Odell Lake (video game)
Odell Lake is a 1986 educational life simulation game produced by MECC for the Apple II and Commodore 64. The player is a fish living in Odell Lake, a real-world lake in Oregon. It is based on a 1980 BASIC program of the same name. It was followed-up by "Odell Down Under". Gameplay. As a fish, the player could "go exploring" or "play for points". The object was to decide which fish to eat, while trying to survive and avoid other enemies; such as otters, ospreys, and bait from fishermen. When simply exploring, the  player could select from six different species of fish, such as Mackinaw Trout, Whitefish, or Rainbow Trout; however, when playing for points, the computer randomly assigned the type of fish that the player will play as. In addition, the titles for each of the types of fish and other creatures are removed when playing for points, forcing the player to rely on memory; also the game was timed. After every five moves, the player played as a different type of fish. When playing for points, the best decision netted the player the most points, with less intelligent decisions earning the  player fewer or no points, or in the case of the fish eating something disagreeable, actually taking them away. If no decision was made when time ran out, it counted as "Ignore". If at any time the player's fish was attacked by an enemy, or the player got caught by an angler, the game ended immediately. In Israel the game was published in Hebrew in 1987 for Apple II. Main fish. The species of fish found in Odell Lake included the following: The game is played by random and the same situation can have different outcomes, for the most  points players must play the game safely, by memory, and by reading the outcome of each situation... The location of their food (shallow or deep), and the location of their predator, and must remember not every situation will have the same outcome. Other species. In addition to the other species of fish, the player's fish could come across the following in or above the lake: Actions. The actions a fish could take when he approached (or was approached by) another fish, animal, or object included: