History VideoGame / InTheHunt

* EarnYourBadEnding: Beating the game on a one-credit run will give you a DownerEnding.

* NintendoHard: Your submarine, besides being a OneHitPointWonder, has quite a large hitbox and is really slow. This makes dodging attacks a pain in the rear. Thankfully, most enemy projectiles can be destroyed, but the ones that cannot...well. In a way, this is an act of ''mercy'', because [[spoiler:[[EarnYourBadEnding the game "rewards" a no-continue clear]] by having your sub be destroyed at the conclusion of the FinalBoss fight]].

* [[DifficultyByRegion Difficulty By Console]]: The Playstation version takes you through all the levels in a slightly different order as compared to the arcade version, leaving the [[ThatOneLevel Deep Dark Sea]] as the fifth stage (instead of fourth), the Sunken Town as the fourth (instead of second), and the Ruins as the third (instead of fifth).

* BolivianArmyEnding: The special ending you get if you beat the game with one credit may be an aftermath of this. It shows a whole load of enemy subs/ships wrecked up on the floor of the still-collapsing D.A.S HQ, followed by your submarine wreck in the middle of them. Most likely, your sub tried to confront all of them, and well, [[DownerEnding it didn't survive]].

* NintendoHard: Your submarine, besides being a OneHitPointWonder, has quite a large hitbox and is really slow. This makes dodging attacks a pain in the rear. Thankfully, most enemy projectiles can be destroyed, but the ones that cannot...

An organization known as the D.A.S. ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Destroy And Satsujin--"Satsujin" meaning "Massacre"]]) used [[DoomsdayDevice magnetic doomsday machines]] on the polar ice caps, causing them to melt. The entire world was quickly flooded, but a few societies survived to build over the highest land masses they could find and continue living. In this [[AfterTheEnd post apocalyptic scenario]], the D.A.S., who were prepared for this catastrophe, [[TheEmpire reigns supreme over the survivors with martial law]] and [[MechaMooks military weapons]] of [[HumongousMecha extraordinary power]]. After learning of D.A.S.'s efforts to create an even more powerful superweapon, "Yugusukyuure", the remaining survivors who are terrorized by D.A.S. secretly organize a [[LaResistance rebellion force]] using a [[SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines newly developed submarine known as the Granvia]]. The [[ItsUpToYou Granvia's mission is to dive into D.A.S. enforced waters, territories and eventually the D.A.S. headquarters itself to destroy every single D.A.S. weapon in sight]].

* GimmickLevel: The Channel, a river running through a city overrun with the D.A.S.'s [[MechaMooks death machines]]. The water is dreadfully shallow, severely limiting your movement. Almost all of the enemies here will attack you from above the water, including the HumongousMecha [[StationaryBoss boss]]. You will have to use your SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles extensively here.
* GlassCannon: Your submarine has a [[MacrossMissileMassacre T]][[SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles O]][[SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines N]] of firepower and can make short work of almost everything [[OneManArmy by itself]]. However, it [[OneHitPointWonder goes down in one hit]]...

* SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines: Your character. Also, the MiniBoss in the final stage [[MacrossMissileMassacre who loves to spam missiles]] might be considered one too.
* SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles: Your anti-air attack, only usable when your submarine is surfaced. You WILL NEED THIS to damage enemies above the water (remember to surface first!), especially in the GimmickLevel, The Channel.

* GoldenEnding: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. If you do a perfect run thinking that you would get a satisfying ending, you're in for a [[DownerEnding big mistake]]...

* LoadBearingBoss: The enemy HQ gets destroyed when [[FinalBoss Yugusukyuure]] blows up. If you're playing in the one-player mode, [[DownerEnding you either get destroyed along with the base]] or [[GoldenEnding escape in time]].

* NoCasualtiesRun: Doing a one credit run will give you the [[MultipleEndings special ending]]. It's no GoldenEnding, [[DownerEnding unfortunately]]...

* SequentialBoss: The FinalBoss. [[ViolationOfCommonSense Strangely, to get the happy ending, you need to use up at least one continue before facing the final phase]]. If you did a One Credit Run, you will get the DownerEnding instead.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: You'd expect that beating the game on one credit will get you a GoldenEnding that's even better than the GoodEnding, but no. Doing a perfect run will net you one of the {{Downer Ending}}s instead. If you want to get the good ending, you must use up more than one credit (read: see the Continue? screen at least once) before you tackle the FinalBoss' final form.

* DownerEnding: [[MultipleEndings Three of them]]. In the first [[spoiler:when you beat the game as one player [[NoDamageRun without using any continues]], you are destroyed along with the enemy base]]. The second and third occur [[spoiler:when you beat the game with two players, and are [[FightingYourFriend forced to fight your friend]]. If you succeed in destroying in the other player, you [[FaceHeelTurn become the new leader of the D.A.S]]. If the time runs out before any of the players are destroyed, both characters sink to the bottom of the ocean.]]

