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<\/p>\nThe year is 1987. Beverly Hills Cop II is the highest-grossing movie. “Walk Like an Egyptian” is the hottest song. The Iran-Contra scandal dominates American political headlines, while Konami\u2019s Contra sucks up coins in arcades. But towering above them all is the watershed moment of Jaws arriving on the NES. (“This time there’s no escape!”, warned the box art.) Now, 38 years later, the 8-bit game is returning as a Limited Run Games physical re-release.<\/p>\n
The retro release coincides with the Spielberg movie’s 50th anniversary. From December 19 to January 18, you can pre-order a physical copy for Switch and PS5.<\/p>\n
It will be available in two physical editions: a standard (“Retro Edition”) one for $35, and a deluxe (“The Bigger Boat Edition”) one for $100. The latter adds an NES-inspired box, a physical CD of the game soundtrack, a keychain and \u2014 best of all \u2014 a pixelated shark lamp. Both versions include original and “enhanced” versions of the 1987 game.<\/p>\n
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Promo art for the Jaws NES reissue (Limited Run Games)<\/p>\n
The game is split mainly between a birds-eye view (where you pilot your boat around the map) and an underwater side view (where you harpoon the shit out of marine wildlife). Eventually, you’ll encounter Jaws. After several of these encounters, gradually diminishing his hit points, you’ll try to finish him off in a faux-3D perspective on the water’s surface. If you think this sounds like a minor variation of what you found in a handful of other licensed NES games from that era, you wouldn’t be wrong.<\/p>\n