A Dopefish is a dimwittedFabricated fish that was one of a enemy characters in the fourth Commander Keen computer game, released within 1991. the character has since taken in a life of its have as a PC game industry in-joke, making hidden appearances in games from either Apogee's 1994 Wacky Wheels down to titles when recent as a 2002 Hitman 2, and has began something of an Internet as a result.

Physically, a Dopefish occurs as big green fish, by having buckteeth & an idiotic expressiin on its face. These are described within Keen Four when "the second-dumbest creature in the universe" (the information to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', the dumbest) and its thought patterns reportedly go "swim swim hungry, swim swim hungry". Although a Dopefish might eat anything that moves, its special diet is heroes like Commander Keen. id Software's Tom Hall later gave it its fake scientific name: Pisces swimeatus.

Tom Hall 1st invented a Dopefish when one of Twenty-four likely characters for Keen Four. Within his words, "I just drew this stupid little fish." Apogee for a good time Joe Siegler since became the Dopefish's halt fan, starting higher a [http://www.dopefish.com Dopefish.com] site as an archive of everthing items Dopefish-related.

Games in which the Dopefish has appeared

Non including a Commander Keen games or even fan-manufactured add-ons. Inside rough out chronological the correct sequence.

Wacky Wheels Quake Quake II Quake III Arena (Joe Siegler himself thinks project strayed as well far from either a Dopefish design.) Descent III Daikatana Anachronox Max Payne Hyperspace Delivery Boy! Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Red Faction (N-Gage version) SuperTux

Games with Dopefish references

Although a Dopefish doesn't actually pop up inside these games, there exists text mentioning him someplace.

Rise of the Triad Duke Nukem 3D Shadow Warrior Jazz Jackrabbit 2

Although for a short period the hearsay circulated the [http://www.nextdimension.org/other/d3dopefish.jpg fish shaped object] discovered within the Doom 3 pentagram was intended to become a Dopefish, in point of fact, whilst asked by Joe Siegler, id confirmed this was non the experience.