In The Hunt (PS1) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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Published 2016-02-26
Played through on the normal difficulty setting showing the best ending.
Is it just me, or does this seem like it was intended as some sort of undeclared follow-up to the NES submarine shoot-em-up, Sqoon?
Anyways, great port of a good arcade shooter. It's really quite impressive (especially for how early of a PS1 game this was) that it handles the sheer number of sprites on-screen at once without any apparent slowdown! It really is an awesome looking 2D title, so long as you don't mind the slow pace and a fairly light challenge. It wasn't designed with the same level of sadism of R-Type, so don't be too concerned. It's surprisingly easy for a 2D arcade shooter.
And if anyone thinks that it looks like Metal Slug, there's a good reason for that - the Irem development team that did this game moved on to form Nazca, the company responsible for the Metal Slug series on the Neo Geo. (On a related note, they also did Irem Skins Challenge on the SNES, which explains why that game is so similar to the Neo Geo Neo Turf Masters game).
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All Comments (21)
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So basically Metal Slug Underwater
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love how crazy and chaotic these old retro games got
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The nostalgia is very strong in this one.
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Apparently, IN THE HUNT was released in 1993 before Metal Slug (1996). I don't understand why other people think this game copied Metal Slug wherein it seems to be the other way around.
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The parents dream, listening to the kid playing this all day on the television..
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I used to play this masterpiece on sega saturn with my brother.. such a nostalgic moment right now watching this
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Metal slug 3 jajajahaha en los juegos piratas, que buenos recuerdos lo jugaba con mi hermano
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Metal slug submarine
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An excellent port of the arcade 2D shmup and spiritual successor to Sqoon (the NES submarine shooter). It was also developed by the same team that did Metal Slug, and is the clear predecessor to the Neo Geo classic series. Pretty damned sweet, I must say!
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Esto si es nostalgia. Yo compraba el Metal Slug 2 o 3 para Play 1 y me salía este.
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Finally! Ive been telling folks about this game but nobody knew what I meant and I couldn't remember the name I'm glad to have finally found it. As I remembered that boss as it climbs up at you.
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First ps1 game my brothers ever got. The 3rd boss scared me so bad as a kid. Legit gave me nightmares. Love this game!
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This game is worth a lot, pretty rare.
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Holy shit I remember playing this when I was REALLY young on an old computer we got from a friend, this brings back so many memories
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Oh my God I’m so thankful that you posted this. I have been trying to remember what game this is since I was a little kid and I played it at a friends house. Thank you.
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One of my favorite games from my childhood... Sir, you must have invincibility on
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I have fond memories of playing this with my Dad when I was like 6 or 7. I always remember the train bit in the second level for some reason. Watching it back I realize I didn't remember it being that short because I was really bad at the game and rarely got past the 3rd or 4th level. Also i am so glad Google was able to put this as number 1 result from '2D submarine shooter PS1' lol.
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Last boss very giant nuke that throw bombs nukes at you this game was pure horror when i was kid i rember all except game name blood face statue of libertly hunting down my dreams
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what's up with the third boss? Magic? Voodoo? just an Organic Statue?
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what a game and what a soundtrack! Here comes the nostalgia...
