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El-Fish. Breaking new ground in the field of entertainment software, Maxis has released El-Fish, The Electronic Aquarium for the Macintosh. With El-Fish, players breed or mutate exotic fish and design an aquarium:

• A new graphics rendering engine developed especially for El-Fish uses genetic algorithms to generate an unlimited number of realistic, seemingly three-dimensional fish to look and swim like real fish.

• El-Fish's artificial life technology lets players experiment with cross-breeding and mutation to create strange and exotic species of fish.

• Players can make their fish feel at home by placing objects in the aquarium — plants, coral, miniature castles, even a cat's paw that swoops into the tank.

• The hypnotic effect of a peaceful aquarium is enhanced by music that users can choose from sequences generated in a variety of styles.

El-Fish for Macintosh has a suggested retail price of $59.95. El-Fish requires a Macintosh 68020 and above, 3,5 MB free RAM, HD, 8-bit color, System 7.0 or higher. Maxis Software, 800/336-2947.

Victory at Sea. Three-Sixty announces the release of Victory at Sea, their long-awaited World War II naval game. Designed by world renowned military expert James F. Dunnigan, Victory at Sea will be the premier grand strategy Pacific Theater product on the market due to its game depth and ease of play. In addition, Three-Sixty will use Victory at Sea to launch their new and innovative GameBook™.

Presented with beautiful fractally generated maps which span the entire Pacific Theater from the Panama Canal to the Indian Ocean, and from the Aleutian Islands to the southern tip of New Zealand, players will be able to plot multi-leg courses by using the point and click auto-navigation. A zoom feature will allow you to see all the action at the operational level. Other game features include utilizing QuickTime™ extensions to display vintage W.W.II footage during gameplay, player option to promote, demote or reassign task force commanders, and intelligence and communications reports. Three-Sixty Pacific, 408/879-9144.

Spectre VR. The Cyberworld has never been so frighteningly real and you have a whole new group of enemies to deal with, like slicers and smart acid pools. Fortunately, you now have smart weapons, like pulse bursts, spinners, smart missiles, proximity mines, cyberblasts and scattershots. Escape through transporter gates. Submerge into negative cyberspace. Individual or network play. Contains one node for network play. Supports multi-zone AppleTalk.

Spectre VR requires a Macintosh Classic or later, System 6.0.7+, 2MB with System 6.0.7, 4MB for System 7.0/7.1, hard drive. List price is $59.95. Velocity, 415/776-8000.

Leisure Suit Larry VI. The most popular nerd in the history of computer gaming is back. Imagine being stranded in a luxurious resort, surrounded by nine breathtakingly beautiful babes? Imagine throwing them your best pick-up lines, watching them melt with anticipation and desire.

This time, Larry's won a two week vacation at a wacky, Toon-toned resort, filled with babes. More jokes, gags, objects, challenges, and silly, sexy situations! Snoop around dozens of loony locations and meet lots of animated characters. Help Larry on his quest to conquer nine intensely beautiful women, all rendered in an amazingly life-like fashion. Each of them has a secret desire and it's up to Larry and you to satisfy them. More puzzles, brain teasers, trashy inventory items, and mishaps than ever.

LSL VI requires a Macintosh 8-bit (256) color, Hard disk, 10MB on Superdrive, 4MB, System 7.0+. List price is $69.95

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