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{{Infobox video game

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|title = The Ocean Hunter

The Ocean Hunter is a 1998 shooter arcade game developed and published by SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

|image = Ocean_Hunter_poster.jpg

|caption = Arcade poster

|developer = [[Sega]]

|publisher = Sega

|director = Shinichiro Okumoto

|producer = Rikiya Nakagawa

|designer =

|composer = Masanori Takeuchi

|released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 1998|WW|October 1998}}

|genre = [[Rail shooter]]

|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer]]

|arcade system = [[Sega Model 3]]

|platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]

}}

{{nihongo|'''''The Ocean Hunter'''''|オーシャンハンター}} (also known as '''''The Ocean Hunter: The Seven Seas Adventure''''') is a 1998 [[Shooter game#Shooting gallery|shooting gallery]] game developed and published by [[Sega]].<ref name="KLOV Ocean Hunter article">{{citation|title=The Ocean Hunter (In-Game)Game Info|publisher=Killer List of Videogames|date=2007-04-12}}</ref> ''The Ocean Hunter'' runs on [[Sega Model 3]] hardware. The cabinet features artistic renditions of the bosses of the game, some with [[Greek alphabet|faux Greek]] names: Οχτοπυσ (actual Greek would be Όκτώπους); Λεϖιατηαν (actual Greek would be Λευιαθάν) and Χψχλοπσ (actual Greek would be Κύκλωψ).<ref>{{cite web|author=Skoodlelu|url=https://www.deviantart.com/skoodlelu/gallery/62481521/the-ocean-hunter-offical-illustrations|title=The Ocean Hunter Official Illustrations|website=Deviantart|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==

[[Image:Ocean_hunter_dx_us.jpg|frame|A picture of the Ocean Hunter arcade cabinet.]]

A new civilization is flourishing in the seas of an alternate [[steampunk]] world, but giant ocean monsters are attacking shipping vessels, harbors, humans and native marine life with increasing frequency. Ordinary marine predators such as sharks have begun to follow in the sea monsters' wake to scavenge what they could from the destruction caused. Frightened for their lives, the people issue [[Bounty (reward)|bounties]] on the monsters' heads. The underwater adventurers Torel (Player 1) and Chris (Player 2) head out to defeat the horrible creatures.

== Game Play Gameplay==

''The Ocean Hunter'' is played by using two mounted turret-like guns on the arcade cabinet. The game is capable of being played with either one or two people simultaniouslysimultaneously. The Youplayer taketakes the role of an underwater adventurer searching for hiddenthe treasureSeven deepGreat beneathMonsters of the surfaceSeven Seas, hoping to collect the bounties placed on their heads for attacks on shipping vessels, humans and native marine life. The player proceeds Youto go throughout the game in a set path, shooting at various hostile ocean life along the way. The game is played progressing through various levels, each with its own design and layout., often incorporating the idea of sunken ships, underwater temples or cities of civilizations long gone. Upon reaching the end of the level, youa encounterboss is encountered. Each boss is named after a famous mythological sea monster with the final boss fortaking thaton level.different forms Thenamed bosses[[Dagon]], [[Poseidon]], and Rahab. There are usuallyalso mythicalmini-bosses orin athe largegame, versionmany of anwhom actualare also named after sea creaturemonsters or mythological creatures.

The Seven Seas are listed therein as:

* Baroque Sea ([[Pacific Ocean]]); boss [[Kraken]] ({{sic|''[[Giant Pacific octopus|Octpus dofleini]]''|expected=''Octopus dofleini''}}); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]5,000.

* Luna Sea ([[Arabian Sea]]); boss [[Leviathan]] (''[[Megalodon|Carcharodon megalodon]]''); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]8,000.

* [[Tartarus|Tartarus Deep]] ([[Bermuda Triangle]]); boss [[Charybdis]] (''[[Black seadevil |Melanocetus]]''); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]10,000.

* [[Lake Texcoco|Texcoco Great Lake]] ([[Amazon River]]); boss [[Ahuizotl (mythology)|Ahuizotl]] (''[[Elasmosaurus|Elasmosaurus platyurus]]''); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]12,000.

* [[North Sea]] ([[Arctic Ocean]]); boss [[Cancer (mythology)|Karkinos]] (''[[Japanese spider crab|Macrocheira kaempferi]]''); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]15,000.

* West Ocean ([[Atlantic Ocean]]); boss [[Jörmungandr|Midgardsorm]] ({{sic|''[[Lumbricus terrestris|Lumbricus terrestris gigantesque]]''|expected=''Lumbricus terrestris''}}); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]18,000.

* [[Panthalassa]] ([[Mediterranean Sea]]); final boss [[Rahab (term)|Rahab]] (''[[Gigantopithecus|Gigantopithecus thalassa]] [[Cyclopes|cyclops]]''); reward [[File:The Ocean Hunter currency sign.svg|10px]]20,000.

After Rahab is defeated, he reveals in the game’s closing sequence that he was responsible for creating the sea monsters (except Midgardsorm, who possibly existed before the events of the game) in order to protect the oceans from human-induced pollution, and warns the player that he will return someday.

The Ocean Hunter is played by using two mounted turret-like guns on the arcade cabinet. The game is capable of being played with either one or two people simultaniously. You take the role of an underwater adventurer searching for hidden treasure deep beneath the surface. You go throughout the game in a set path, shooting at various ocean life along the way. The game is played progressing through various levels, each with its own design and layout. Upon reaching the end of the level you encounter the boss for that level. The bosses are usually mythical or a large version of an actual sea creature.

== Reception ==

The bosses are:

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''The Ocean Hunter'' on their 15 November 1998 issue as being the fifth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=576|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 November 1998|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref>

==See also==

Kraken: A reddish-pink Giant Pacific Octopus. <br>

Leviathan: A giant, greyish-blue Megalodon (an extinct species of shark). <br>

Charybdis: A giant, khaki-coloured deep sea anglerfish. <br>

Ahuizotl: A green Elasmosaurus (an extinct species of prehistoric marine reptile). <br>

Karkinos: An orange-red Giant Japanese Spider Crab. <br>

Midgardsorm: An unidentified species of giant serpent. <br>

Rahab: A tall, three-eyed humanoid resembling a mutant merman or a sea dragon. <br>

== Hardware ==

* ''[[Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice]]''

The Ocean Hunter runs on SEGA Model 3 hardware.

* ''[[Transformers: Human Alliance]]''

* ''[[Deadstorm Pirates]]''

== Rarity References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

The game is known to be very rare. There are currently very few private collectors or large distrubutors that have an Ocean Hunter machine in their collection. Also in the last year there have only been one or two listings of this specific game on the well known online auction, eBay.

*{{moby game|id=/ocean-hunter}}

*{{KLOV game|id=8907}}

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