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Vanark (USA)

PlayStation
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1999
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Vanark offers a Japanese underwater shooter with original handling, fun in concept but limited by modest 3D and reduced level variety.

Your verdict
Category
Shooter 1 player 12+
Description
Underwater shoot 'em up blending exploration and combat. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released in 1999 as a USA edition. Torpedo-armed submarine, deep-sea environments, biomechanical bosses and a cinematic plot.

Vanark review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,51 GB 📅30/11/1999
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment

Vanark (PS1) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $56 Q6 complete
 $146 Q10 new
 $222 !
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Collector interest

Sony-published Japanese underwater shooter, Vanark saw a late-1999 US release with very limited distribution and no PAL version. Its scarcity and high loose value rest mainly on that small NTSC-U run and the absence of any other territory, more than on the game's depth. A niche for shmup fans and late PS1 oddities. Complete and sealed copies are hard to find and command strong prices.

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