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Game #4424
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  BassDuel    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Sport   Fishing

Rating: 9 (4 votes)

BassDuel box cover

BassDuel screenshot
BassTour and BassDuel are excellent fishing gamse by Dick Olsen, who distributed his games as mail order shareware titles between 1991 and 1995. Although graphically dull, the games attracted a loyal following with their excellent attention to real-life fishing conditions, a wide variety of lures and fish, and their reasonably realistic behavior.

Both games are part of a trilogy of bass fishing games, and play very similar to each other. In each game, you play a professional bass fisherman who is competing against other pro fishermen in various bass fishing tournaments for prize money. As in real life, you have to carefully choose the lures, assess the appropriate spot to fish, and deal with changing weather conditions. You view the action from the bird's eye perspective, looking at the whole lake in the center screen, with information and options arranged around it. This naturally means you will not be able to fish in an arcade style that is common in modern games such as SEGA Bass Fishing), but if you prefer strategic fishing games, BassTour and BassDuel are a lot of fun. BassDuel is the most polished of the series, and the only one that allows you to compete against another human player (hence the name) by taking turns on the same computer. With a lot of options, an excellent mouse-based interface, and a wide variety of lures and variables, BassTour and BassDuel remain years later two of the most enjoyable fishing games ever made. Two thumbs up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Dick Olsen
Developer: Olsen Outdoors
Publisher: Olsen Outdoors
Year: 1993
Software Copyright: Dick Olsen
Theme: Shareware
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System Requirements: DOS
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If you like this game, try: BassTour, Big Game Fishing, Reel Fish'n

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