History VideoGame / TheOceanHunter

Tragically, the game was never ported to a home console, and is now extremely rare.

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* AllMythsAreTrue / FantasyKitchenSink: All bosses and minibosses are named after mythological creatures from all over the globe.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: The end credits reveal that the giant monsters were spawned from Rahab, meaning that you've been killing creatures that are less giant animals and more [[AnimalisticAbomination Animalistic Abominations]], before rounding it all off by killing the god of the sea himself.]]

* GoForTheEye: [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods Kraken's]], [[GiantEnemyCrab Karkinos']], as well as [[FinalBoss Rahab's]] [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]].

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Giant octopi Kraken and Umi-Bozu; giant squid Scylla. All use CombatTentacles.

* ThreateningShark: Well, duh.

* ThreateningShark: Well, [[{{CaptainObvious}} duh.]]

Tragically, the game was never ported to a home console, and is now extremely rare. (Except in Singapore, where it's in practically every arcade. Go figure.)

* JustEatHim: Near the end of her battle, Charybdis decides to attempt this, simply inhaling you rather than spew gulper eels or charge to bite. Midgardsorm does this too, and it ends poorly for him as it gives the player a direct shot at his heart.

* {{Alternate History}}: The game takes place in an alternate steampunk version of the Earth we live in. Also interesting to add is that the oceans and the seas are named differently from the world we live in. (See also {{SteamPunk}} and {{OceanPunk}}

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[AlwaysABiggerFish Midgardsorm]].

%%* FinalBoss: Rahab.

* MookChivalry: The {{Mini Boss}}es "Hydra", which are three giant moray eels. They're not very bright as they attack the protagonists one at a time, instead of all three at once. {{Subverted}} by "[[HellHound Cerberus]]", three big nasty sharks who attack the protagonists all at one go.

* UnderwaterBossBattle: Except for the second half of the fourth boss battle. You get up onto some rocks and essentially play whack-a-mole, but with water instead of dirt, a harpoon gun instead of a hammer, and an irate dino instead of moles.

* GiantEnemyCrab: Karkinos is a textbook example. [[AttackItsWeakPoint Attack Its]] [[GoForTheEye Eyes]] ForMassiveDamage!

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This game provides examples of:

* FinalBoss: Rahab.

* [[GaiasVengeance Gaia's Avenger]]: Rahab was pissed at humans for polluting, abusing, and otherwise messing with the ocean, so he created the other Great Monsters to put us in our place. Except Midgardsorm. Middy has been terrorizing the seas before Rahab made it cool.

* LightGunGame

* MarathonBoss: Rahab.

* OceanPunk

* RailShooter

* SequentialBoss: Rahab; see OneWingedAngel.

* UnderTheSea: Have you been paying attention?
** Except for the fourth stage, which takes place in a freshwater lake (and on the bank, when fighting the boss).
* UnderwaterBossBattle: ...um... ''yeah''.
** Again, except for the second half of the fourth boss battle. You get up onto some rocks and essentially play whack-a-mole, but with water instead of dirt, a harpoon gun instead of a hammer, and an irate dino instead of moles.

** TimedMission: However, White Death is attacking a scientist, and if you want to fight [[BonusBoss Sea Dragon]], you'd better be really damn fast. If the scientist dies, you don't get bonus health and... [[LostForever well...]]

''The Ocean Hunter: The Seven Seas Adventure'' is a LightGunGame released in arcades by {{Sega}} in 1998. Set in an OceanPunk world where human civilization is being ravaged by terrifying sea monsters, you ply the seven seas with your trusty spear-gun seeking the bounties on these beasts' heads. While the oceans are swarming with all kinds of aquatic horrors, it is the Seven Great Monsters who are your greatest prize - and your deadliest challenge.

* EldritchAbomination: Rahab's final form.

* JustEatHim: Near the end of her battle, Charybdis decides to attempt this, simply inhaling you rather than spew gulper eels or charge to bite. Midgardsorm does this too, but with much more success.

* RuleOfCool / RuleOfScary: Quite a few of the "monsters" are harmless to humans in real life if are left unprovoked. Namely the Sea Dragon and Black Dragon (marine iguanas), the stingrays, and Naga, Vitrya, and Kalya (the ribbon fish). Medusa (a lion's mane jellyfish) would only sting if touched and wouldn't actively charge at a person.

* Alternate History: The game takes place in an alternate steampunk version of the Earth we live in. (See also {{SteamPunk}} and {{OceanPunk}}

* ThreateningShark: Well, [[{{CaptainObvious}} duh.]]

RuleOfCool / RuleOfScary: Quite a few of the "monsters" are harmless to humans in real life if are left unprovoked. Namely the Sea Dragon and Black Dragon (marine iguanas), the stingrays, and Naga, Vitrya, and Kalya (the ribbon fish). Medusa (a lion's mane jellyfish) would only sting if touched and wouldn't actively charge at a person.