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Deadly water

Video game concept

Deadly water is a video game concept where getting in water causes death, health loss or other negative effects.

226
games
59
platforms
Commando (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Commando
NES 1986-09-27
Metal Mutant (MS-DOS)
Metal Mutant
DOS 1991-04
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Wii)
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
WII 2007-10-16
Scrapyard Dog (Atari Lynx)
Scrapyard Dog
LYNX 1991
Fruitmania (Commodore 64)
Fruitmania
C64 1995
The Castle (MSX)
The Castle
MSX 1986
Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
Super Mario Land
GB 1989-04-21
Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Daibouken (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Daibouken
NES 1986-11-21
Deadfall Adventures (Windows)
Deadfall Adventures
WIN 2013-11-15
Fire Bam (Famicom Disk System)
Fire Bam
FDSY 1988-02-01
Tux the Penguin: A Quest for Herring (Linux)
Tux the Penguin: A Quest for Herring
LIN 1999
Wagyan Land (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Wagyan Land
NES 1989-02-09
Related:
* Death pits
* Oxygen
* Shallow water (possible safe kind of water even if submersion causes death)
This was common in early games and raised scorn and jokes about the protagonist's inability to swim. Generally seen as only a graphic variation of bottomless pits.

This is NOT for cases where prolonged submersion causes harm or death due to oxygen supply running out.

Some games allow splashing about in ankle deep water without any harm, but complete submersion is an instakill case.

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Parent groups

Environmental hazards, Mundane dangers, Water

Games by year

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The first Deadly water video game was released in 1981.

ASCII, Capcom and Hewson published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Super Drowning Skills)

Platforms

Windows 36
NES 36
Linux 19
C64 13
MS-DOS 12
Mac OS X 6
PS3 5
Famicom Disk System 5
ZX Spectrum 5
PS4 4
Master System 4
MSX 4
Xbox One 4
PS2 3
X360 3
C16/Plus4 3
Sharp X1 3
Atari 400/800 3
Electron 2
ColecoVision 2
BBC 2
PS 2
Wii 2
Amstrad CPC 2
MICRO 7 - FM7 2
Tandy Coco 2
GB 2
NEC PC8801 2
PC Engine 2
Atari 7800 2

Most common companies

ASCII12
Capcom9
Hewson7
Playdead6
Electronic Arts6
Deep Silver5
Gremlin Graphics5
2K Games5
Atari4
Konami4
Coleco4
Team17 Software4
SoftSide4
CP Verlag4
Kalypso Media Digital3