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Swimmer

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Swimmer

Jul 1, 1982

Main game

3.00 average rating based on 3 ratings

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Venture up stream gathering fruits while avoiding various water-bound pests and obstacles. Eat power pills to attack critters.
Developers
Tehkan
Publishers
Centuri, Tehkan
Platforms
Arcade
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action
Release Dates
Jul 1982 Full Release (Japan)
Arcade
1982 Full Release (North_America)
Arcade
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User Stats
13
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How Long Is Swimmer?
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The Best Of The, Uh, Water-Themed Golden Age Arcade Action Games
This review is for the Arcade version

Look: 9/10 I love love love these 80s swimsuit vibes colors. Functional enough graphics, loved the giant Crab. Also, I love the item icons in the UI. enter image description here

Sound: 7/10 Arg, annoying dings and beeps and boops, why was that such a thing in this era. Have a background song instead of a BEEP every time you click something imo. The song that does play during gameplay is functional and good enough, nothing special though. Cutesy arcade music

Play: 8/10 Pro-tip: you have to wait for the very last possible second. Also, don't neglect the diagonal movement! Lol the crab "boss". I actually felt pretty good at gaming from this. It was fun to play, decent controls.

Feel: 8/10 Love love love the colors, and it was fun to play. Not a favorite genre or anything, but definitely better than River Patrol and other similar contemporary games. enter image description here

Attachment: 7/10 Definitely the best of this genre for this era, but not a genre I think I will return to all that regularly. I do like water-themed things, and the colors in this, but I don't see myself returning to it often. Also, btw, this is available on modern systems, so worth a …

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Look: 9/10 I love love love these 80s swimsuit vibes colors. Functional enough graphics, loved the giant Crab. Also, I love the item icons in the UI. enter image description here

Sound: 7/10 Arg, annoying dings and beeps and boops, why was that such a thing in this era. Have a background song instead of a BEEP every time you click something imo. The song that does play during gameplay is functional and good enough, nothing special though. Cutesy arcade music

Play: 8/10 Pro-tip: you have to wait for the very last possible second. Also, don't neglect the diagonal movement! Lol the crab "boss". I actually felt pretty good at gaming from this. It was fun to play, decent controls.

Feel: 8/10 Love love love the colors, and it was fun to play. Not a favorite genre or anything, but definitely better than River Patrol and other similar contemporary games. enter image description here

Attachment: 7/10 Definitely the best of this genre for this era, but not a genre I think I will return to all that regularly. I do like water-themed things, and the colors in this, but I don't see myself returning to it often. Also, btw, this is available on modern systems, so worth a try imo.

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