In Search of Dr. Riptide

In Search of Dr. Riptide was released in 1994 for MS-DOS platform. It is Single player Arcade game. Here the Hero Nick, a secret naval agent is trying to find Dr. Riptide who is intended to kill all the marine life. Here the player has to go through caves in his submarine. There are drums to blast to get coins & some villainous sea creatures like Oscar (huge bionic fish), Otis (A big octopus) & two other sea monsters. As our man is in deep sea fighting villains, he needs Oxygen & Ammo, which is earned as the reward by blasting barrels & hets. After playing some levels, Nicks make it to the secret lab of Riptide which is deep beneath the corals. Here he has a Bigger & more equipped submarine than our hero’s. At the end of the Game, Nick defeats the evil villain, breaks his submarine, gets him to the surface & Dr. gets behind the bars. the gameplay of In Search of Dr. Riptide, the player gets two submarines: a bigger one for the usual condition & space, and a smaller one (jason) to gets into the narrow places where the bigger one can’t get into. Playing with the smaller submarine is the fun part. The main sub can be upgraded to 4 levels which allow simultaneous shooting of both subs. The player can get a pulse canon which is a powerful weapon by 4 key pieces.

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