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Jaws is an NES game based on the film franchise of the same name, specifically Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth and final film in the series. Unlike the movies, the game is a simple shark hunt arranged like an action RPG; the player pilots a boat across the sea, randomly encountering groups of hostile sea creatures, who are fought in a 2D side-scrolling section ala Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The goal is to avoid the titular shark while gathering conch shells to purchase improved gear. After gaining enough conch shells, the player can first get a tracking device (the closer Jaws is, the faster it beeps) and then increase the power of their armaments. The best way to complete this task is to kill gaggles of tiny blood-thirsty baby Jaws'. This is in most part due to the highly addictive "mini-game", which will be activated after the baby Jaws' are slain. The primary task of the "mini-game" is to drop heavy cannon balls on unsuspecting jellyfish. These are no ordinary jellyfish, you see, as they possess the ability to swim in alarmingly quick and intelligent patterns. Doing said task will prove quite fruitful in the area of conch shell quantity advancement. The player can also find a submarine which appears at random places in the game map. The submarine allows for greater mobilty and firing power. Upon reaching a high enough level, the player is able to confront jaws and take away all of his health using spears and/or bombs. Once he is defeated underwater, the game changes to a "first person" mode of your ship. You then have three chances to activate the strobes, thereby launching him out of the water, at the precise time and distance from the bow. If you successfully stab him with your front mast, he sinks into the depths of Davey Jones' locker, never again to be seen by the world of man. The player then flies towards the sunset in a heroic, epic ending.
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