The Fish Files: Mystery Games Revolved On Pointing And Clicking

The Fish Files is a cult-classic point-and-click adventure game released for the Game Boy Color (GBC) in late 2001. Developed by the Italian studio 7th Sense and published by Microïds, it is notable for being a European exclusive that pushes the technical limits of the GBC hardware. 

Gameplay and Story

Plot: You play as Dante, a college student whose pet goldfish, Ramada, has been kidnapped. You soon discover that every goldfish in town has been stolen by aliens, leading you on a surreal journey through different time periods and dimensions.

Style: The game is heavily inspired by classic LucasArts titles like Day of the Tentacle and features a humorous, tongue-in-cheek tone with numerous 90s pop culture references, including The X-Files.

Technical Achievements: It is famous for its "Hi-Color" mode, which allowed the GBC to display up to 2,000 colors simultaneously on screen—far exceeding the system's standard palette. 

Release Date: 30 November 2001

Platform: Exclusively for the Game Boy Color (though playable on Game Boy Advance).

Mechanics: Uses a simplified point-and-click interface where you directly control the character and interact with objects highlighted by an onscreen cursor.

Availability: Because it was only released in Europe during the GBC's twilight years, physical copies are considered rare and are often sought after by collectors on eBay. 

More Games Like Fish Files 

The New Addams Family: Also developed by 7th Sense, this is considered a sister game to The Fish Files. It uses a very similar engine and graphical style to tell a spooky, puzzle-filled story.

Shadowgate Classic: A port of the famous NES game that uses a first-person perspective for inventory-based puzzling.

Deja Vu I & II: Gritty, noir-style detective adventures where you interact with environments through a set of commands (Open, Examine, etc.).

Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers: A lighthearted adventure game with a similar "walk-and-click" format where you explore environments to find clues and items. 

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Maniac Mansion: A classic from Lucasfilm Games, this is the most direct relative to The Fish Files in terms of humor and "SCUMM" style gameplay.

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom: A quirky, surreal adventure featuring anthropomorphic vegetables. It relies on a command-based menu and a humorous storyline.

Nightshade: A unique blend of point-and-click exploration and brawling where you play as a wannabe superhero in a comic-book-inspired world.

King's Quest V: An ambitious port of the Sierra PC title that brings detailed 8-bit graphics to a high-fantasy adventure. 

Sega Systems

The Secret of Monkey Island (Sega CD): Perhaps the definitive point-and-click game of that era, featuring the same humor and puzzle-solving logic seen in The Fish Files.

Snatcher (Sega CD): A high-tech cyberpunk detective adventure directed by Hideo Kojima. It’s more serious but features incredible art and menu-driven investigation.

Hoshi wo Sagashite... (Master System): A Japanese-exclusive graphic adventure (often called Searching the Stars) that features impressive 8-bit visuals and an investigation-heavy plot. 

Cartoon Network Food Bash Flash Game

You use the mouse to target and click to throw. To dodge, you press the spacebar. It is possible to tell when your opponent plans to throw because they will stop and stand still. Note that when they do this, you will be unable to hit them.

There are four levels in the game. In order, they are Johnny Bravo, the Eds, the Powerpuff Girls, and Samurai Jack. For the first level, Johnny will run around in a simple back and forth motion. While he can dodge some shots, most that are well targeted will hit him. The second level has the Eds. All three of them run around at different speeds and for different lengths. Their dodging is better than that of Johnny Bravo, but because there are more of them, it is still somewhat easy to get a hit. The third level has the Powerpuffs, who will fly around in the air. They are very effective at dodging, and are far more difficult than the Eds. The hardest level is Jack, however. Not only is he great at dodging, but he will use his sword to deflect produce.

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Mole Mania (GB)

In the game, Muddy has to move a black ball to a gate at the end of the screen in order to get to the next screen. He can push, pull, and throw the black ball. Muddy can also dig into soft ground to find underground paths around obstacles. Choosing where to dig is a crucial element of the game's various puzzles, as creating holes in the wrong areas could hinder the player's efforts to advance. Dropping the ball into a hole would cause it to return to its starting point. Given the nature of Muddy's ability to move the ball, digging holes in the wrong places could make reaching the gate with the ball completely impossible, requiring Muddy to leave the screen and then return to try again. Along the way, there are many obstacles, such as moving enemies, pipes, barrels, weights, and bosses.

