Repair Shark

Repair Shark is a co-op party game for 1 to 4 NABUs. A shady shark runs a "FREE REPAIRS*" shop, and every level is another one of his scams. You and your friends are his victims, and you want your stuff back. Walk in and play: players can join or leave at any time.

Shipping not included. Ever.

How to play

• The shark's loot piles up on his workbench. Walk over a piece to grab it, then carry it HOME to one of the houses in the bottom corners.
• Press FIRE to tackle, even while you're carrying something. Tackle the shark and he drops whatever he's running off with.
• If he bumps into you while you're carrying something, he takes it and you see stars.
• Return enough loot before he sells enough of it and the scam is foiled. Foil all ten and the shark is busted. Then he opens a new shop and does it all again, faster.

The ten scams

1. The Repair Shop: "Send me your NABU, I'll fix it!"
2. One NABU, 3 Buyers: "Paid in full! It's in the mail." One box in three is empty, because he already sold what was in it.
3. One Amiga, 5 Buyers: "Same Amiga. Sold again. Again." Half the boxes are empty.
4. The Japanese NABU: "It's real! Just need pictures." His camera flash dazzles everyone now and then.
5. Copy, Paste, Claim: he hex edits the (C) on everybody's floppies, and he's quick about it.
6. "My New Video": "Look what I made!" (he didn't). His alt account joins in.
7. "My IRC Client": "I wrote it!" (someone else did).
8. "I Wrote Bomberman": "C64 original! Now I need testers." Hold a bomb too long and it blows up in testing.
9. The Tip Jar: "Donate for repair parts!"
10. The Kickstarter: "It's FPGA!" (it's a PC graphics card in a game console case). Both sharks, faster, and he sells it to THE NEWS.

Controls

• Joystick or arrow keys: walk
• FIRE or SPACE: tackle
• ESC: leave the shop

Scoring

Returning loot pays 100 x the scam number. Tackling the shark while he's carrying pays 50 x the scam number. Everyone gets 250 when a scam is foiled and 1000 when the shark is busted. Your score goes on the leaderboard when you leave, and every time the shark is busted.

Any resemblance to a certain repair "service" from the early days of the NABU revival is purely... well, you know. Here's to everyone who got their stuff back, and to the ones who are still waiting on that shipping notice.