Sure we have sharks and giant squids in the oceans today, but back in the dino-days there were giant fucking sea reptiles like this newly discovered one described in National Geographic. Probably because of my vast love of dinosaurs I’ve long had a fascination with the monstrous sea creatures that roamed the seas of the prehistoric world (which, I am well aware, were not dinosaurs but just big reptiles that swam). I think my favorite was Elasmosaurus, what with its long neck and mouth full o
Pax Arcana Despite an increase in attacks overall, only one person died from a shark attack in 2007, the lowest worldwide total since 1987. The Science Daily says the low fatality rate reinforces what your mother always told you about sharks — they’re more afraid of you than you are of them. OK maybe that was bees. Anyway, it means you’re really not likely to get swallowed up by a maneater, despite what the SciFi Channel says: “It’s quite spectacular that for the hundreds of millions of p
TWO-FOR-FRIDAY! Be sure to check out 0074 too. I really don’t know what to say about this strip. It discusses language AND flying sharks. Awesome? No. SUPER-AWESOME!
Flying Shark is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan published by Taito in 1987. Its original title was Hishou Zame; the US title was Sky Shark (licensed to Romstar for distribution).
Piloting a bi-plane, the player needs to take out land based targets such as tanks and turrets and shoot enemy airplanes in order to collect special pickups to increase the plane's firepower. According to the story of Batsugun, the pilot of the bi-plane was called Rom Schneider.
Legacy
Flying Shark was converted to the Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, FM Towns, and Nintendo Entertainment System.
There was also a sequel, Fire Shark (also distributed by Romstar in the US). It was released for the Sega Mega Drive and Arcade in 1990 and is called Same! Same! Same! in Japan.
External links
Flying Shark reviews at Solvalou.com
Flying Shark at the Killer List of Videogames
Flying Shark at World of Spectrum
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