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Drake And Josh (GBA)

Based on the animated series of the same name, the player controls Drake and Josh in a variety of modes featuring problem solving, stealth, strategy and action-style gameplay. The game uses a password feature to save progress.

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NES: The New Zealand Story + Oopi's Quest + Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III + Power Blade + Nalleland

The New Zealand Story

The player controls Tiki, a kiwi who must save his girlfriend Phee Phee and several of his other kiwi chick friends who have been kidnapped by a large blue leopard seal.

Oopi's Quest

Oopi has crash landed on an unknown planet. It's up to you to guide Oopie through the different areas collecting nuts to fix his ship.

Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III

Players follow the adventures of two dragon brothers, Bubby and Bobby, who have now taken on their human forms. Some fans may recall that the two protagonists regained their human forms at the end of Bubble Bobble. Now, they embark on a mission to save their neighboring planets from an evil menace. Instead of shooting bubbles, they are now armed with colorful parasols with magical powers. These parasols are also used to shield against enemy projectiles, stun enemies or just line them up and throw one into the mix for even bigger highscores.

Power Blade 

After years of fighting that took millions of casualties, Earth is recovering from revolts in the 22nd century. In 2191, New Earth has a Master Computer that holds a secret database of the colony-planet's functioning. In wrong hands, the database could prove fatal to the whole planet. 

Nalleland

Nalleland is a short platformer about a bear on an adventure. This bear is equipped with a versatile tool: an enchanted pin. It can be thrown into the terrain and bounced on, thrown at monsters to pin them in place, and more!

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NES: The Punisher + Shatterhand + Shadow Of The Ninja + Spacegulls + The Three Stooges

The Punisher 

The player controls the Punisher from an over-the-shoulder third-person perspective through various New York City locations, shooting thugs and battling supervillains Hitman, Jigsaw, Colonel Kliegg, Sijo Kanaka, and Assassin as bosses. The final boss is the Kingpin. Power-ups can be obtained by shooting them and include extra ammunition, a med kit, Kevlar, a bazooka, a machine gun, and grenades.

Shatterhand

Set in the year 2030, a group of military renegades known as Metal Command, led by General Gus Grover, are seeking to conquer the world by building an army of cyborg soldiers. Steve Hermann, a young police officer from the Bronx, ends up losing both of his arms during a skirmish with members of Metal Command. After the incident, Hermann is offered two specially developed cybernetic arms developed by the Law and Order Regulatory Division (L.O.R.D.) to replace the ones he lost. Hermann accepts the offer and becomes an agent codenamed "Shatterhand," who is now tasked with the mission to defeat Metal Command.

Shadow Of The Ninja 

In 2029, the evil Emperor Garuda has taken over the United States of America, building a stronghold in the middle of the nation's "largest city". To stop Garuda and avenge the innocent lives that were lost in his reign, two ninja masters from the Iga clan, Lord Hayate and Lady Kaede, are sent to infiltrate the dictator's well-guarded stronghold and kill him.

Spacegulls

Spacegulls is a free platformer game by indie developer Morphat Games. This arcade game combines elements of both Joust and Mega Man. It stars a pair of seagulls tasked with a mission to stop an evil doctor by completing levels. However, each stage will have obstacles and enemies.

The Three Stooges 

The Three Stooges must rescue an old woman's orphanage by earning money in minigames based on various Three Stooges films. These include cracker-eating contests (based on the Stooges short Dutiful But Dumb) and boxing matches (based on the short Punch Drunks).

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NES: Kero Kero Keroppi No Daibouken 2: Donuts Ike ha Oosawagi + Total Extinction + Toki + Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll + Sugoro Quest: Dice No Senshi Tachi

Kero Kero Keroppi No Daibouken 2: Donuts Ike ha Oosawagi

Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken 2: Donuts Ike ha Oosawagi (Jap.: "Kero Kero Keroppi's Great Big Adventure 2: Trouble in Donut Pond" ) is a Japan-exclusive action video game for children that was released on the Family Computer console in 1993.

This video game has Sanrio's character searching for lost children who have been kidnapped by monsters. Essentially a standard Super Mario Bros. clone, the player controlling the cartoon frog has to leap around platforms jumping on baddies or killing them with his croaking. Each boss is defeated via playing some children’s board game.

