El-Fish
A fish and aquarium simulator, El-Fish lets your 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…
31 December 1993
El-Fish is a simulator developed by Alexey Pajitnov, released 31 December 1993 on DOS and FM Towns.
What El-Fish is
El-Fish is a simulator game developed by Alexey Pajitnov and released in 1993. It was published by Fujitsu Interactive. It is available on DOS and FM Towns.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A fish and aquarium simulator, El-Fish lets your 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.
What it launched against
El-Fish launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Quick answers
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When did El-Fish come out?
El-Fish was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS and FM Towns.
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