GotW: Insaniquarium Deluxe 1.0
Way back when I was in university, I used to download games and share them with my fellow uni-mates. Well, I don’t see any harm resurrecting that practice and recommending games to anyone who happens to read this. We are, afterall, bored workers. And what cheers bored workers more than games that suck the time out of our wasted lives?
The game of the week is… drumroll… blargh. What’s the point? Its already stated there in the title. So yeah, I present to you, Insaniquarium. The game can be played online for free at the Pop Cap site or downloaded (Deluxe version) and played offline. A colleague of mine brought the installer to the office on his thumbdrive along with the crack for the game. I figured, what the heck. I’ll just play it for a while. As it turns out, the crack was ONLY for Windows XP and I could only play it for an hour. Well, I made the effort to look for the crack for Windows 2000 so that I could get a little more juice out of the game and managed to find it.
Here’s what you need to do to play a little longer. Refer to Game of the Week for the recommended installer and crack.
- Download the recommended installer and crack
- Install Insaniquarium
- Unzip the crack archive you downloaded
- Copy “Insaniquarium Deluxe.exe” to the folder where you installed the game
- Copy “partner.xml” and “partner.xml.sig” to the profile folder in your install directory
- Run the game and click away
What you get for the trouble? A nice game of click the mouse. Basically, you maintain this uber cool aquarium and you try and populate it with fishies (guppies to be precise). You feed the fish and they grow and they drop coins that you pick up for more money to buy more fishies. The aquarium gets attacked occasionally by aliens and you fend them off by zapping them with you BFG (big freaking [lasere]gun). Every level you pass in the campaign mode earns you a new pet which will help you in your daily aquarium chores. Later stages throw in different dynamics (e.g. different alien types and different fishes and aquarium cuties).
In campaign mode, you get 4 aquariums, 5 level each which gives you 20 levels of guppy feeding frenzy through which you can gain control of 20 pets. Every completed aquarium rewards you with a bonus round where you try to collect as many shells as possible. 4 bonus pets can be purchased with shells that you earn during gameplay. A total of… 8 (i think) alien types plus one big arse ugly boss mother alien brain. Each aquarium you complete in campaign mode opens up the time-trial for that aquarium, where you work agains the clock to earn as much money as possible within a set period. Completing the campaign mode (read: kill the freaking big boss) unlocks the challenge mode where you play to win against increasing odds (e.g. items get more expensive over time and alien attacks get more frequent and in bigger numbers… got hit by 10 freaking aliens once!). Also once you complete the normal campaign mode, it turns into a bonus campaign mode where you get a bonus round after every level. Other features include a virtual aquarium and screen saver.
Word of warning to the wise: This is one addictive game! It has my office in a death grip. Every other hour, you hear frantic clicking. If you’re not careful, it may cost you your job! Uh huh uh huh! You heard me right. So proceed at your own risk. Save us from this insanity!
Disclaimer:
The author does not condone piracy. If you find that you enjoy the game after playing it for a bit, do purchase the license. Good work should be given its due.
- Insaniquarium: Loading Screen -
- Insaniquarium: Main Game Menu -
- Insaniquarium: Feed The Fishies! -
- Insaniquarium: Zap ‘em Aliens -
- Insaniquarium: Aquarium Pets -
- Insaniquarium: Screen Saver Setup -
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anon Said,
November 12, 2005 @ 12:09 am
I’m having problems downloading the crack file. Would be so appreciative if hints/tips can be provided as to how to obtain it.
gbyeow Said,
November 12, 2005 @ 9:38 am
Hello there. My bad. The links used to link directly to the crack archives at keygen.us. It seems that they don’t like us doing so and generate the names dynamically.
Anyway, I’ve since updated the links to point to the page from which you’ll be able to get the required files. Go to Boredworkers.com GotW - Insaniquarium and follow the Crack download link. Click the ‘download’ button from that page to get the file you need.
P.S. You might need to click the refresh button to get the updated links in case your browser has the page cached.
My bad. Thanks for reporting this. Cheers.
weili Said,
November 13, 2005 @ 12:15 am
Beware Anon, play with your own risk. U need to prepare yourself to have extra mouse and time to play with the game. DON’T GET HOOK!
weili Said,
November 16, 2005 @ 1:45 pm
After playing with Feeding Frenzy, i prefer insaniquarium compared to Feeding Frenzy. Insaniquarium requires more thinking (buying fish - dealing with calculation) while Feeding Frenzy requires simple logical comparison (big, bigger, biggest.)
But, Feeding Frenzy won’t spoil your mouse. It might just spoil your mouse pad while you sliding over it to much. While Insaniquarium will really spoil your left click(if you are right-handed).
vushogerts Said,
January 11, 2006 @ 12:33 am
thanks for your information about this popcap game
Lisa Said,
April 2, 2006 @ 6:15 am
I have applied cheats to Insaniquarium deluxe and now cannot undo those. Do you have any recommedations?
gbyeow Said,
April 2, 2006 @ 10:02 am
What cheats have you applied and what do you want to undo? Uninstalling and deleting the folder usually works.
