Time Warped 1980 - Fishing Derby

On 02/19/2018 at 02:39 PM by KnightDriver

Fishing Derby is another Activision game for the Atari 2600 that I played on Activision Anthology for PS2.

It is a very simple one or two player game. It's most fun as a two-player game but you can play against the computer as well. Each player sits on a dock on either side of the screen with a fishing rod. You use the joystick to lower and direct your line until you hook a fish by touching it near the mouth. Then the line reels in slowly on its own. Pressing the button reels it in faster. There's a shark near the surface that will try and eat your fish, so watch out. The object is to get to 99lbs first. The lower down the fish, the heavier it is and the slower it will reel in.

Fishing Derby plays just great on the PS2. It's not a long player though unless you have a friend to play with.

I love the design of these Activision games: colorful and minimalist, like an abstract painting.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/19/2018 at 03:03 PM

To think fishing mini games used to just be the game.

KnightDriver

02/19/2018 at 03:10 PM

Yea, right. It's kind of like how I realized one day why there wasn't a Pokemon Snap sequel. Photography gameplay is just a feature now in many games.

02/19/2018 at 03:54 PM

Yeah, but there's no game to those photography features like there was in Pokemon Snap. I'd still buy a photography game where there were certain things you had to photograph or certain ways you had to take the picture.

02/19/2018 at 10:38 PM

Last one I remember was Afrika for PS3. I'd still like to try that one.

Cary Woodham

02/20/2018 at 04:59 AM

I sitll think they should make a sequel to Pokemon Snap.

02/20/2018 at 05:14 PM

Yeah. They totally should. I'd be on that like a shark on a surfer.

02/20/2018 at 05:01 AM

Did you know it was Fishing Derby that coined the term, "The Shark Element" regarding challenge in games. It's like a challenge you make yourself. Risk vs. reward. Do you go for the small fish or get the bigger point fish and risk losing it to the shark?

Ha! Cool. I never knew that. "The Shark Element". I'll have to use that in my weekly trash talk with Mark.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/22/2018 at 11:05 AM

I think I could live without playing this.

02/22/2018 at 10:59 PM

Most of the stuff from this time makes me think the same way. Except maybe for Stampede. I realy like that one.

goaztecs

02/22/2018 at 12:41 PM

You know I would play this. This would be perfect for a phone, play a couple of minutes, have a friends list leaderboard, heck even keep the graphics.

02/22/2018 at 10:49 PM

I can see this on a phone with maybe a few more features. Would be great.

PixlBit