MOPy fish facts for kids
The MOPy fish is a fun free computer program that lets you have a digital pet fish on your computer screen. It was released in October 1997 by The Global Beach Group for Microsoft Windows. This program was very popular, downloaded over 10 million times by the year 2000. The MOPy fish looks like a real blood parrot cichlid fish and has many interesting behaviors.
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MOPy Fish: Your Digital Pet
The MOPy fish program was first released in 1997. It was even featured in the 2001 edition of the Guinness World Records. It was recognized as the most downloaded cyberpet at that time.
How MOPy Fish Behaves
Your MOPy fish can remember how you have treated it. It keeps track of your care over the last week. Its behavior changes based on how much effort you put into looking after it.
For example, if you do not feed your MOPy fish for five days, it might become a bit aggressive. If it goes without food for ten days, it could act sad or depressed. If you neglect the fish and do not feed it for three weeks, it will get sick and eventually die.
Bringing Your Fish Back to Life
If your MOPy fish dies, you will lose all the MOPy points you have earned. You can bring the fish back to life using a special menu in the program. Since the MOPy fish uses your computer's calendar, you can also bring it back by changing your computer's date. Different versions of the MOPy fish program are still available online today.
Earning and Spending MOPy Points
You can earn special points called MOPy (Multiple Original Printouts) points. You get these points each time you send an original document to your printer.
What Can You Buy with MOPy Points?
You can use your MOPy points to buy cool accessories for your fish's home. These items make your fish happier. They also make your computer's screensaver look better.
Here are some of the accessories you can get:
- 20 points: A cute baby fish
- 800 points: A rock and a plant for the tank
- 1600 points: Fun bubbles
- 2400 points: A thermometer
- 3200 points: Special Aphrodisiac Fish Food
Getting Special Fish Food
To get the Aphrodisiac Fish Food, you need to earn 3200 points. Once you reach this amount, you automatically receive a special key. Hewlett-Packard (HP) no longer offers this download directly. However, you can still find it on the website of Bill Greganti. He created some extra features and fixes for the MOPy fish program. Bill Greganti also offers the original MOPy Fish program and a trick to get more points.
MOPy Fish and Your Computer
Sometimes, people have had problems running MOPy Fish on newer versions of Windows XP and later. This is especially true for 64-bit versions of the operating system. These newer systems do not always support older 16-bit software programs.
Fixing Screen Saver Issues
On some 32-bit versions of Windows, the "mopyfish" program might not show up in the screen saver list. It also might not start after the set waiting time. One way to fix this is to rename the `mopyfish.scr` file. This file is usually found in your Windows directory. You should rename it to `SSmopyfish.scr`. This fix works because some Windows versions only show screensaver files that begin with "SS".
