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Long before you could control a man eating shark in Jaws:Unleashed, there was Shark Attack. Released in 1981 by GPi, Shark Attack had you playing the role of a great white shark on the rampage. Points were earned by dodging scuba diver's spear gun attacks and then eating the divers. In addition to a joystick, there were buttons used to control the game that were labeled "thrust", which would cause you to speed up and "munch" which would let you eat the diver. It was the first game to use "Quadraphonic" sound and sound effects were done with a cassette player inside the machine that screamed bloody murder every time you ate a diver.
GPi was famous for their flyers which always seemed to depict a girl in her panties and plenty of sexual innuendo in the text. The panties were usually printed with the catchphrase "Keep your eye on Gpi". In this case, the panties say "Bite my Bait" while the the flyer tells us to "Thrust and Munch". This all over top an extreme close-up butt shot next to the phrase "The bottom line is profit you can trust", another popular GPi catchphrase. Pictured here is actually the back of the flyer, make the jump to see the front and catch that swinging chick in her bikini.
