Fish! - NNRG Week 65

[@thomdenholm]

This was released by Magnetic Scrolls, who made other text (and text/graphic) adventure games. Fish! was voted "Best 16-Bit Adventure Game" in the 1989 Golden Joystick awards. Probably the Amiga, Atari ST, Mac and MS-DOS versions have less disk swaps :)

[@OisEucalypt]

Reading the title, my mind immediately went: "Today's fish is trout á la crème. Enjoy your meal."

[@TheGerkuman]

Yes, that's what made me pick it. ... FISH!

[@simonashtear2739]

I will! ;) Yeoooowww!

[@dinitroacetylen]

"Look anvil" -- "I don't understand anvil". This is exactly how it feels when trying to explain even the simplest concepts to the majority of people.

[@mikesol1162]

This is the same company behind three text adventures I played on the C64. The Pawn, Guild of Thieves and Jinxter.

[@roguerifter9724]

Its like a blend of James Bond, Docor Who, and Omikron the Nomad Soul, or Space Station Silicon Valley as an adventure game. I really hope GOG gets the PC version someday because this sounds like a lot of fun.

[@hanselmanryanjames]

Glad I watched you deal with all the loading instead of playing it myself.

[@malonshammer]

You did a great John Waters impression for the boss character.

[@Pixelmusement]

Did I? I'm relatively bad at making my voice sound like specific people so I just sort of wing it when I read these characters based on what I think they might sound like. :P

[@root42]

Maybe using an Action Replay fast loader could alleviate the loading issues a bit. The c64 was probably a bit limited in memory for the Magnetic Scrolls engine. Even Infocom games had trouble and required lots of loading.

[@Sheevlord]

The enemy faction is called Seven Deadly Fins, yet it's unusual that they attacked a fish planet. So, are they not aquatic themselves? Why the name then?

[@SteveMacSticky]

So many loading screens, it's almost like Starfield

[@hannibalsolo4409]

Well you met the exploding parrot. This is an alltime classic text adventure, but too advanced for the C64. People who want a proper experience with it should check it out on the Amiga, or similar platforms.

[@root42]

Uhhh! Magentic Scrolls! Instant like!