Name the game - Part 10!

[child of Thor]

meany!

i was thinking of a 'Jinxter' type of game, but it involved Fish and a text+graphic adventure.

the name of the game is Fish! by magnetic scrolls(did Jinxter too). I never played it, which was why i was struggling; but i could see the cover of the game in my mind.

EDIT: kinda too obvious a name to just guess outright, still heres the moby info:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/fish

The game didn't make me want to buy it, but the cover was odd enough to be memorable.

The moby info mentions the 'seven deadly fins' so i go ahead and post a long clue1 to keep you happy for 7days.

[child of Thor]

Clue1:

"A simple game that had part of its name rhyme with ‘icky’
Birdseye fishfingers give a clue if your not too picky

Old world platforms on this machine it was made
Collect what? To ensure you get paid?

To be fair, that last game guessed did offer me
the name of this game - so now tis down to thee."

Came out on a few(not all) of the 8bits during the 80's from a company that for a number of years produced many titles on these systems.

It has an underwater theme like the preivious game.

Happy guessing and see you in 7.

[CapTVK]

Congrats CoT it is indeed Fish!. A text adventure game by Magnetic Scrolls. A pretty good one at that because it you had to start off with 3 mini adventures.


But first you had to figure a way to get out of the goldfish bowl.

[DarkCloud]

icthyosaur?

[snoopy369]

Aviocichthydigit ... bah! Something like that

[DrSpike]

Wow, 2 days away, and still no new clues.

[DarkCloud]

he said 7 days...

[DrSpike]

So he did.

[child of Thor]

Clue2: This game came out on the C64 and Atari400/800's. And i have mentioned the company that made it before in another guess the game.

[DrSpike]

That narrows it down to 5000 odd posts and over 2 years.

[child of Thor]

will it be you or CapTVK that gets it first though?

Clue3:
"the game took place on a single screen
all salty with an aquatic theme"

[ZargonX]

Shark! Shark!

And if it isn't, it should be

[CapTVK]

Seawolf?

[child of Thor]

nope and nope. but its name is almost as much fun as 'Shark! Shark!'

a summary:

Clue1:

"A simple game that had part of its name rhyme with ‘icky’
Birdseye fishfingers give a clue if your not too picky

Old world platforms on this machine it was made
Collect what? To ensure you get paid?

To be fair, that last game guessed did offer me
the name of this game - so now tis down to thee."

Came out on a few(not all) of the 8bits during the 80's from a company that for a number of years produced many titles on these systems.

It has an underwater theme like the preivious game.

Clue2:

This game came out on the C64 and Atari400/800's. And i have mentioned the company that made it before in another guess the game.

Clue3:

"the game took place on a single screen
all salty with an aquatic theme"

and a new clue:

Clue4:

You controlled a deep sea diver with the task of collecting gold from the sea floor - avoiding sea creatures and other obsticles.

[duke o' york]

Manicky Diver?

Well, I had to make it rhyme with icky....