DOS Games Discussion

[oldfish]

Hello everyone,

I need some help finding an old DOS game, or at least its name.
The game is divided into squares that form a kind of a maze. The player controls a scuba-diver which moves over squares. Some squares contain grass (I think), and once the scuba-diver passes over them they disappear.

The goal of the game is to eat certain number of fish and then go to a square that marks the exit. The fish are usually trapped by grass, but once freed, they will swim as far as they can and then swim back where they came from. You have to chase them and eat them (by going over the square containing the fish). Higher levels also contain sharks which will eat you if they catch you, and when they do, they produce this really funny sound (something like "bo-bop").

Oxygen runs out after a while, but some squares contain oxygen tanks that can be picked up to refill your oxygen supply.
Some squares also contain rocks, which will kill you if they fall onto you, but used wisely, they can be used to kill sharks. Other squares contain walls. You can blow up the walls (by setting up some kind of explosive if I remember correctly) to get into other parts of the screen.

The game is particularly fun to play in a two-player mode, because it requires collaboration to win. The squares sometimes form walls that will trap one player, and then the other one has to free him by blowing up the walls.

As you can tell, I remember so many things about this game, but not its name. I searched online for quite a while, but couldn't find anything. The last time I played it was some 10 years ago. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[GAMER]

Sounds a lot like Animal Quest...



Though, i've never played the water animals version...

And in the grassland animals one there weren't walls you could blow up or other interactive items, just berries and animals.

Not sure.

GAMER

[May!]

Hey I think its Scuba Steve!! is it possible? I was thinking about that game yesterday !

I cannot find a screenshot but if anyone could find the game

May

[dosraider]

Scuba Steve doesn't ring a bell.... but try Scubaventure once, not bad at all.

http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4237

Nag nag, better than nothing.

[oldfish]

Guys, you are wonderful! You did not guess the name, but you did give me more ideas for keywords to search for, and I found the game.
The games is called Bluppo, and you can see the screenshot (and download it for free) here:
[url]>SNIPPED< /bluppo.html[/url]

If you are looking for a good time waster, this is it
It's a great fun for two players.

Cheers!

>SNIPPED< by dosgamer

[emmzee]

Welcome oldfish, glad you found your game!

I see that you have a UofT email address ... are/were you a student at UofT? I never attended there myself but currently live in Scarborough so I'm quite nearby.

Hmmm, many Canadians on this blog ...

Edit: Nevermind, found your website, you PhD candidate

[oldfish]

Actually, a small correction.
Turns out that the above web-site charges for downloads.
Free download can be found here: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=3036

[emmzee]

Also available from the author's site here:
http://www.tomaskovic.com/bluppo.html

It doesn't seem to be listed anymore on Webfoot Technologies' site ...

[dosraider]

oldfish, I snipped the link in your post, NEVER again post a link towards mosw here again.
Mosw is a total ripoff.

[oldfish]

No worries! I noticed they charged a fee
That's why I posted a link to another site
As you can tell, I'm not very familiar with these various sites.

[dosraider]