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Kaitei Takara Sagashi

Use the 2-way joystick to direct the boat across the surface of the ocean, then press the button to lower the diver down to the bottom of the ocean while watching out for the sharks swimming across the screen…

1 February 1980

Kaitei Takara Sagashi is a video game developed by K. K. Toki, released 1 February 1980 on Arcade.

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What Kaitei Takara Sagashi is

Kaitei Takara Sagashi was developed by K. K. Toki and released in 1980. It was published by Namco. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Use the 2-way joystick to direct the boat across the surface of the ocean, then press the button to lower the diver down to the bottom of the ocean while watching out for the sharks swimming across the screen. During this time, you can hold the button to pause the diver's descent and push the joystick in either direction to fire a harpoon at the sharks for 30-300 points apiece. Once the diver has reached the bottom of the ocean, push the joystick in either direction to make him walk towards either of the two treasure caches that are closest to him (the boat will automatically follow his movements at this point). When the diver is directly over a treasure cache, the boat will lower him into…
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

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When did Kaitei Takara Sagashi come out?
Kaitei Takara Sagashi was released on 1 February 1980 for Arcade.