Lisa Said,
April 2, 2006 @ 11:42 am
blank background or space background a fish appear dead. It’s actually funny however I prefer original stuff.
jessie Said,
June 8, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
to undo space or blank background, just re-type “space” or “blank” to undo it.
dd Said,
June 15, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
evrey time i try to download my avg keeps saying that there was a virus any other sites with out virus??????
thx
gbyeow Said,
June 15, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
dd: I just tried it out and it seems fine to me. My anti virus program does not complain. What are you using?
Sven Said,
July 9, 2006 @ 4:48 pm
I want to download the crack but he do’s nothing.
what must i do?
shnoobles Said,
July 10, 2006 @ 11:50 pm
your game site sucks sooooooo baddddlly
gbyeow Said,
July 11, 2006 @ 7:01 pm
Sven: Follow the link and click download.
shnoobles: rrriiiiggghhhttt oooonnnn… *dddrrooooolllsss* See that button with the ‘x’ at the top of your browser? Click it and get on with life.
Any Said,
July 20, 2006 @ 12:48 am
I have a little problem with the crack file for insaniquarium,feeding frenzy 1 and 2 and Zuma Deluxe.When I use the link,appears: “The page cannot be displayed”,,,so I can’t download the crack for the games so I can’t play,,,what I have to do now?
gbyeow Said,
July 20, 2006 @ 11:41 am
That’s strange cause they display properly for me. Try it again. It might be that the site was down. If you’re behind a firewall, you might like to check whether the site has been blocked.
Any Said,
July 21, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Thank you,I will do it
Any Said,
July 21, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Thank you
Any Said,
July 22, 2006 @ 6:48 am
Where is the install directory?
gbyeow Said,
July 22, 2006 @ 10:57 am
Hi Any,
Right click the game shortcut on your windows desktop (the one you use to start the game) and select ‘Properties’. It will popup a properties window. Click the ‘Find Target…’ button at the bottom of the ‘Shortcut’ tab. That will bring you to the directory where you installed the game.
And you’re most welcome ;)
Any Said,
July 22, 2006 @ 11:45 am
thank you I think that I finally did it! but in case of another problem I will write again xD.
Thank you A lot!!!!
long Said,
August 4, 2006 @ 5:31 am
Hi I have a set of questions:
1) the game already has a set of partner.xml and partner.xml.sig,, what do I do?
2) The keygen doesn’t work and I have no firewall at the moment, any suggestions?
3) Which set of directions do I use? This one or the link’s directions?
long Said,
August 4, 2006 @ 5:47 am
Just one more question, where is this profile folder of which they speak?
gbyeow Said,
August 4, 2006 @ 10:59 am
Hi long,
To answer your questions:
1. Replace the files.
2. What do you mean the keygen doesn’t work? You cannot download? The site doesn’t load? If the site doesn’t load, try again later. The site isn’t under my control and may be down for service or simply slow due to traffic.
3. They are one and the same. I just duplicated it… god knows why.
4. Locate the directory where you installed the game. The profile folder is inside that directory.
Cheers.
long Said,
August 4, 2006 @ 5:20 pm
To redirect your questions:
1) Okay, I got this one down.
2) I have the crack from another source, does it have to be from that particular site?
3) I’m just not sure where to place the copy of “Insaniquarium Deluxe.exe”… I’ve tried mostly every location.
4) I have located the directory, is it the particular profile folder called properties?
gbyeow Said,
August 4, 2006 @ 10:07 pm
Redirecting the redirect:
1. Cool :)
2. No, it doesn’t have to be that particular site. Just that I’m recommending it cause I’ve tried it out and it works ;)
3. The .exe file should replace the existing .exe file in the installation directory. If you can’t find an .exe file to replace in the installation directory, that means you’ve got the wrong version of the game. Different publishers (e.g. Gamehouse, Popcap, Real arcades) name the executable differently. They also apply different forms of security. That means that one publisher’s crack is another’s poison (forgive the pun).
4. Yeah, that’s the one. Sorry for being somewhat vague. I’ve deleted my copy of the game so I can’t really check and it’s been such a long time.
Long Said,
August 5, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
2) I got a virus from the website and now I can’t get rid of it.. so i’ll try your recommended site
3) Okay thank you for this tidbit, really helpful on your part.
4) Didn’t know you deleted the file so..
Anyways, I’ve decided to just buy the game due to the virus infection, you have been really insightful and I thank you.
gbyeow Said,
August 6, 2006 @ 3:50 am
Yeah. Viruses abound from such sites. I actually formatted my PC :P As for buying the game, that’s the main idea. My recommendation is just so you get to play it FOC for a while longer but the best outcome would be that you buy the game ;)
Skit Said,
October 3, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
Found this site cuz I’m addicted to the game. Yet, despite the fact that I’ve installed the game and placed the crack correctly (overwriting old game data), it still does the “Click here to register!” and the “You have X minutes left in the trial!”
