Flying Shark

1987 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1450279
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Flying Shark

Summary

Flying Shark is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Flying Shark's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Flying Shark's composer is recorded as Tatsuya Uemura[4].
  • Flying Shark's composer is recorded as Masahiro Yuge[5].
  • Flying Shark was published by Taito[6].
  • Flying Shark was published by Taito[7].
  • Flying Shark was published by Bitwave Games[8].
  • Flying Shark was published by Romstar[9].
  • Flying Shark was published by Kaneko[10].
  • Flying Shark's genre is vertically scrolling shooter[11].
  • Flying Shark's developer is recorded as Toaplan[12].
  • Flying Shark's developer is recorded as Software Creations[13].
  • Flying Shark's developer is recorded as Bitwave Games[14].
  • Flying Shark's part of the series is recorded as Flying Shark[15].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[16].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[17].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Atari ST[18].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[19].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[20].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[21].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as DOS[22].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as arcade video game machine[23].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Q19610114[24].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as PlayStation 4[25].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[26].
  • Flying Shark's platform is recorded as macOS[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Taito[6], Bitwave Games[8], Romstar[9], and Kaneko[10].

Publication

Publication dates include March 6, 1987[28], September 1989[29], April 28, 2022[30], August 24, 2023[31], and November 22, 1991[32]. Flying Shark's language of work or name is recorded as English[33]. Its genre is vertically scrolling shooter[11]. Its part of the series is recorded as it[15]. It was distributed by digital distribution[34].

Subject and Themes

Flying Shark's part of the series is recorded as it[15].

Reception

Reviews include 80%[35].

Why It Matters

Flying Shark ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 80%, 80%
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ [[Property:P444]], uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ac96494e159"
  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Flying_Shark, Games/Sky_Shark
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  3. 17w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gamerprofiles game id → RB9N
    Developer → Toaplan, Software Creations, Bitwave Games
    Thegamesdb game id → —
    The cutting room floor id → —
    + 153 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ [[Property:P3831]]: [[Q7927917]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q18663243]] → [[Q7927917]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q18663243"
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