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» [Dreamcast] Darran couldn’t get an image of The Ocean Hunter, but Sega Marine Fishing is another Sega game with a watery theme.
A WATERY DELIGHT
Dear Retro Gamer, Nick’s reminiscence of The Ocean Hunter in issue 238 left me all dewy-eyed with nostalgia. Not because I played the game decades ago at Sega Park, but because I spaffed more than £20 on it six months ago in Lanzarote. There are two The Ocean Hunter machines on the main strip in Lanza’s Puerto Del Carmen. Time has been kind to one of these cabinets, while the other is limping along with blown-out speakers and a screen which has the yellow tinge of cigarette-addled wallpaper. Either way, consider this a holiday recommendation to Nick, but also a query about the history of The Ocean Hunter. Having never encountered it until this year, I’d love to know if Retro Gamer has discussed this merciless slaughter of marine life at length in a previous issue. It was excellent fun and feels like a real oddity in the lightgun genre. Kind regards,