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'''''Submarine Attack''''' is a [[Horizontal Scrolling Shooter|side-scrolling]] shoot-em-up game for the [[Sega Master System]] II, released in 1993. It features an [[Peace Through Superior Firepower /Missile Submarines|advanced submarine]] that you, [[The Captain]], must use to destroy the enemy. Although you start with rather amazingly poor shooting skills, you can improve your submarine with [[Power -Up|upgrades]] obtained from destroyed enemies. Sometimes you can obtain [[Heal Thyself|health]] and additional lives by the same means. First, your enemies are human, but soon they'll change into many [[Flying Seafood Special|monstrous]] [[Sea Monster|creatures]] of [[Hybrid Monster|mythology]] [[Starfish Aliens|and]] [[Alien Invasion|other]] [[Horde of Alien Locusts|worlds]], before you [[Final Boss|meet the]] [[Peace Through Superior Firepower /Other|final]] [[Eldritch Abomination|boss]]. The game has unlimited continues.
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=== This game provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]] - Combined with [[Deadly Walls]].
* [[Battleship Raid]] - One of the bosses takes up about half a level.
* [[Beam Spam]] - More like missile spam. Except in the last level, where you gain [[Frickin' Laser Beams|lasers]] for no reason whatsoever.
* [[Cutscene]] - Combined with [[Loading Screen]].
* [[Deadly Gas]] - Air bubbles can destroy you.
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* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]] - Invoked in sound and lack of enemies. Meet the [[Final Boss]]!
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]
* [[Go for Thethe Eye]] - Several bosses.
* [[Hit Points]] - You have three.
* [[Instant Death Radius]] - Especially the last boss.
* [[Shows Damage]] - When your submarine flashes, get a [[Heal Thyself|health item]]. Or die at the next hit.
* [[Peace Through Superior Firepower /Bombers]] - Some enemies in earlier stages.
* [[Peace Through Superior Firepower /Surface to Air Missiles]] - How you destroy airplanes and ships.
* [[Under the Sea]] - It's a submarine game, so [[Captain Obvious|Yeah...]]
* [[Underwater Base]] - One of the first bosses.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Shoot Em Up{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Horizontal Scrolling Shooter]]
[[Category:SubmarineShoot'Em AttackUp]]
[[Category:TropeVideo Games of the 1990s]]
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