S.O.S.
S.O.S.
S.O.S.

S.O.S.

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S.O.S. for the Super Nintendo comes as a loose cartridge, giving you everything you need to dive straight into the action without any extra bulk. Coolection photographs every game in hand so you can see exactly what you're getting — the photos here are real shots of this actual cartridge, not stock imagery. The cart has been tested and was playing as expected. Please refer to the provided photos for the exact details of the item's condition.

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The ship rolls over, the floor becomes the ceiling, and the clock keeps running. S.O.S. puts you aboard a luxury ocean liner that a storm has just capsized and gives you one hour of real time to find a way out, bringing as many fellow passengers as you can along with you. Developed by Human Entertainment, released in Japan as Septentrion and published in North America by Vic Tokai, it is a disaster movie in cartridge form, and it plays unlike anything else on the Super Nintendo.

You choose one of four survivors, each with their own reasons for being on board, and the ship itself becomes a slowly collapsing puzzle box. Corridors you walked minutes ago are now upside down or tilted, water creeps upward, and every so often the whole hull lurches and tilts, rearranging the routes you thought you knew. Other passengers are scattered through the wreck, and finding them, persuading them to follow you, then keeping them alive as you climb, jump and squeeze through the debris is the heart of the game. How many people you bring out with you shapes how your story ends.

The debt to The Poseidon Adventure is easy to see, and the tension comes from atmosphere and pressure rather than from enemies. Every decision costs time, whether that is doubling back for a straggler or gambling on an unexplored stairwell, and the ticking clock never lets you forget it. Human Entertainment had a taste for unusual ideas, as the studio behind the Fire Pro Wrestling series and the point-and-click horror of Clock Tower, and S.O.S. shows that same willingness to try something nobody else was doing.

It flew under the radar on release and has built a well-deserved reputation since as a deep cut for players who dig past the obvious hits. With four characters and multiple outcomes, it rewards repeat runs: each playthrough you learn a little more of the ship's layout and its tricks, until you can lead a whole group to safety. Not to be confused with the Lemmings-style puzzler S.O.S.: Sink or Swim, this is the tense, cinematic one, and it is best played with the lights low.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1993
Publisher
Vic Tokai
Developer
Human Entertainment
Players
Single player
About the game

In this game, the player controls one of several different playable characters onboard a passenger liner in the early 20th century when it hits a storm and capsizes. The player character must navigate the shifting ship's destroyed corridors and rescue and lead to safety as many passengers as possible, all while the ship gradually fills with water.

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