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Sewer Shark

Sewer Shark

Sewer Shark is a 1992 interactive movierail shootervideo game developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sony Imagesoft for the Sega CD. It is one of the first games for a home console to use full-motion video for its primary gameplay. It was later ported to the 3DO in 1994.

The game was originally produced alongside Night Trap for release on the Control-Vision video game system, which was designed to use VHS tapes as its medium. However, Hasbro cancelled the Control-Vision in 1989, and Digital Pictures subsequently ported the game to the Sega CD add-on. Sewer Shark was one of the first titles for the Sega CD and became one of its best-selling games, leading Sega to eventually bundle it with Sega CD units. Total sales were reportedly over 750,000 copies. Sewer Shark received generally positive reviews upon release, with critics praising the use of FMV in the gameplay.