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This game is based on a TV commercial for eCampus.com that aired in 1999. The commercial depicts a poor college student rummaging through his empty kitchen for food. Desperate and hungry, the young man turns and eyes a helpless pet goldfish swimming in a glass bowl. A few seconds later the poor fish is seen sizzling over a hot skillet.
The game assumes that you are the roommate of this hungry college student. You return home to find him trying to turn your goldfish into a light snack and it's up to you to save them!
When your roommate tosses a goldfish on the skillet, you need to quickly pick it up and safely drop it back in the fishbowl. The longer the fish has spent flipping in the frying pan, the hotter he becomes. Hot fish can't be held very long or they will burn your hand causing you to drop them on the countertop. Let a fish fry for too long and expires in a puff of smoke.
The pace of game play quickens as you save more and more of your little pals. Soon your roommate starts grabbing handfuls of fish at a time.
After launch the game, eCampus created Save Them Goldfish! t-shirts and frisbees which were given away as promotional goodies.
National Level Citation of Excellence
American Advertising Federation ADDY competition, 1999
TechTV - Screensavers
Rated #5 in the "Twisted List" of "Gross Games" on TechTV's Screensavers show.
August 17, 2002
I had some real losers as freshman-year roommates, but none as bad as yours in the game "Save the Goldfish."
About.com Funny SIte of the Day
January 26, 2004
Judge's Choice ADDY - Local
1999
Shockwave.com Site of the Day
October 27, 1999
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"One hilariously dumb, addictive game."
Entertainment Weekly
"What to Surf" :: June 2, 2000
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"There are plenty of sadistic Web games out there -- this one actually gives you the chance to play the hero. Or, yeah, just sit back and watch 'em fry."
Webby Games: Game of the Week
October 21, 1999
Runtime:
Flash
Development environment:
Flash 4 / ActionScript
Support tools:
Illustrator
SoundEdit
Michael Szabo:
Project Director
Game Design
Programming
Sound FX editing
Justin Morgan:
Illustration
Game & GUI Art
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