A downloadable mod

   Date of release : 13 JULY 2019    

Modification :

  • Modded 1ST_READ.BIN file by japanese-cake & megavolt85 - now runs on real SEGA Dreamcast console.
  • Modded & translated japanese menu text by Rolly
  • Modded basic sounds of water bubbles, to one of the fishing game music (time to relax ^^)

* PATCH INSTRUCTION IS AVAILABLE ON DOWNLOAD SECTION AND README.TXT FILE.

Fish Life is a simulation of a fish tank with an added touch screen, allowing users to interact with virtual fish. Users can call the fishes (fishes will react to users voice causing a number of reactions on the fishes like happiness, anger, sadness) , feed the fishes and watch them grow, draw in the screen (users can draw a fish and watch it being followed by the other fishes while moving it), when users touch a fish his name and species are displayed and it's even possible to play music when touching the fish as if they were piano keys. 

Fish Life is composed main unit is based on Dreamcast Hardware, uses the same GD-ROM format of storage for software and acts as a base for the other part,  15 inch touch screen monitor with sound recognition capabilities. 

Both the software and the hardware that run SEGA Fish Life are amongst the rarest in the whole of the Dreamcast story. But now, thanks to the hard work and dedication of volunteers at the Swiss computer and games museum Musée Bolo, you can experience it yourself for (possibly) the first time.

Thanks to awesome job the japanese-cake and megavolt85 modification, the project can be run on the real Dreamcast console.
However, I translated Japanese menu text to English and added the possibility of changing the basic sound of water bubbles to one of the fishing music pieces.

 Contact, info, links :

Add contact  SEGA-SKY Portal : http://sega.c0.pl
Add contact  Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/SEGASKYPortal?sub_confirmation=1
Add contact  Twitter : https://twitter.com/SEGA_SKY
Add contact  Discord (need help, talk about project and.. what's next?)  : https://discord.gg/UjFKE6U & https://discord.gg/V69fKeK 

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StatusReleased
CategoryGame mod
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorSEGASKY
Tagsaquarium, Arcade, Dreamcast, fish-live, Hacking, microphone, patch, sega

Download

Download
Fish_Life_DC_MOD_Rolly.zip 130 MB
Download
jc-gdrom-explorer-v1.6.3.zip 630 kB

Install instructions

Patching Instructions

1. Download a LazyBoot (selfboot tool - avalible in Download section). Extract this one on your hard drive. 
2. Put your all Fish Life download from https://segafish.museebolo.ch/files/Fish_Life_Amazon_Playful_Edition_673-01672_H... (you can extract files with GDRom Explorer by japanese cake or any virtual drive which support DiscJuggler images) in LazyBoot "DATA" folder.
3. Copy all files from this translation .ZIP folder and overwrite all old files in DATA folder. You can also hear the custom music from MP3 file and choose your favorite.
4. Run Lazyboot_v3.3.cmd from selfboot folder.
5. Click "1" or "4" for CDI image and hit Enter, next insert a NAME for your image and hit Enter. Click "Y" for hack binaries and click Enter. Wait for a few minutes - .CDI image is ready for use on Dreamcast emulators (NullDC, Demul, Reicast, Makron etc) or burn this on blank CD, and play on real hardware. 

* If you want add a dummy file click "7" and next "2".

Comments

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Where TF do I get lazyboot?

Hi - I have attempted to follow these instructions to get a workable CDI for use on GDEmu, but no luck, im not very techy. Do you by any chance have a completed file to send please? Many thanks, Gary

i understand this comment is from a year ago but i went ahead and was able to figure it out myself and uploaded it to archive.org. https://archive.org/details/sega-fish-life-dreamcast-english