The Ketamine Secrets of ‘Ecco the Dolphin’

[dreamer042]

I don't remember how I ended up getting a copy of Ecco the Dolphin. I preferred to play stuff that involved lots of punching and kicking, and a game about a lost cetacean searching for his family would have come as a an affront to my then bloodthirsty childhood brain.

However, it became one of my favorite Sega games, representing a welcome change from the instant button-bashing gratification of fucking up punks and bikers in Streets Of Rage 2. The central character is a dolphin, obviously, called Ecco, again, who is estranged from his pod after a mysterious tornado sucks them out of the ocean. It transpires that they've been abducted by a group of aliens known as the Vortex, who come to Earth to harvest its natural resources, including sucking up a smorgasbord of sea life. Ecco's quest takes him to Atlantis, before he travels back in time through a complex combination of wormholes to confront the Vortex at its hive, the Machine.

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[Koornut]

 

[D.REYx420]

:d That was pretty awesome dreamoar lol im glad I stopped to read this thread :thumb_up:

 

[Elpo]

I used to play that game with my cousin on his Sega, we loved it.
Never knew this, thanks for the fun read! It brought back some nice memories.

 

[toxic8]

Ecco was an awesome game, I remember it distinctly.. such a peaceful feeling playing it

 

[Rabbit]

I did love that game.

 

[Metanoia]

I sold my NES and all my games to get a Sega Genesis. I planned on buying Mortal Kombat so that I could rip all my friends heads off and spray blood everywhere.

On a whim, I chose Ecco instead. I absolutely loved that game. I finished it at least three or four times.

Now I must go play it on an emulator :d Great article!