LGR - Odell Down Under - PC Game Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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WristCutGauze
I found this game by the comments, so I will write details here for others to find: Odell Down Under, a 90's CD ROM game by MECC, where you are a fish and eat larger and larger fish. There is a shark, grouper, unicornfish, barracuda etc, hide behind a plant or in a cave, and you can create a fish in green, pink, yellow, red or blue and give it skills such as speed, agility and endurance. When you eat something it says aargh! You can eat coral, sponge, shrimp, snails and other fish. It was released in 1993 and 1996. Hope you all enjoy the memories!
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I found this game by the comments, so I will write details here for others to find: Odell Down Under, a 90's CD ROM game by MECC, where you are a fish and eat larger and larger fish. There is a shark, grouper, unicornfish, barracuda etc, hide behind a plant or in a cave, and you can create a fish in green, pink, yellow, red or blue and give it skills such as speed, agility and endurance. When you eat something it says aargh! You can eat coral, sponge, shrimp, snails and other fish. It was released in 1993 and 1996. Hope you all enjoy the memories!
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ScarletWithTheRope
This is a really fun little game. I definitely see it with nostalgia goggles on, but I still think it's pretty cool regardless. As a kid, I wasn't a very skilled gamer, so I wound up mostly just being the Great White in Practice mode like you were saying, because whenever I tried to legit play the game, I always died and it made me sad and that's no fun. I still have the CD lying around somewhere with all my other old PC games. I'll have to dig it up some time, it's been years since I played it. Hearing the menu music made me smile.
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This is a really fun little game. I definitely see it with nostalgia goggles on, but I still think it's pretty cool regardless. As a kid, I wasn't a very skilled gamer, so I wound up mostly just being the Great White in Practice mode like you were saying, because whenever I tried to legit play the game, I always died and it made me sad and that's no fun. I still have the CD lying around somewhere with all my other old PC games. I'll have to dig it up some time, it's been years since I played it. Hearing the menu music made me smile.
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Ana
It's boring for an adult, but as a kid I could enjoy it for more than 30 minutes. Since it's a game made for children it doesn't have to be more complex than this. And it serves well it's educational purpose. You can learn a lot about fish food chain. The Create a Fish mode is great for understanding how different traits evolved to serve different life styles. It's basically a game about marine ecosystems.
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It's boring for an adult, but as a kid I could enjoy it for more than 30 minutes. Since it's a game made for children it doesn't have to be more complex than this. And it serves well it's educational purpose. You can learn a lot about fish food chain. The Create a Fish mode is great for understanding how different traits evolved to serve different life styles. It's basically a game about marine ecosystems.
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fanjoy
We had a sample version of Odell Down Under that came with only 4 species. The blacktip shark was the biggest one. Either the sample version or the whole version ended up coming in bundle with our -Path to the Yukon- game. Oddly enough, the Path to the Yukon game was effectively just the Yukon Trail game, complete with the same box aside from the odd title
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We had a sample version of Odell Down Under that came with only 4 species. The blacktip shark was the biggest one. Either the sample version or the whole version ended up coming in bundle with our -Path to the Yukon- game. Oddly enough, the Path to the Yukon game was effectively just the Yukon Trail game, complete with the same box aside from the odd title
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sasamichan
I remember 2 games like this but different, both were either C64 or Apple II games maybe Amega, I forget but simpler graphics. One like this, was a fish sim game were you had to eat or not eat certain things the other was Land animals where you could be a bear or mouse or deer or fox or whatever else. But I forget there names. any ideas?
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I remember 2 games like this but different, both were either C64 or Apple II games maybe Amega, I forget but simpler graphics. One like this, was a fish sim game were you had to eat or not eat certain things the other was Land animals where you could be a bear or mouse or deer or fox or whatever else. But I forget there names. any ideas?
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ChrisTombstone
Did you do something different because here lately a lot of your videos from 10 years ago have been showing up in my recommended. I can't complain because it's amazing and it shows how much you have evolved but I find it fascinating. I'll admit I didn't discover you till about five years ago so it's nice seeing these.
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Did you do something different because here lately a lot of your videos from 10 years ago have been showing up in my recommended. I can't complain because it's amazing and it shows how much you have evolved but I find it fascinating. I'll admit I didn't discover you till about five years ago so it's nice seeing these.
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m1rock
I grew up in a small town in MN and they had an Apple IIe version called Odell Lake. They also had of course Oregon Trail, Pinewood Derby, and of course Number Munchers! You should do a video on the Munchers series by MECC! Those games where kinda a knock off of Pacman but awesome for the time!
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I grew up in a small town in MN and they had an Apple IIe version called Odell Lake. They also had of course Oregon Trail, Pinewood Derby, and of course Number Munchers! You should do a video on the Munchers series by MECC! Those games where kinda a knock off of Pacman but awesome for the time!
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haelowyn
I'm pretty sure I played this game back in elementary school on a Mac. But I agree DAO is waaaay better omg there was not enough content in that game. I wish it never ended. Too bad EA totally botched DA2. Although the combat, at least for mages, was decent. Long live Ferelden!
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I'm pretty sure I played this game back in elementary school on a Mac. But I agree DAO is waaaay better omg there was not enough content in that game. I wish it never ended. Too bad EA totally botched DA2. Although the combat, at least for mages, was decent. Long live Ferelden!
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Jolis
I actually played this in school as a child way back in the 90s. Basically it-s as if the devs behind the game were watching that classic Don Knotts animated film The Incredible Mr. Limpet when they were in the middle of brainstorming the concept of their next edutainment game. -
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I actually played this in school as a child way back in the 90s. Basically it-s as if the devs behind the game were watching that classic Don Knotts animated film The Incredible Mr. Limpet when they were in the middle of brainstorming the concept of their next edutainment game. -
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Michael
I used to play this in elementary school in computer class on their (then current) Macintosh systems. Bringing back some fond memories! I used to rack my brain to figure out just what the hell a crustacean was, and why my fish does not like to eat them!
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I used to play this in elementary school in computer class on their (then current) Macintosh systems. Bringing back some fond memories! I used to rack my brain to figure out just what the hell a crustacean was, and why my fish does not like to eat them!
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