Is this normal?
gbyeow Said,
October 3, 2006 @ 2:02 pm
No. That is highly abnormal. You need to also copy the “partner.xml” and “partner.xml.sig” files to the profile folder in your install directory. I just tried it out and it works :)
Selena Said,
January 4, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Thank you so much! I’ve been trying for hours to find a crack that worked and that I understood, until I stumbled upon this one.
Thanks again.
G: Always a pleasure :)
hoi Said,
February 17, 2007 @ 1:47 am
i want cheats!
G: So do I. But I’m not getting any >.<
Jewl Said,
July 31, 2007 @ 2:34 am
i got the same thing. it keeps telling me to register it. but i dont have a profile folder, there is only userdata folder.
G: Hmm… Might be newer versions of the game. Wish I could be of more help but I’ve stopped following the releases. Too many games too many version :(
Dabuek Said,
August 2, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
Lol. You know something? I don’t even need the crack to play limitlessly. After every 60 mins, as long as you keep the installer (the .exe file to start installation), you can click on it after expiry of your 60 mins and after about 1 or 2 minute of installation, you get another 60 mins free. And yes, your progress is saved even after re-installing. =)
G: lol. To think that they would have thought about that. Might be a buggy installer.
kait Said,
August 14, 2007 @ 11:57 pm
this game is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holly Said,
October 12, 2007 @ 7:53 am
Where is this install directory??
G: Right click the shortcut and select properties. Then click the “Find Target” button.
andyjohn Said,
October 15, 2007 @ 5:19 am
i love this game dont get hooked i have 750 000 shells. what are theese cheats that everyone is talking about i want to try. got any suggestions.
Is this has no time time limit Said,
October 22, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
In the insaniqarium, it has no trial or time limts?
G: The original game has a usage limit.
omar Said,
February 6, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Some one please answer me from where we download the game
Meesz Said,
February 19, 2008 @ 3:27 am
it’s not easy to download as told by this site.
you should better download limewire.
1. download limewire
2. click on programs
3. type in PopCap
4. click search
there will be a lot of stuff, but just download insaniquariumdeluxe.exe
the cracks are include by the download
isnewflik Said,
April 6, 2008 @ 3:11 am
hey..
i cant download the game, but i already downloaded the crack..
i tried using the crack on the installer i downloaded from popcap, but when i tried to play it, a fatal error comes up.. and it says, invalid partner properties signature.. or something like that.. i just uninstalled it, i was scared maybe i’d destroy the computer(yes, im paranoid that i can easily destroy a computer by installing something)..
G: The crack is probably outdated. PopCap updates its verification constantly.
Boredworkers.com » Game Of The Year (GotY) 2005 Said,
April 9, 2008 @ 2:57 am
[…] It was not an easy choice. Much barin matter was sacrificed in making the decision. Towards the end, it boiled down to a showdown between Chuzzle Deluxe and Insaniquarium Deluxe. After playing both games again for a long long while, I finally decided to go with Chuzzle. So there, it is done. Go download it, play it, buy it, play it somemore, and have fun. Until next year (and boy what a year it will be!), GotW signing out! […]
katya Said,
April 16, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
my hart
ninjaRJX Said,
April 20, 2009 @ 4:57 am
I had an error message \"BASS_MusicSetAmplify function not found in bass.dll\" when i try ti start the game… please help…
zakaria Said,
May 11, 2009 @ 2:31 pm
can anyone sent me the code or the crack for the game please!
borko Said,
May 14, 2009 @ 10:44 am
hi um i have been serching for almost 1 year for the game in full version please i beg you help me out…………..
Romeo Said,
May 24, 2009 @ 11:36 am
COOL GAME!its cool asme
Romeo Said,
May 24, 2009 @ 11:39 am
d u no how cool im because i dont no joke
jorden Said,
July 24, 2009 @ 7:21 am
cant you use te crack on vista?
rami moklashy Said,
October 8, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
i have this games plaez i have to dowanlwd
Saiya Said,
October 15, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
I’ve been having the same error: “BASS_MusicSetAmplify function not found in bass.dll” any help? I really want to keep playing.
unknown Said,
December 24, 2009 @ 2:03 am
i have the disk and it works perfictely on all of my computers hey in vertual tank if you call a guppie santa it turns white and red sings christmas songs when you feed it anddd!!!!!it drops bags worth 20 shells!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
riko Said,
December 27, 2010 @ 10:12 am
permainan di popcap:insaniquarium dan burger shop 3
secret naklg Said,
June 2, 2011 @ 2:21 pm
I like to download for free without time trials!
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