- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (2 species of fish trial); $19.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: January 10, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,383,000
- Downloads last week: 1,349
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 166 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If you're into pay-for-use screensavers, it's hard to imagine that there's a better looking one around than Dream Aquarium. Limited to only two fish species in the trial version, the full version sports 18 species for all you ichthymaniacs out there. However, there are no other handicaps, and users can take advantage of the well-drawn and well-animated options for everything from oxygen bubbles to tank background to the camera and animation speed.
There's some neat additional controls, as well: Users can feed the fish, and they can change the animation from 3D-renderings to wireframe. Our most recent XP tests didn't see the flickering we noticed in past past evaluations, though such flickering was noted during tests on Vista machines, indicating that there may be a coding issue and not a graphics card concern. Nevertheless, this is still a screensaver that's sure to relax and entertain.
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Publisher's description
From Spiralmonkey :Created by an Academy Award winning visual effects artist, this next-generation virtual aquarium brings the beauty of a lush freshwater aquarium to your screen, complete with gently swaying plants, rippling light effects, and the most realistic fish movement of any screensaver. Watch as your amazing fish school together, chase each other, peck at object in the tank, or drop in some food and watch the feeding frenzy begin. Our engaging fish have moving eyes, gills, mouth and fully articulated fins. Once you see Dream Aquarium, you'll be hooked.
Version 1.14 added two new fish for a total of 18.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.14 added two new fish for a total of 18.
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User reviews of Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 166 votes
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
"You Can dream with sound, pictures and colours. Enyoyable!"
Pros: All.
Cons: The way it pleads you to buy some new fish to the aquarium.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
Pros: This is the most realistic (fake) aquarium I've ever seen.In fact, it looks more like the bottom of a stream,than it does an aquarium.
Cons: That it isn't easier to figure out how to get more fish.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
Pros: I just love this. I use to have an aquarium and find this to be very realistic. KUDOs to the designers. This really is good beyond anything else I have seen so far.
Cons: I wish I could use the trial without so many boxes. I know that they want you to purchase it, but it would be nice to just have it run longer without commercials.
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Version: Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Dream Aquarium Screensaver 1.14
Pros: This screensaver is one of the more beautiful ones I have seen. Very realistic and adjustable. Some of the adjustments are more interesting than typical, like having a camera follow one fish.
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