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Simulation

El-Fish

by AnimaTek, Alexey Pajitnov·published by Maxis, Fujitsu Interactive

199330
PCDOSFM Towns

Reader score

6.7/ 10

13 votes

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About

A fish and aquarium simulator, El-Fish lets you catch, breed, evolve, and even mutate tropical fish, then render them and let them loose in an aquarium that you design.

Except for a few pre-canned graphics and animations, all fish, plants, and even backdrops and floor gravel in El-Fish are generated by the user using genetic algorithms that simulate real life in both appearance and movement. Even the music you want to play in the background can be generated with one of eight musical styles.

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Mouse

Miscellaneous Attributes

Math co-processor

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel i386

Min. OS Class Required

PC/MS-DOS 3.3

Min. RAM Required

4 MB

Min. Video Memory Required

512 KB

Video Modes Supported

SuperVGA, VESA, VGA, VGA (Tweaked)

Sound Devices Supported

Adlib, PC Speaker, Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster

Box art

Also known as

Elfish — FM Towns title

SimFish — Informal "fan" title

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Facts

Released

1993

Platforms

PCDOSFM Towns

Tags

Meditative / Zen