Game History - BassTour - 1992
BassTour is, as the name implies, a fishing game. It is by Richard Olsen who
developed Bass Class and BassDuel, In all BassTour will support up to fifty
different lakes which were available for purchase as separate products. Nels
Anderson who is listed among the credits, also developed BassMap, a shareware
utility that could be used to create new lake maps
BassTour has three levels of difficulty Novice, Intermediate, and Pro
together with a practice mode. In the game the object is to catch as many fish
as possible in a three day tournament with the greatest weight winning the
match. The player fishes for a six hour session each day, in game time not
real time, and all catches must be weighed in before the end of the day,
failure to weigh in means no credit for all that work. In addition the players
must manage their fuel and battery power to ensure they are not left stranded
on the lake and select the correct rod and bait for the environment.
To aid the fisherman/woman they are given a boat which is equipped with a
motor, fixed amount of fuel, chart recorder, rod & tackle boxes etc. The
player can fish in six different lakes in the basic version of the game and
the computer places the fish in realistic locations depending on the lake's
topography. The game also features a quoted thirty "of the top names in bass
tournament fishing" as opponents.
Game history from Moby Games
Game created by Richard Olsen in 1992
File Download - BassTour-1992.zip