AQUAZONE VIRTUAL AQUARIUM FULL

The hard drive space needed for your aquarium will depend upon how many fish and accessories you choose when creating your special ecosystem. Currenly, my aquarium occupies 16.2 MB (for 44 items) on my hard drive. Insert the CD, double-click on the 'Installer,' and a dialogue box pops up for you to choose a folder. Electronic Arts, a software company that offers Mendel Insectoid, has attempted to create an artificial life situation called 'Galapagos.' Be aware that this product is more of a game than an exercise in cultivating artificial intelligence. Given this rich history, attempts to develop 'Digital Life' on the personal computer are not that difficult to accept. Our fascination with 'artificial life' ranges from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to HAL in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001:A Space Odyssey.

AQUAZONE VIRTUAL AQUARIUM FULL

The Aquazone CD-ROM offers you the option of building a full screen aquarium from the gravel on up. The fish are there for you to nurture as you would live fish in a real world aquarium. For the record, Aquazone is not to be confused with the moderately convincing 'After Dark' aquarium screen saver originally developed by Berkeley Systems.Īquazone is a user-generated aquatic environment where a variety of species of fresh water tropical fish are selected to exist, school, be born, fight and die. Arka Roy and Ron Dicarlantonio have returned triumphant from Japan, where their product that has become a cult classic. These attempts at artificial life and companionship will seem trite next to the 'Virtual Reality Aquarium' designed by two Canadians.

I am a bit too old to become attached to a Tamagochi key chain pet. I avoided the 'Pet Rock' phase of decades past. I presume that other ATPM readers could make the same admission.

Aquazone virtual aquarium