* DoWellButNotPerfect: If you managed to reach the [[SequentialBoss final form]] of the FinalBoss in one credit, you would get the special ending. It's [[DownerEnding not a happy one]]. Beating the game on more than one credit gave you the happy ending. Apparently, the boss has a "furious explosion" that destroys your sub should you get the bad ending.

''In the Hunt'' (Japanese: ''Kaitei Daisensou'', "Big Sea Battle") is a 1993 HorizontalScrollingShooter arcade game by Creator/{{Irem}}. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC.

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[[caption-width-right:320:I have a sinking feeling about this...]]

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* VillainBasedFranchise: The Dark Anarchy Society/Destroy And Satsujin are also the bad guys in the otherwise unrelated shooters ''Gunforce 2'', ''Air Duel'', ''FireBarrel'', and the beat-'em-up ''VideoGame/UndercoverCops''.

The game's development team would go on to later create ''Gunforce 2'' for Irem. After leaving Irem, they formed their own company Nazca Corporation. With their new company the team created ''MetalSlug'' on the Neo Geo. The similarities in both games are clearly seen in the artistic style used.

* TimedMission: Like MetalSlug, there is a timer at the bottom of the screen that resets if you lose a life. If it runs out, you lose a life.

** And more {{Shout Out}}s to ''SubmarineAttack'', another HorizontalScrollingShooter involving a submarine. Submarine Attack also had a LivingStatue boss in the ruins level. There are also bomb-dropping ships and helicopters that attack in the ''exact same manner'' as Submarine Attack.

** However, if used properly, it is the [[AwesomeYetPractical most damaging weapon in the game]].
* AwesomeYetPractical: The green [[PowerUp power-up]] gives your submarine the ability to fire a shotgun torpedo that [[SpreadShot splits into 2-4 exploding shrapnel]] upon contact or after it travels a certain distance. Like the SpreadShot in {{Contra}}, it is able to take out multiple groups of weak enemies easily. Enemies in contact with the exploding shrapnel are damaged by it as well.

* BreatherLevel: In the arcade version, the rather easy Seabed Ruins was preceded by the ScrappyLevel. Following it was the rather tough final stage.

* FridgeLogic: The boss of the [[LethalLavaLand Deep Dark Sea]] spews deadly fire in a flamethrower fashion. How the fire doesn't die out while underwater is beyond me.

* NintendoHard: You submarine, besides being a OneHitPointWonder, has quite a large hitbox and is really slow. This makes dodging attacks a pain in the rear. Thankfully, most enemy projectiles can be destroyed, but the ones that cannot...

* BoringButPractical: The red [[PowerUp power-up]] just makes you ship shoot larger, more damaging versions of the standard weapon. Fortunately, it has the best rate of fire out of the three primary weapons.

* DownerEnding: [[MultipleEndings Three of them]]. In the first [[spoiler: when you beat the game as one player [[NoDamageRun without using any continues]], you are destroyed along with the enemy base]]. The second and third occur [[spoiler: when you beat the game with two players, and are [[FightingYourFriend forced to fight your friend]]. If you succeed in destroying in the other player, you [[FaceHeelTurn become the new leader of the D.A.S]]. If the time runs out before any of the players are destroyed, both characters sink to the bottom of the ocean.]]
* DualBoss: The boss fight of the Ruined City stage has you fighting two...robots. They're the control units for the missiles you had to weave your way through.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: You pull this off if you [[FightingYourFriend destroy your friend]] after beating [[FinalBoss Yugusukyuure]] with two players]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The anti-aircraft weapon, when [[SecondaryFire used in the water]] allows you to fire out ''balloons'' that float up to the surface and explode on contact. More useful than you'd think, as they can be rapid-fired into an enemy (as long as not many balloons are on screen), and the floating balloons will protect you from DeathFromAbove.

* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler: You have to [[FightingYourFriend fight against the other player]] in a one-on-one duel if you beat the FinalBoss with both players]]

* StationaryBoss: The boss of The Channel Stage is a large robotic control unit for the factory, hanging from the ceiling. In its first phase, it cannot move, however, it has cannons on it that fire lasers which cause a laser-like spark to appear on the surface of the water.

** Happens literally for the three-headed dragon snail- it gets redder when it is near death. Its attacks don't get any faster or deadlier, though.

* VillainBasedFranchise: The Dark Anarchy Society/Destroy And Satsujin are also the bad guys in the otherwise unrelated shooters ''Gunforce 2'', ''Air Duel'', ''FireBarrel'' and the beat-'em-up ''VideoGame/UndercoverCops''.

