## Description
_BassTour_ is, as the name implies, a fishing game. It is by Richard Olsen
who developed Bass Class and BassDuel, In all BassTour will support up to
fifty different lakes which were available for purchase as separate products.
Nels Anderson who is listed among the credits, also developed _BassMap_ , a
shareware utility that could be used to create new lake maps
BassTour has three levels of difficulty Novice, Intermediate, and Pro together
with a practice mode. In the game the object is to catch as many fish as
possible in a three day tournament with the greatest weight winning the match.
The player fishes for a six hour session each day, in game time not real time,
and all catches must be weighed in before the end of the day, failure to weigh
in means no credit for all that work. In addition the players must manage
their fuel and battery power to ensure they are not left stranded on the lake
and select the correct rod and bait for the environment.
To aid the fisherman/woman they are given a boat which is equipped with a
motor, fixed amount of fuel, chart recorder, rod & tackle boxes etc. The
player can fish in six different lakes in the basic version of the game and
the computer places the fish in realistic locations depending on the lake’s
topography. The game also features a quoted thirty “of the top names in bass
tournament fishing” as opponents.
BassTour