Fish

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Description

Inter-Dimensional Espionage. Inter-Dimensional... because you 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 swim 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 of inter-dimensional 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!

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Alternate Titles

• "Fish!: One Nibble and You're Hooked." -- UK tag-lined title
• "Fish: An Extraordinary Tale in Illustrated Interactive Fiction" -- Tag-lined title
• "Fish!" -- UK title

Part of the Following Group

• Animals: Fish

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Critic Reviews

Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1989	93 out of 100	93
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	DOS	Jan, 1989	92.5 out of 100	92
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Jan, 1989	9 out of 10	90
Amiga User International	Amiga	Jan, 1989	9 out of 10	90
Amiga Computing	Amiga	Feb, 1989	89 out of 100	89
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Nov, 1988	88 out of 100	88
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Dec, 1988	10.2 out of 12	85
Power Play	Amiga	Jan, 1989	83 out of 100	83
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1989	80 out of 100	80
The One	Atari ST	Dec, 1988	80 out of 100	80

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DOS version the real thing?	13	vileyn0id_8088 (21185) Feb 04, 2014

Trivia

Sales

Fish! didn't sell particularly well - not exactly due to the game's quality, but because of management troubles at Telecomsoft at that time (and it's label Rainbird on which Magnetic Scrolls published their games). Those troubles finally led to a sale of the publisher to Microprose UK. But during those final Telecomsoft months, no proper distribution was done according to Anita Sinclair, especially badly affecting Fish!, and Magnetic Scrolls suffered some losses as a result.

Technology

All Magnetic Scrolls games (pre-Wonderland) are actually made up of a 68K CPU emulator and 68k data file.

Their first game, The Pawn, was written for a Sinclair QL. Rather than re-write the game, they just wrote an interpreter (much like Infocoms famous Z-Machine) for each architecture (C64, Amiga, PC, Sinclair, etc).

Awards

• Computer and Video Games
  • Issue 06/1989 - Winner Golden Joystick Award 1989 for Best 16-Bit Adventure Game (reader's vote)
• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1989 - Best Text Adventure in 1988

Related Web Sites

• The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial (Fan-page with lot's of information, collectors information, documents & help.)