| The North American NES booklet presents Sky Shark as "This arcade hit" from Taito, gives the trademarks to Taito America Corp. with a 1988 date, and carries the warranty of Taito Software, Inc., of Bothell, Washington. It names no developer. | image 2image 2image 8, limited warrantyimage 8, limited warranty | Manual |
| In the NES booklet the control pad moves the P-40 fighter, A fires the machine guns and B launches bombs. SELECT chooses a one- or two-player game, START begins play, and START during play pauses. | image 3, How to Operateimage 3, How to Operateimage 3, How to Operateimage 4, How to Operate (continued)image 4, How to Operate (continued)image 4, How to Operate (continued) | Manual |
| In the NES booklet each player starts with four aircraft and three bombs per aircraft, and a P-40 is lost when it collides with an enemy target or is shot down. Sky Shark has five levels, each completed on reaching the next airfield. At the end of a game the player can continue from the last level played, three times. | image 4, How to Playimage 4, How to Playimage 4, How to Playimage 4, Continue Optionimage 4, Continue Option | Manual |
| In the NES booklet a player starts each level with three bombs; some ground targets leave a "B" that adds a bomb, up to eight in a level, and each bomb left at the next airfield scores 3,000 points. An extra aircraft comes every 50,000 points, up to eight aircraft. | image 6, Bonus Items, "B" Symbolimage 6, Bonus Items, "B" Symbolimage 5, Scoringimage 5, Scoringimage 6image 6, Bonus Items, "B" Symbolimage 5, Scoring | Manual |
| In the NES booklet shooting down a formation of eight red aircraft brings out an "S"; each one collected raises the P-40's firepower, over six levels, from four shots at the first "S" to seven shots spread wide at the sixth, and the gain is lost when the plane is shot down. A formation of eight yellow planes gives 1,000 points. | image 6, Bonus Items, "S" Symbolimage 6, Bonus Items, "S" Symbolimage 6, Bonus Items, "S" Symbolimage 6, Bonus Items, "S" Symbolimage 7, Bonus Items (continued) | Manual |