trom Taito. Develop your strategy as you face swarms of enemy planes, tanks, gun emplacements and a host of sea-borne craft as you bomb, blast and battle your way into acrade history. Credits Convered by Catalyst Coders for British Telecom Copyright Taito Corp, 1987
| 1. | 45,517 | Mr Zero Page | Stuttgart  |
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| 2. | 35,301 | HOK | Paderborn |
PAL | |
| 3. | 35,151 | Rough | Grafing |
PAL CCS64 | |
| 4. | 27,880 | Karsten | Herford |
PAL | |
| 5. | 13,875 | SLH | Eindhoven  |
PAL | |
| 6. | 7,350 | B.A. |  |
PAL |
