The Fishin Hole
| Filename | the-fishin-hole-10.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 5,180.1 KB (5304424 bytes) |
| Mac OS | System 7 |
| Downloads | 10 |
The Fishin' Hole is a 1998 point-and-click fishing simulation for classic Mac OS by KB Productions, authored in MetaCard. It is a short, casual angling game built around the simple loop of choosing a spot, casting a line, and waiting for a catch, archived as version 1.0 on Macintosh Garden as a small StuffIt download.
Gameplay
Play centers on point-and-click interaction at a single fishing scene: the player selects bait or tackle, casts into the water, and reacts to bites with a click. There is no twitch combat; pacing is deliberately slow, in keeping with the simulation framing. The MetaCard authoring environment lends the title a card-stack feel, with discrete static screens linked by mouse hits.
Engine and technical changes
Built atop MetaCard (the cross-platform HyperCard descendant), the game ships as a fat binary supporting both 68k and PowerPC Macintoshes and runs under System 7.0 through Mac OS 9. Its tiny footprint reflects its origins as a hobbyist MetaCard demonstration.
Development and release
KB Productions was a small late-1990s independent Mac shareware label; The Fishin' Hole appears to have been distributed through the standard Mac shareware archives of the era and is preserved on Macintosh Garden's curator page for the title.
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