is a

virtual pet A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment. People may keep a digital pet in lieu of a real pet. Digita ...

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

for the PlayStation 2. It is the sequel to ''

Seaman Seaman may refer to: * Sailor, a member of a marine watercraft's crew * Seaman (rank), a military rank in some navies * Seaman (name) (including a list of people with the name) * ''Seaman'' (video game), a 1999 simulation video game for the Seg ...

'' on the

Dreamcast The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, N ...

. In this game, players act as the

god In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', Oxford University Press, 1995. God is typically ...

of a miniature island, charged with the task of rearing Gabo, a 20-centimeter tall

Peking Man Peking Man (''Homo erectus pekinensis'') is a subspecies of '' H. erectus'' which inhabited the Zhoukoudian Cave of northern China during the Middle Pleistocene. The first fossil, a tooth, was discovered in 1921, and the Zhoukoudian Cave has ...

, communicating through a custom microphone-equipped gamepad.

Gameplay

''Seaman 2'' plays much like the original ''Seaman'', but instead of playing as an actual inhabitant, the player is much more of a god, with the ability to alter environments to give things to the island's inhabitants.

Reception

''Seaman 2'' was the top-selling game during the week of its release in Japan at 33,000 copies. The game sold a total of 61,878 copies in the region in 2007.

References

External links

Seaman.TV
- official ''Seaman'' website 2007 video games God games Japan-exclusive video games Microphone-controlled computer games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Sega video games Video game sequels Single-player video games Video games developed in Japan {{life-simulation-videogame-stub