Game note · 3D Carp · 2007 / 2026
The Bury Hill 3D Carp game
In 2007 the fishery gave away a free 3D carp fishing game for Windows XP, downloaded 18,973 times. The original is preserved by the Internet Archive. This archive adds a small, free rebuild that plays in any modern browser, offline.
Play
Play the rebuild
Cast towards the lilies, wait for the float, strike and play the fish through to the net. A session ends at dusk. Your best session is remembered on your own device only.
The download is a single folder of about 10 KB. Unzip it and open the file inside with your web browser; it needs no installation and no internet connection.
Works with a keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen.
- Aim
- Left / Right arrow keys, or drag sideways
- Cast
- Hold Space (or press and hold the screen), release to cast
- Strike
- Space or tap when the float goes under, or lifts for a ghost carp
- Play
- Hold to reel; let go to give line when the fish runs
- Steer
- Arrow keys, or drag while holding, to keep the fish out of the lilies
- Other
- R reel in · S sound on or off · H help
The 2007 original
What the fishery gave away
18,973
Downloads counted on the fishery’s page, February 2007
9.8 MB
Size of the original zip, as listed
Windows XP
With a DirectX 9 graphics card
Feb 2007
The original zip captured by the Internet Archive
The fishery’s downloads page described it as the “Bury Hill Fisheries 3D Carp Game (9.8 Mb) - Zip. This game requires a PC with Windows XP and a graphics card which is DirectX9 compliant. You will need to unzip the package to install.” [Archive, 24 February 2007]
The archive has not been able to establish who made the original game. If you know, please send a correction.
Download the original from the Internet Archive. 3dcarp.zip, captured 14 February 2007 (9.8 MB). It is Windows software from 2007 and the archive has not tested it on current computers. Scan it before opening, as you would any old download.
Old addresses
The old links still work
- The 2007 downloads page, restored with its original text/downloads.phtml
- The original download address, now serving the free rebuild/downloads/3dcarp.zip
- The old download counter link, which also serves the rebuild/downloads/counter.php?id=3dcarp.zip
Forum posts and bookmarks from 2007 that point at these addresses now reach the rebuild rather than an error page.
Questions
Frequently asked
Can I still download the Bury Hill 3D Carp game?
Yes. The 2007 original is preserved by the Internet Archive and linked from this page. The archive also offers a free rebuild of about 10 KB that plays offline in any modern browser.
Will the original game run on my computer?
It was made for Windows XP with a DirectX 9 graphics card. The archive has not tested it on current computers.
Is the rebuild the same game?
No. It is a new, small game made for the archive so the old download address keeps working. It is clearly labelled as a rebuild.