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One Nibble and You're Hooked.


JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER:

The tide is turning in the teeming metropolis of Fishworld. The oceans and seas are boiling off into space. The Seven Deadly Fins - an interdimensional group of anarchists - are on the loose. The project has been sabotaged... And you're a goldfish.

Tough. But then life's like that. Sometimes you're dealt a real deal. Toast falls buttered-side down. Phones ring when you're in the bath. And there's always chili sauce on your kebab.

From rain-soaked forests and London recording studios to the farthest reaches of time and space, Fish! will bemuse, dazzle and thrill you before confusing, razzling and killing you.

Fish! is brought to you by Magnetic Scrolls, authors of such classic award-winning adventures as The Pawn and The Guild of Thieves. It's full of what you're least expecting, lacking in all that's rational, and devoid of much that could reasonably be expected... So, dust down your tackle, dress up your flies, reel in a winner and play Fish!

ONE NIBBLE AND YOU'RE HOOKED


Inter-Dimensional Espionage. Inter-Dimensional...because can "warp" into the body of a living thing in this or any other dimension. Espionage... because there are good guys and bad. And you're a good one...with years under your belt and a multitude of successful missions behind your dark glasses. The payoff? You get a vacation, and the ultimate vacation in this business is to become a goldfish.

Yes, a goldfish. Hey, it's cushy. You swin a little, eat a little, live in a castle. (So what if it's plastic). Just as you were getting into vacation mode (umbrella drink and all), the tide turns. The most dangerous group od anarchists surface - the Seven Deadly Fins. This septic septet will stop at nothing to destroy all forms of life as we know it. And wouldn't you know it, you are drafted to stop them!

FISH! is a tale of all that's unexpected. But, it's what you expect from Magnetic Scrolls, those folks who brought you such award-winning adventures as Corruption, The Pawn and The Guild of Thieves. Fast-paced and fantasy-filled, amazing and amusing, FISH! is illustrated interactive fiction at its wildest.

CAPTIVATING STORY is a combination of wit and wonder!

EXTENSIVE VOCABULARY lets you interact in everyday language with characters from every dimension of FISH!

EXTRAORDINARY GRAPHICS will bowl you over. True to the storyline, the graphics were created with sophistication, style, and on the cutting-edge of sanity!

FISH! You'll fall for it hook, line and sinker!

Facts

Released:
1988
Distributor:
Firebird / Rainbird
Story:
John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles
Graphics:
Geoff Quilley, Alan Hunnisett, Chris Kent, Richard Selby, Tristan Humphries, Title picture: Duncan McLean
Programming:
Richard Huddy, Bob Coles
Music:
John Molloy
Goodies:
John Molloy
Platforms:
Amiga, Amstrad PCW, Apple 2, Archimedes, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128, Macintosh, IBM PC, Spectrum +3
Game box contents:
One week travelcard - Hydropolis Underground Omnibus Company
Fish identification chart
How to look after your fish
"The 7 Deadly Fins - Project" files including hints and gameplay guide
Adventure guide
Disk
Known release versions:
1.00 - Atari ST
 
1.02 - IBM PC
 
1.03 - Amiga, Spectrum +3
 
1.07 - C-64
 
1.08 - Archimedes
 
1.10 - Collection Vol. 1
 
? - Apple 2, Macintosh, Amstrad PCW
Known packages:
Blue Rainbird/Firebird box with quite unusual box extents for the Eorupean Market ( 17.9 cm x 15.1 cm - 7.1/16" x 5.15/16" ) and a different package for the US market with the same size as the previously released US Corruption box. (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm - 7" x 9" )

Game box contents

  • Disk:

  • Amiga

    Atari ST

    C64

    Archimedes
  • Mision HQ: The 7DF Project
  • Hydropolis Underground Travelcard: Front Back
  • Fish Identification Chart
  • How to look after your fish
  • Adventure Guide: Amiga Archimedes Atari ST (german version) C64 (german version)

Background information

  • The photo of Chuckette Cementhead in the game manual shows John, the son of John Molloy (p. 4.15).
  • The german game box came with a fully translated version of the 7DF documents.

Walkthroughs, solutions and more...

Fish_SolutionBook.pdf
Official Secrets Solution Book
Page 1 was badly aged and almost unreadable. For preserving the original layout I kept the damaged page in the document and appended an additional page with the full text.
fish_s.zip
Solution
fish_w.zip
Walkthrough
fish.html
Ami Cheat's Page Solv
Fish_music.lha
The original music score of Fish! in DeliTracker custom format. To play use e.g. Deliplayer or UADE
Archived material:
Manual
Mission HQ: The 7DF Project - Document:
Frontpage
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15
Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16

Articles and Reviews

Game reviews - Fish!
Title Source Authors, Credits File Language
Fish! (multiple) UK flag Computer & Video Games 8/88,
retyped by Matej Pokorn
? Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Spectrum +3)  UK flag Your Sinclair No. 41,May 89, page 63 Mike Gerrard Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Atari ST) German flag Happy Computer 11/88,
page 46
Boris Schneider German flag
Fish! Komplettlösung German flag Powerplay 1/91
page 99
Horst Reter-Eberl German flag
Fish! (Atari ST) UK flag Page6 Issue 37, April/May 88
page 60
John Sweeney Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Atari ST, Amiga, PC) UK flag The One Issue 3, December 88
page 87-89
Brian Nesbitt Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Atari ST) UK flag The Games Machine 12, November 1988, page 34-35 Rob Steel Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Amiga) UK flag Amiga Computing Vol.1 Iss. 9, February 1989, page 12,13,15
donated by Tim Janssen
Dave Eriksson Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Spectrum +3) UK flag Crash magazine 63, 1988, page 41 ? Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Spectrum +3) UK flag Sinclair User 84, March 1989, page 56 Chris Jenkins Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Amiga) UK flag Zzap Iss. 44 December 1988,
p.132-133
? Download article  UK flag
Fish! (C64) UK flag Zzap Iss. 48 April 1989,
p.32-33
? Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Amiga) UK flag Commodore User , October 1988, pages 82-83,
donated by Tim Janssen
Keith Campell Download article  UK flag
Fish! (Amiga) UK flag Amiga User International, January 1989, pages 110-111,
donated by Tim Janssen
Andy Moss Download article  UK flag

Availability

Amiga
Amstrad PCW
Apple 2
Archimedes
Atari ST
C64
IBM PC
Macintosh
Spectrum +3