* WarmUpBoss: The first boss Argock, a giant mechanical fish. Its [[MacrossMissileMassacre torpedo spam]], while not easy to destroy, is ''very easy'' to avoid. Its next attack where it tries to kill you with CombatTentacles is slightly harder to avoid- use your [[SecondaryFire depth charges]] to push them away and avoid getting killed.

''In the Hunt'' (Japanese: ''Kaitei Daisensou'', "Big Sea Battle") is a 1993 HorizontalScrollingShooter arcade game by {{Irem}}. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC.

!!'''Tropes used for this game:'''

* GoldenEnding: CRUELLY [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. If you do a perfect run thinking that you would get a satisfying ending, you're in for a [[DownerEnding big mistake]]...

* BossArenaIdiocy: [[PuzzleBoss Sougon]] would be undefeatable if not for the [[FridgeLogic floating blocks of stone]] at the top of the arena, as it was [[ImmuneToBullets immune to all your attacks]] until its [[NightmareFuel head was partially destroyed]].

* EyeScream: When low on health, Sougon's face explodes, revealing a organic interior with eyes [[NightmareFuel dangling out of their sockets]]. It then gains an attack when it emits eyeballs which home in on the player.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Once [[PuzzleBoss Sougon's]] health has been lowered to a certain extent, it reveals its [[NightmareFuel hideous organic central face]], as well as an extra organic arm that will try to MegatonPunch the player.

** [[PuzzleBoss Sougon's]] central face gets partially destroyed once you damage it enough, revealing its [[NightmareFuel organic face]]. It then gains access to an attack where it [[EyeScream emits eyeballs]] as homing projectiles.

An organization known as the D.A.S. (Dark Anarchy Society) used a [[DoomsdayDevice doomsday machine called the Yugusukyure]] on the South Pole, causing the polar ice caps to melt. The entire world was quickly flooded, but a few societies survived to build over the highest structures they could find and continue living. In this [[AfterTheEnd post apocalyptic scenario]], the D.A.S., who were prepared for this catastrophe, [[TheEmpire reigns supreme over the survivors with martial law]] and [[MechaMooks military weapons]] of [[HumongousMecha extraordinary power]]. The remaining survivors who are terrorized by D.A.S. secretly organize a [[LaResistance rebellion force]] using a [[SuperiorFirePowerMissileSubmarines newly developed submarine known as the Granvia]]. The [[ItsUpToYou Granvia's mission is to dive into D.A.S. enforced waters, territories and eventually the D.A.S. headquarters itself to destroy every single D.A.S. weapon in sight]].

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: The boss of the [[UnderwaterRuins Seabed Ruins]] stage, a gigantic living statue, chases your character up to the surface, [[PuzzleBoss where you can finally damage it]].

* AnimalMotifs: The first thre bosses, all of them HumongousMecha, are actually based off animals.
** The boss of the South Pole is based off a giant mechanical fish
** The [[DualBoss bosses]] of the Sunken Town are based off cowrie snails.
** The boss of the Channel seems to be some weird [[StationaryBoss stationary]] robot hanging on the ceiling... until it extends its laser tendrils into the water, giving it the impression of a jellyfish.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The blue [[PowerUp power-up]] gives your submarine a missile that generates a horizontal vortex that sucks nearby enemies in, as well as damaging them. Unfortunately, it has a slow rate of fire, the missile itself isn't too strong, and for it to be effective it must not be blocked by enemies.

* AwesomeYetPractical: The green [[PowerUp power-up]] gives your submarine the ability to fire a torpedo that [[SpreadShot splits into 2-4 exploding shrapnel]] upon contact or after it travels a certain distance. Like the SpreadShot in {{Contra}}, it is able to take out multiple groups of weak enemies easily. Enemies in contact with the exploding shrapnel are damaged by it as well.

* BossArenaIdiocy: The [[PuzzleBoss living statue boss]] would be undefeatable if not for the [[FridgeLogic floating blocks of stone]] at the top of the arena, as it was [[ImmuneToBullets immune to all your attacks]] until its [[NightmareFuel head was partially destroyed]].

* DualBoss: The boss fight of the Ruined City stage has you fighting two... robots.
* TheEmpire: The Dark Anarchy Society.
* EyeScream: When low on health, the statue boss's face explodes, revealing a organic interior with eyes [[NightmareFuel dangling out of their sockets]]. It then gains an attack when he spits out eyeballs which home in on the player.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: You pull this off if you [[FightingYourFriend destroy your friend]] after beating the FinalBoss with two players]]
* FourIsDeath: The fourth stage in the arcade version was the Deep Dark Sea. Which had a lava vent DeathCourse, waves of silver submarines, and the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent three headed dragon-whelk]] as the ThatOneBoss.

