Seaman
by Sega of America

This example of virtual life is a human-faced virtual pet fish.

 

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Features:
  • Virtual-pet game for the Dreamcast
  • Raise human-faced fish from eggs to adulthood
  • Included microphone and built-in voice recognition software allow you to have conversations with Seaman
  • Feed Seaman, regulate his water temperature and oxygen levels, and even tickle him
  • Seaman will complain if you neglect him

Product Description
Sigh. If only Carl Jung were alive to play this game! The latest--and undoubtedly strangest--in a line of virtual-pet games, Seaman will have you mothering (or fathering) the most surreal creature yet to grace the Dreamcast: a fish, known as Seaman, with a human face. Drop some Seaman eggs into your virtual aquarium and watch them hatch into larvae, then baby Seamen (no giggling please), and eventually into adults. In order to raise happy, fulfilled Seamen, you'll need to do more than just feed them and regulate their water temperature and oxygen levels--like most pets, they need your regular attention. You interact with the little guys as a disembodied hand that can tap on the glass of their aquarium, tickle them (they love that), and drop things into their tank. Seaman also comes with a microphone; you can talk to your critters.

Voice-recognition software built into the game will enable your tiny mermen to learn your voice and, in time, hold conversations with you. In fact, these Seamen are notoriously moody and may even make fun of you at times. If you neglect them, they will definitely let you know!

 

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