Dopefish - The Dopefish in Video Games - Appearances

Appearances

Appearances are given in chronological order, and do not include fan-made add-ons. The Dopefish takes various forms from images to actual fish. It is often hidden and hard to find, and accompanied by the words "Dopefish lives!"

• Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (1991), original appearance
• Wacky Wheels (1994), at the start line after a special maneuver
• Quake (1996), appears as a texture on a wall
• Quake II (1997), partly disemboweled, hanging on a hook
• Battlezone (1998), typing "DOPEFISH" in a success screen in the Red Odyssey expansion pack reveals a little introductory text about the Dopefish
• SiN (1998), an alternately skinned "tropical fish"
• Descent 3 (1999), creating a new pilot with the name "Dopefish" reveals a photo of a fan in a Dopefish Halloween costume
• Quake III Arena (1999), on a wall texture of a "zombified" Dopefish
• Daikatana (2000)
• Commander Keen (2001), Game Boy Color version
• Anachronox (2001), in one of the fish tanks on Rictus' ship
• Max Payne (2001), as a poster
• Hyperspace Delivery Boy! (2001), as a statue
• Warcraft 3 (2002), Shrine of the Uberfish
• Eternal Daughter (2002), the only fish in the game are called Dopefish
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), as a little desktop toy
• SuperTux (2003), frozen in a wall of ice
• Congo Cube (2003)
• Red Faction (2003), N-Gage version
• Psychonauts (2005), a round, green fish very similar in appearance to the Dopefish appears stuffed at a dock
• SiN Episodes: Emergence (2006), numerous instances in secret areas
• Chili Con Carnage (2007), the marble fountain halfway through "Nice Biceps" is shaped like four Dopefish
• TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins (2007), miniature versions of the fish can be found swimming in Antarctic waters
• "Portal (video game)" (2007), scratched on the wall after escaping the laboratory
• Sven Co-op (1999–2011), appears in a locker in the level "Extended", and in a fish-tank in the level "Incoming"
• Dystopia (2007), appears in the Silo level
• Fortress Forever (2007), appearing very briefly in a trailer
• Voxelstein 3D (2008), appears in the center of a toilet bowl
• Jailbreak Source (2008), appears in two of the levels, Metropolis and Woodneck.
• Escaped From The Underdark: Archipelago (2009) appears in a new fishing implementation.
• Flash-DooM 2D (2009) appears in the secret level together with Tom Hall and all the other ID employees from 1993.
• Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe (2009) (TV show) appears as graffiti in an unnamed game where the aim is to push Myleene Klass in a canal.
• Killing Floor (2009) can be found in a room near a Trader location on the map Mountain Pass.
• Warsow (2005–2009) can be found inside quad damage power-up.
• Rocketbirds (2009) appears on the wall outside Keen, Inc in Subway level.
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (2008), can be found in the lower left rock wall on the Troll Country Scenario map. (upside down disguised as a rock)
• Alan Wake (2010), as a fishing guide poster inside a book-shop. Additionally the marks on some containers say "DPFSH LVS" (which stands for "Dopefish Lives").
• Super QuickHook (2010), at the end of the credits "level".
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011), appears as graffiti in a Detroit alleyway. When doing the mission "Cloak & Daggers", you can find it on the left-hand wall next to graffiti where the weapons cache is located.
• RAGE (2011), easter egg, appears in the Re-Run of Mutant Bash TV.
• Death Rally (2011), as a poster in the garage in the iOS version. NOTE: The poster is exactly the same one as in Max Payne & Alan Wake.
• Black Mesa (video game) (2012), found drawn on the corner of a whiteboard during the "Questionable Ethics" chapter.
• Natural Selection 2 (2012), found inside a crate on NS2_Docking.

Although for a short period of time a rumor circulated the fish-shaped object found in a Doom 3 pentagram was intended to be a Dopefish, in fact, when asked by a fan, id Software confirmed this was not the case.