''ThunderJaws'' is a

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released in

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s by

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in 1990. Home ports by

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were published in 1991.

Plot

A secret agent is on a mission to stop the mad mutation experiments of deranged Madame Q, but is required to venture through the aquatic laboratories and bases to find and eliminate her.

Gameplay

The platforming game has two types of gameplay throughout each stage. The first is an underwater zone, where the player dives and swims through the level and looks for an exit to reach the other type of gameplay; the base zone, where the player walks and jumps across platforms (similar to '' Rolling Thunder'') until an important destination is reached. The player is armed with a

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to eliminate enemies but can acquire better weapons with limited ammo either found on the ground or randomly from an enemy killed. Enemies consist of divers, mutants and robots. At the end of various levels, the player is faced with a boss, defeated by repeatedly shooting its weak points.

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* * * 1990 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Arcade video games Atari arcade games Atari ST games Cancelled ZX Spectrum games Commodore 64 games Platformers Science fiction video games Spy video games Video games scored by Brad Fuller Video games developed in the United States Domark games Multiplayer and single-player video games {{action-videogame-stub