* GimmickLevel: The Channel, a river running through a city overrun with the D.A.S' [[MechaMooks death machines]]. The water is dreadfully shallow, severely limiting your movement. Almost all of the enemies here will attack you from above the water, including the HumongousMecha [[StationaryBoss boss]]. You will have to use your SuperiorFirepowerSurfaceToAirMissiles extensively here.

** The boss of the South Pole is a giant robotic fish that [[MacrossMissileMassacre fires LOADS of torpedoes from its mouth]].
** The bosses for the Sunken Town are two large cowrie robots that fire missiles and generate whirlpools in a bid to wreck your sub via CollisionDamage.
** The boss of the Channel stage is a large, [[StationaryBoss stationary robot]] that hangs from the ceiling.

* LoadBearingBoss: The enemy HQ gets destroyed when FinalBoss blows up. If you're playing in the one-player mode, [[DownerEnding you either get destroyed along with the base]] or [[GoldenEnding escape in time]].
* LivingStatue: The boss of the fourth level.

* MechaMooks: ALL the enemies except for the [[ThatOneBoss three-headed dragon snail]], the [[PuzzleBoss living statue]], and a lava fish MiniBoss are entirely mechanical.

** Deep Dark Sea: A rather long, [[SegmentedSerpent segmented fish]] that has a appetite for submarines. [[AttackItsWeakPoint Aim for the head.]]
** D.A.S Headquarters: Some hi-tech looking submarine that [[MacrossMissileMassacre LOVES to spam missiles]].

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Once the [[PuzzleBoss statue boss's]] health has been lowered to a certain extent, it reveals it [[NightmareFuel hideous organic face]], as well as an extra organic arm that will try to MegatonPunch the player.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The boss of the Deep Dark Sea is a three-headed, fire-breathing dragon-whelk.

* PuzzleBoss: One of the bosses is an gigantic ancient statue that's chasing you throughout the entire level. In order to damage it, you must attack the [[FridgeLogic stone blocks floating on the top of the water]] so that they will drop on the statue's head to damage it.

** If you manage to destroy the first boss' grappling hooks, part of its body will detach, showing a mechanized fishbone interior.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The first stage takes place in Antarctica. Thankfully, you don't have to slip on the ice, and crashing into icebergs doesn't destroy you via CollisionDamage. You do, however, have to fend off loads of submarines, turrets, helicopters, and annoying {{Freeze Ray}}s.

* StationaryBoss: The boss of The Channel Stage is a large prototype robot hanging from the ceiling. In its first phase, it cannot move, however, it has cannons on it that fire lasers which cause a laser-like spark to appear on the surface of the water.

** The DualBoss of the sunken town stage also exhibits this: once one of the two machines is destroyed, the other will spam its missiles constantly instead of just trying to suck the player towards it.
** The StationaryBoss of the [[GimmickLevel Channel]] drops down into the water and floats about once it has taken enough damage. It then tries to destroy the player via CollisionDamage as well as periodically throwing out bombs.

** The [[PuzzleBoss living statue's]] head gets partially destroyed once you damage it enough, revealing its [[NightmareFuel organic face]]. It then gains access to an attack where it [[EyeScream spits out eyeballs]] as homing projectiles.

* VillainBasedFranchise: The Dark Anarchy Society are also the bad guys in the otherwise unrelated shooters ''Gunforce 2'', ''Air Duel'', ''FireBarrel'' and the beat-'em-up ''VideoGame/UndercoverCops''.

* WarmUpBoss: The first boss, a giant mechanical fish. It's [[MacrossMissileMassacre torpedo spam]], while not easy to destroy, is ''very easy'' to avoid. It's next attack where it tries to kill you with CombatTentacles is slightly harder to avoid- use your [[SecondaryFire depth charges]] to push them away and avoid getting killed.

* YourHeadASplode: This is what happens to the [[PuzzleBoss living statue boss]] when you defeat it.

* ShoutOut: The game's name bears more than a passing resemblance to ''TheHuntForRedOctober'' which also involves submarines.

* UnderwaterBossBattle: Naturally, all of them, as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome your character is a freaking SUBMARINE]]!!! The only one that isn't a Type 1 is the boss in "The Channel" stage (it's a Type 4, where the boss hangs above the water).

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: You play a '''''FREAKING SUBMARINE''''' in a ShootEmUp fashion. What's not to like?

* VillainBasedFranchise: The Dark Anarchy Society are also the bad guys in the otherwise unrelated shooters ''Gunforce 2'', ''Air Duel'', ''FireBarrel'' and the beat-'em-up ''UndercoverCops''.