Deep Blue (video game)

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Deep Blue is a basic horizontal scrolling shooter: players collect power-ups and different weapons to fight numerous enemies.Deep Blue manual (TurboGrafx-16, US) The screen scales up and down allowing more vertical space.

The game features a single life; the Angel Fish can take a lot of hits before it is destroyed, and even regenerates over time. Damage levels are represented by the color of the ship's 'eyes': they start out a solid blue, but when damaged, the eyes blink blue until going to green, then yellow, then red.

However, taking any damage will momentarily paralyze the craft, remove any speed power-ups, reset the weapon to the defeat Pulse Bullet, and remove one weapon power level.

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A hostile alien presence has descended upon the Earth's waters. Using their own bacteria, the aliens have infected and mutated numerous deep sea and marine life forms causing them to enlarge and to follow every alien command. The aliens use their infected marine life to attack the shores of the Earth's continents, initiating an invasion from the deep. Alone, players control the Earth's only defense against the attack, the A.N.G.E.L. Fish Attack Sub.

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|EGM = 15 / 40{{cite magazine|last1=Harris|first1=Steve|last2=Semrad|first2=Ed|last3=Alessi|first3=Martin|last4=Stockhausen|first4=Jim|url=https://archive.org/stream/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_08#page/n19/mode/1up|title=Review Crew - TurboGrafx - Deep Blue|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=8|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=March 1990|page=18}}

|Fam = 19 / 40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/bi-weekly-famitsu-no.-72-april-14th-1989/Bi-Weekly%20Famitsu%20-%20No.%2072%20April%2014th%2C%201989%20%28Compressed%29#page/14/mode/1up|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ディープ・ブルー 海底神話 (PCエンジン)|magazine=Famitsu|issue=72|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=April 14, 1989|page=14|language=ja}}

|rev1 = Aktueller Software Markt

|rev1Score = 6 / 12{{cite magazine|last=Braun|first=Peter|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=9852|title=Konsolen - Schlag ins Wasser|magazine=Aktueller Software Markt|issue=34|publisher=Tronic Verlag|date=August–September 1989|page=72|lang=de}}

|rev2 = The Games Machine

|rev2Score = 58%{{cite magazine|last=Harrison|first=Phil|url=https://archive.org/stream/the-games-machine-19/TheGamesMachine19#page/n21/mode/1up|title=Consoles - Deep Blue|magazine=The Games Machine|issue=19|publisher=Newsfield Publications|date=June 1989|page=22|access-date=2020-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010172952/https://archive.org/stream/the-games-machine-19/TheGamesMachine19#page/n21/mode/1up|archive-date=2016-10-10|url-status=live}}

|rev3 = HonestGamers

|rev3Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Golding|first=Marc|url=http://www.honestgamers.com/1327/turbografx-16/deep-blue/review.html|title=Deep Blue (TurboGrafx-16) review|publisher=HonestGamers|date=October 27, 2003|access-date=2020-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523094220/http://www.honestgamers.com/1327/turbografx-16/deep-blue/review.html|archive-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live}}

|rev4 = Joystick

|rev4Score = 38%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero002/joystick%20-%20N002%20-%20fevrier%201990%20-%20page036%20et%20%20page037.jpg|title=Consoles - Deep Blue (PC Engine)|magazine=Joystick|issue=2|publisher=Anuman Interactive|date=February 1990|page=37|lang=fr}}

|rev5 = Marukatsu PC Engine

|rev5Score = 20 / 40{{cite magazine|title=ディープ・ブルー 海底神話|magazine=Marukatsu PC Engine|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|lang=ja}}

|rev6 = TurboPlay

|rev6Score = {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite magazine|last=Nauert|first=Donn|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ATurboPlay_US_05.pdf&page=25|title=TurboPlay Rates the Games - Deep Blue|magazine=TurboPlay|issue=5|publisher=L.F.P., Inc.|date=February–March 1991|page=25}}{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ATurboPlay_US_11.pdf&page=26|title=TurboPlay Rates the Games - Volume 2: Deep Blue|magazine=TurboPlay|issue=11|publisher=L.F.P., Inc.|date=February–March 1992|page=26}}

|rev7 = Tilt

|rev7Score = 7 / 20{{cite magazine|last=Huyghues-Lacour|first=Alain|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero076/TILT%20076%20-%20Page%20076%20(1990-03).JPG|title=Rolling Softs - Deep Blue (PC Engine NEC, carte NEC)|magazine=Tilt|issue=76|publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A.|date=March 1990|page=76|lang=fr}}

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Deep Blue was met with lukewarm reception from critics and reviewers alike since its release.

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{{Reflist|30em}}

• [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/588941-deep-blue Deep Blue] at GameFAQs
• [https://www.giantbomb.com/deep-blue/3030-34389/ Deep Blue] at Giant Bomb
• [https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/deep-blue Deep Blue] at MobyGames

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Category:1989 video games

Category:Horizontally scrolling shooters

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Category:TurboGrafx-16 games

Category:TurboGrafx-16-only games

Category:Video games developed in Japan

Category:Video games set underwater

Category:Submarine simulation video games

Category:Single-player video games