Total Extinction

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Toki

The protagonist of the game is a muscular, loincloth-wearing, Tarzanesque tribesman named Toki (known in Japan and in some ports as JuJu), who up until recently lived a primitive yet contented life in the jungles of a vast and wild island in the South Seas.

This all ends tragically when the beautiful Miho, princess of Toki's tribe of jungle men, and a potential suitor to Toki, is kidnapped by the treacherous witch doctor Vookimedlo. Miho is taken to a vast golden palace at the summit of the island, which Vookimedlo has conjured up for himself to reside in. The wicked shaman then casts a spell to transform all the human inhabitants of the island into various animals and beasts, before they can defend themselves against the evil magic.

Toki himself is transformed into a Geeshergam, one of the ape-like minions of Vookimedlo, although in his primate form, Toki more resembles a gorilla. Fortunately, the great warrior discovers that he is still in control of his own faculties and as an unexpected side effect of the spell cast on him, he can breathe fire and shoot forth various projectiles from his mouth.

Toki then sets off on a quest to pursue and defeat Vookimeldo, rescue princess Miho, and undo the curse which has befallen the island. However, to reach Vookimedlo's golden palace, Toki will have to travel through murky lakes, steep canyons, over frozen ice-capped mountain ranges and lava-spewing volcanoes alike. To progress in his quest and be ultimately victorious, Toki will have to battle all manner of dangerous wild animals and various mutants of Vookimedlo's creation; not to mention Vookimedlo's own abominable guardians who act as level bosses.

Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll

In a mysterious region of China, Ryuhi, was born and raised in high mountain tops. There he received instruction from his wise teacher, Juan. At a young age he became a master of Kempo.

One day, his teacher Juan was attacked and robbed of the Secret Scrolls of Hiryu-no-Ken, of which he was the author. Ryuhi possessed the 6th volume of the Secret Scrolls, the Shingan No Sho, or Book of the Mind's Eye which Juan had managed to save. Ryuhi begins his journey to Shorinji as a last request from a dying Juan. Gengai, the bishop of Shorinji welcomed the little Ryuhi, and begins to train him in Shorinji Kempo.

Sugoro Quest: Dice No Senshi Tachi

A mixture of RPG and board game, taking the worst of both genres. The game is designed for one player only. Who wants to play board games with themselves?

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Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (SNES)

Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday is a side-scrolling platform game. The main character, Porky Pig, can move left and right, jump, swing on chains, climb, enter doorways and ride bubbles underwater. Standing on some platforms causes a vampire-costumed Daffy Duck to appear, scaring Porky and propelling him up into the air to reach high places. Enemies in a level can be defeated either by jumping on them or hitting them with fruit after collecting a fruit bowl power-up.

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NES: The Uncanny X-Men + Whomp Em + Zombie Nation

The Uncanny X-Men

The object is to use several X-Men characters, each with special powers, to complete a series of missions. The powers of each character come in handy on particular missions. The game allows for either one or two players. If the 1-Player mode is selected, the player will be joined by an AI ally. The playable characters available are Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Iceman. There are five bosses in order of appearance: Boomerang, Sabretooth, Juggernaut, The White Queen, and Magneto. Some characters have features that stand out. Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Colossus fight through melee combat while Cyclops, Storm, and Iceman shoot projectiles. Nightcrawler can walk through walls (to simulate teleporting). Colossus cannot jump like the other characters. If the player holds on to B, they can make Storm fly.

Whomp Em

Whomp 'Em is a platform game with some similarities to the Mega Man and Mario series. After completing the first stage, the player can play the other six in any order. Each of the stages revolves around elements, such as fire and water. After each stage, the player gains a new weapon, much like in the original Mega Man series, which was extremely popular at the time. Both Whomp 'Em and the prior Saiyūki World (which was an adaptation of Wonder Boy in Monster Land) are based on the Journey to the West novel.

Zombie Nation 

The plot of Zombie Nation takes place in 1999, when a meteor known as "Darc Seed" (Eva in the Japanese version) crashes in the Nevada desert. Darc Seed/Eva then shoots magnetic rays and turns the people of the United States into zombies. Darc Seed/Eva also brings the Statue of Liberty to life to follow its commands. The magnetic rays also allow Darc Seed/Eva to control many deadly weapons, including the most powerful weapon of all—the legendary samurai sword Shura.

