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Ecco the Dolphin
Play Ecco the Dolphin for Game Gear online. Search for the missing pod, use sonar songs and learn swimming, charging, breathing and password controls.
Browser play
Sega Game Gear — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| 1 / 2 | X / Z |
| START | Enter |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Ecco the Dolphin
Quick start
Press START at the title to reach the underwater cavern. Swim Right to start a new quest, or Left for password entry. Swim with directions, charge with 1 and press 2 repeatedly to gain speed. Press START to sing; hold it until the echo returns for the sonar map. Find air before the breath meter empties.
Controls
Directions: swim; light taps move slowly and holding cruises. 1: charge attack. 2 repeatedly: speed swim; aim toward the surface for a leaping spin. START during play: sing; hold for sonar map, press to leave that map. Text screens: 1 or 2 advances, START skips. Passwords: directions choose letters, 1 or 2 enters, START submits.
Ecco the Dolphin — About this game
Ecco the Dolphin for Game Gear follows a dolphin searching for the pod taken from his once-safe home. Exploration is shaped by two needs: keeping healthy and finding air. Charge into small fish for food, seek healing clams and remember a surface or air pocket before diving deeper. Songs communicate with other creatures and return clues; holding the song button until the echo returns reveals a sonar map of passages and dangers. Swimming is more than steering at full speed. Light directional taps help through narrow spaces, while repeated speed-button presses build momentum for leaps above the water. Passwords allow a return to reached sea levels. Listen and map the surroundings before attempting a difficult barrier rather than spending all your breath searching blindly.
Ecco the Dolphin Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · segaGG
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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