{{Short description|2004 casual video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Fish Tycoon | image = Fish Tycoon Logo.png | developer = [[Last Day of Work]] | publisher = [[Big Fish Games]] (PC) [[Majesco Entertainment]] (Nintendo DS) | designer = Arthur Humphrey<br>Carla Humphrey | released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|May 3, 2004}}|'''Zodiac'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|May 3, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 3, 2004 |title=''Fish Tycoon'' |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/04/fish-tycoon |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref>}}'''Windows Mobile'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|November 8, 2004}}'''Windows'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|November 16, 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Fish Tycoon'' |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p28238.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103000555/http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p28238.htm |archive-date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=GameZone}}</ref>}}'''Macintosh'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|June 8, 2006}}'''Nintendo DS'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|October 16, 2007|EU|March 14, 2008|AUS|April 28, 2008}}'''iOS'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|November 20, 2008}}}} | genre = [[Business simulation]] | modes = [[Single-player]] | platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Windows Mobile]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Tapwave Zodiac]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[Mobile phone]], [[Palm OS]] }} '''''Fish Tycoon''''' is a [[casual game]] created and developed by [[Last Day of Work]]. One of the top-selling downloadable games of 2004, 2005, and 2006,<ref>Logler.com, "[http://www.logler.com/global-top-10 Global Casual Games Top 10] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019112033/http://www.logler.com/global-top-10 |date=2011-10-19 }}," ''logler.com'' (10-Apr-2006).</ref> ''Fish Tycoon'' was later ported to cell phone, retail, and Nintendo DS.<ref name="FishTycoonNews" />
== Gameplay == Players take on the role of a fish store owner who must breed and care for hundreds of different kinds of exotic [[fish]], all the while attempting to keep the fish store economically viable long enough to achieve the ultimate objective: breeding the Seven Magic Fish of Isola. The story for this game is that on the mysterious island of Isola there was a lagoon where the most magnificent fish swam. These fish were held together by the 7 magic fish but one day all of the fish have disappeared. Thus, the player has to cross-breed fish to rediscover the 7 magic fish, solve the genetic puzzle,<ref>Peter Cohen, "[http://www.macworld.com/article/49980/2006/03/fishtycoon.html Fish Tycoon maker seeks Mac beta testers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305033119/http://www.macworld.com/article/49980/2006/03/fishtycoon.html |date=2011-03-05 }}," ''Macworld'' (Mar 21, 2006).</ref> and "restore the island to its former glory."<ref>James Shiell, "[http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3272 Fish Tycoon review]," ''geekzone'' (30-AUG-2004).</ref>
==Awards== *[[Parents' Choice Award]] 2004<ref name="FishTycoonNews">Last Day of Work, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140803210706/http://www.fishtycoon.com/news/index.html Fish Tycoon News]," ''fishtycoon.com''.</ref> *[[iParenting Media]] Award 2006<ref name="FishTycoonNews" /> *Handango Champion Award 2005<ref name="FishTycoonNews" /> *PocketPC Magazine Best Software Award Nominee edeedxerStar Award 2005
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==External links== * [http://www.fishtycoon.com/ The Official Website of ''Fish Tycoon''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214113530/http://www.fishtycoon.com/ |date=2006-12-14 }} * [http://www.casualgameguides.com/games/guide/game_guide.cfm/Fish_Tycoon-Walkthrough/Cheats-1/game_id-140/ ''Fish Tycoon'' Breeding Guide]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} * [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ldw.android.fishtycoon.lite ''Fish Tycoon''] at [[Google Play]]
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