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Avatar: The Legend Of Aang - Burning Earth (GBA)

The Burning Earth is based on the second season, Book 2: Earth, of the television series. The game begins with Team Avatar arriving at an Earth Kingdom base where they confront General Fong, who seeks to trigger Aang's Avatar State to overthrow the Fire Nation. After defeating Fong's forces, Aang enters the Avatar State to stop him. 

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GBA: 2 in 1 Looney Tunes Double Pack + The Berenstain Bears And The Spooky Old Tree + Disney's Brother Bear + Candy Land, Chutes And Ladders and Memory Game + Care Bears: Care Quest

2 in 1 Looney Tunes Double Pack

The Berenstain Bears And The Spooky Old Tree

The Berenstain Bears series of books and TV specials has been delighting youngsters around the world for over four decades. Now, with the blessing of creators Stan and Jan Berenstain, Brother Bear, Sister Bear, and cousin Fred make the leap to interactive entertainment for a new generation of children to enjoy. The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree is the most crocodile, spider, and bat-infested game in the history of spooky! When the Bears are caught in a thunderous storm and lose their way, they take shelter in a looming, crooked old oak tree in the heart of a dark wood. This giant oak turns out to be The Spooky Old Tree, and without a moment's rest, the Bears must work together to confront the many frightful beasts dwelling within.

Disney's Brother Bear

Brother Bear for the Game Boy Advance is a platform side-scrolling game with light puzzle/adventure elements that captures the story and character interactions of the Disney animated feature film of the same name.

Candy Land, Chutes And Ladders and Memory Game

CandyLand / Chutes & Ladders / Original Memory Game is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Black Lantern Studios and published by Destination Software, which was released in 2005.

Care Bears: Care Quest

The game itself consists of 12 different games, each for a different Care Bear. Within each game itself, there are between 8 and 15 levels.

Bears such as Bedtime Bear, Tenderheart Bear, and Cheer Bear all appear in their respective levels and minigames. These games range from easy to difficult in intensity.

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Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 The Galaxy (GBC)

Earthworm Jim's evil doppelgänger, Evil Jim, has stolen an interdimensional teleporter and is causing a rampage through the galaxy. Jim must embark on yet another adventure to stop him. The game plays as a 2D sidescrolling platformer with run and gun elements, similar to the original games. However, the game is much more centralized towards exploring levels to collect items, rather than the constantly changing gimmicks present in the original two games. Levels typically involve goals such as collecting 100 or more coins to progress, and if Jim takes too much damage, the player must start the level over again, without any items collected.

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GBA: Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise + Madagascar: Operation Penguin + Madagascar + Lizzie McGuire: On The Go! + Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals

Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise 

The game is an action platformer with Kim Possible and Rufus as playable characters. There are five levels in each of the four episodes.

Madagascar: Operation Penguin 

The game loosely follows the penguin's side-plot from the film, as they attempt to escape from the Central Park Zoo. Players control Private throughout a variety of 2D platforming levels. Private obtains several gadgets and objects to assist him, including: a large frozen fish to attack, a fruit slingshot, a soda bottle jet pack, a straw blowpipe, and a hamburger wrapper parachute.

Madagascar 

Marty the zebra, Alex the lion, Gloria the Hippopotamus and Melman the Giraffe live in the Central Park Zoo in New York. On Marty's tenth birthday, Marty starts to have doubts that the zoo is where he belongs, and finds that life in the zoo is boring. That night, a penguin living in the zoo named Skipper decides to break out of the zoo, and invites Marty to come with him, and gives Marty directions on how to clear paths. Skipper, in order to escape himself, is forced to abandon Marty in the process, but gives him more directions. Marty manages to make it to the main exit and leave. Realizing this, Alex, Melman and Gloria decide to go and look for him. 

Lizzie McGuire: On The Go!

• When Cheerleaders Attack arcade game with more than 15 levels of action

• more than 20 games and activities to choose from

• pda function keeps track of friends contact information, important dates

• horoscopes and biorhythms

• music from the award-winning show

Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals

The game features a main "Party Time" mode and a selection of 13 minigames known as Party Games. In Party Time mode, the player must play through multiple levels in which Hello Kitty will plan a party. The player can use a Journal with Select to view supplies gathered for the party and give party invitations to her friends and family; and performing certain actions such as giving food to characters may increase their happiness. The objective of the game is to keep everyone happy at the party.

