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Fishing Derby

In Fishing Derby, two fishermen sit on opposite docks over a lake filled with fish (and a shark that passes through). Using the joystick the player is able to move his line left right and up and down in the…

31 December 1980

Fishing Derby is an arcade developed by Activision, released 31 December 1980 on Atari 2600.

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What Fishing Derby is

Fishing Derby is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1980. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Fishing Derby, two fishermen sit on opposite docks over a lake filled with fish (and a shark that passes through). Using the joystick the player is able to move his line left right and up and down in the water. When a fish is hooked, the line slowly comes up to the surface of the water. Pressing the fire button on the joystick reels in the fish faster. However, if both fishermen have fish hooked, only one person can reel theirs in (the one who hooked theirs first). The shark that roams the water will try to eat hooked fish before they surface. The objective for both fishermen is to reach 99 pounds of fish first. There are six rows of fish; the top two rows have 2 lb. fish, the middle two…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Fishing Derby come out?
Fishing Derby was released on 31 December 1980 for Atari 2600.

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