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"Jaws" is an action-adventure video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987, based on the popular film series about a terrifying great white shark. Developed by Westone Bit Entertainment and published by LJN, a company known for producing video games based on movies and TV shows, "Jaws" ties into the themes and tensions of its cinematic counterpart. In the game, players take on the role of a diver whose sole objective is to ultimately defeat Jaws. To achieve this, the player must pilot a boat across the ocean, randomly encountering hostile sea creatures, including the fearsome shark itself.

Gameplay in "Jaws" involves navigating the boat over a top-down ocean map. When the boat hits an obstacle, the scene switches to a side-scrolling underwater view where the player can shoot or evade various marine life to collect conch shells. These shells serve as currency to improve the player's boat and equipment at ports. The ultimate challenge of the game reveals itself in encounters with Jaws—the player must chip away at the shark's vast health pool over multiple encounters. Jaws can only be finally defeated by using a special "stroker" spear gun in a dramatic, timing-based final battle. Despite its relatively simple mechanics, the game captured the attention of many fans and is remembered for its unique adaptation of the film's suspenseful and terrifying shark hunting adventure.

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