After a level is cleared, the player will be given a password to continue their progress, which can be entered on the title screen.

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Hey Arnold! The Movie (GBA)

Just like the film's plot, Arnold and Gerald must save their neighborhood from an industrialist named Scheck, who wishes to demolish the area and build a mall in its place. The game consists of five worlds, each one containing four levels and one boss enemy. 

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The Magic of Scheherazade (NES)

The fantasy setting of The Magic of Scheherazade borrows from Middle Eastern folk tales in One Thousand and One Nights. Many years prior to the opening of the game, the land of Arabia was taken over by the malevolent demon Goragora and his army of minions. A magician named Isfa, harnessing the power of the blue star Airosche, vanquished the demons and sealed them underground. Peace briefly returned until the evil wizard Sabaron freed Goragora and the demons from their captivity and imprisoned the Arabian princess Scheherazade and her family.

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The Krion Conquest (NES)

The year is 1999. The player was put in the middle of a war already lost. When the Akudama Empire, (known as the Krion Empire outside Japan), attacks the Earth with its army of robots. No conventional weapon in existence is efficient against this opponent. The robots are, however, totally vulnerable to magic. A hired mercenary, Kagemaru, summons the only non-sealed witch, Doropie (known as Francesca outside Japan), to stop the Akudama Empire's offence. The imperial army, led by an old nemesis of Doropie, Empress Elysia, does not surrender though. Elysia captures Kagemaru and blackmails Doropie into breaking her seal and setting her free. It seems that the mercenary lost his life, and Doropie sets out to stop the now-free Empress. After the battle, the dying Empress Elysia confesses the reasons behind the invasion and apologizes. The imperial warship explodes shortly thereafter, but not before Doropie escapes it. She is contacted by Kagemaru, who apparently has survived the wounds that Elysia inflicted on him. Doropie comes back to Earth shortly afterwards.

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Hello Kitty World (NES)

The little kitten Kitty, her kitten friend Mimi and their bear friend Tippy love playing with balloons. One day, Tippy has inflated a whole bunch of balloons when suddenly a strong wind blows. Tippy is blown away! The only way for Kitty and Mimi to find their friend again is to pick some balloons and fly to her rescue.

   Hello Kitty World is quite similar to Balloon Kid – a forced side-scrolling platform adventure where you control a character floating around with a balloon in the hand. Kitty (or Mimi) starts out on each level with two balloons, and by pushing the A button, she moves upward before sinking again if the button is not pushed again. When Kitty comes in contact with an enemy, she will just rebound, but she will fall to the ground if both balloons are hit. By pushing the B button, Kitty can also choose to let go in order to walk around like a normal platform character. This is necessary in order to reach power-ups and hidden areas. Since the scrolling is forced, it is easy to go get stuck and pushed off the screen.

   Throughout the levels, Tippy has dropped balloons that can be picked up for points. If twenty balloons are picked up in succession, they turn into double balloons worth more points. Enemies come both in the airbourne and ground-based varieties, along with some fish that can surprisingly jump out of the water. Some enemies can only fly by holding balloons, and just like in Balloon Fight, these can be disposed of by touching their balloons.

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Scooby-Doo (GBA)

Zoinks! Mystery Inc. is on Spooky Island!

Now it's up to you to help Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne solve the mysteries of Spooky Island. Are you brave enough to fend off the villains? Are you clever enough to solve the puzzles? Can you put the clues together to solve the big mystery of this demon-hanuted island? Jinkies! ... Here we go again!

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The Flash (GBC)

The Flash is a 1993 action video game based on The Flash TV series on CBS. It was developed and published by Sega and Probe Entertainment for the Master System.

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Filthy Kitchen (NES)

The kitchen is so dirty, and the only way to clean it is to find the broom. Along the way, use your swatter to kill any flies you see. Kill multiple flies with a single swing to get combos and earn high scores! Avoid obstacles like dirty utensils and rogue appliances. Pick up any unspoiled food for points and health bonuses. Only you can clean the kitchen!

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