Insaniquarium
Sign in to saveInsaniquarium is a 2001 virtual pets simulator video game, developed by Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games and MumboJumbo. Before PopCap Games's involvement, the game was a web-based Java game released in 2001. The game was made downloadable by PopCap Games in 2004 and was ported to mobile devices in 2006 and 2008 by Glu Mobile and Astraware respectively. Insaniquarium has the player maintain a tank full of fish while protecting it from alien attacks.
Game details · IGDB
Dive into wild arcade action as you feed fish and fight aliens in the craziest aquarium around! Control and protect a colorful aquarium with fantastic fish and colorful sea creatures by keeping your friendly fish fed and happy... and safe from alien intruders! Feed your fish, then quickly collect the coins they drop to upgrade to better food, amazing new fish species and awesome weapons. But make sure to use those weapons on all the ruthless extraterrestrial boss beasts, or you'll be sunk in an empty tank!
- Released
- 2004
- Genres
- Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Flying Bear Entertainment
- Publisher
- PopCap Games
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Insaniquarium
- Video game.image
- Insaniquarium cover art.jpg
- Video game.developer
- Flying Bear Entertainment
- Video game.publisher
- PopCap GamesMumboJumbo
- Video game.designer
- George Fan
- Video game.genre
- Puzzle, virtual pets
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- puzzle video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- PopCap Games
- Developer
- PopCap Games
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- PopCap Games
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- www.popcap.com/games/insaniquarium
Show 6 more facts
- input device
- computer keyboard
- publication date
- 2001-00-00
- software version identifier
- 1.1
- distributed by
- Steam
- language of work or name
- English language
- set in environment
- aquarium
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Development
- Release
- Reception
- Notes
- References
- External links
Insaniquarium is a 2001 virtual pets simulator video game, developed by Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games and MumboJumbo. Before PopCap Games's involvement, the game was a web-based Java game released in 2001. The game was made downloadable by PopCap Games in 2004 and was ported to mobile devices in 2006 and 2008 by Glu Mobile and Astraware respectively. Insaniquarium has the player maintain a tank full of fish while protecting it from alien attacks.
Insaniquarium was mainly designed and programmed by George Fan through his company Flying Bear Entertainment. His main intention was to have the game featured in the Independent Games Festival. After learning the game had made it as a finalist, Fan paired up with PopCap Games to make the game downloadable. The game was a success, garnering general praise for its fast-paced gameplay, and was downloaded 20 million times as of April 2006.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Insaniquarium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.