Dino Wars

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Dino Wars
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Developer(s)
  • DigiTek Software (Amiga) [1]
  • Off The Wall Productions (DOS) [2]
  • James C. Hilty (C64) [3]
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)
  • Art V. Cestaro III
  • Scott R. Lahteine [5] [6]
Platform(s) Amiga, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Release1990 [7]
Genre(s) Strategy, action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dino Wars is a 1990 video game developed and published by DigiTek Software for the Amiga. It was ported to the MS-DOS and Commodore 64.

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Gameplay

Strategy portion of the game (Amiga). Dino Wars screenshot.png
Strategy portion of the game (Amiga).

Dino Wars is a strategy game where the objective is to either capture the egg from the opposing side or to eliminate all units from the opponent army. The game can be played against the computer or another human. There are five environments available: desert, jungle, river, volcanic, and chess. Each side consists of 17 dinosaurs (9 in the Commodore 64 version). There are eight different dinosaurs, each having different statistics that affect their combat ability (e.g. strength, agility, armor). The units move on a grid and when two units occupy the same grid space, a battle occurs on a separate screen. The battle is depicted as a one-on-one fighting game, each dinosaur has a health meter which needs to be depleted in order to win the fight. The battle mode can be played on its own without the strategy part. The game also includes an encyclopedia which contains educational information about dinosaurs and related concepts.

Reception

Computer Gaming World compared the game to Archon (1983) and Beast War (1985). They liked the graphics but disliked the game mechanics in both action and strategy phases. [17] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment called the graphics and sound "excellent" and it was noted as "the best dinosaur game ever". Amiga Action called the gameplay poor and said the game is aimed more for younger people than the hardcore gamers. [6] Amiga Power said the action part has too few moves available and called the game design too simplistic. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Penn, Gary (October 1991). "Games Reviews - Dino Wars". Amiga Power . No. 6. Future plc. p. 80. ISSN   0961-7310.
  2. ↑ Off The Wall Productions (1990). Dino Wars (MS-DOS). DigiTek Software. Level/area: Title screen. IBM Conversion: Off The Wall Productions Inc 1990
  3. ↑ James C. Hilty (1990). Dino Wars (Commodore 64). DigiTek Software. Level/area: The story screen before the title screen. C-64 Conversion by James C. Hilty
  4. 1 2 Ceccola, Russ (March 1991). "Computer Game Reviews - Dino Wars". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment . Larry Flynt Publications. pp. 126–127. ISSN   1059-2938.
  5. ↑ DigiTek Software (1990). Dino Wars (Amiga). DigiTek Software. Level/area: Credits screen. Original Concept Sorcery: Art V. Cestaro III, Graphics & Sound Alchemy: Art V. Cestaro III & Scott R. Lahteine, Musical Conjury: Scott R. Lahteine, Programming Wizardry: Scott R. Lahteine
  6. 1 2 3 "Reviews - Dino Wars". Amiga Power . No. 25. Future plc. October 1991. p. 48. ISSN   0957-4050.
  7. ↑ "Game diskette". Dino Wars. DigiTek Software. 1990. Copyright DigiTek Software 1990.
  8. ↑ Alter, Sandra (November 1990). "Dino Wars". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). Vol. 5, no. 11. p. 32. ISSN   0933-1867. Preis/Leistung: 10/12
  9. ↑ Alter, Sandra (March 1991). "Konvertierungen - Dino Wars". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). Vol. 6, no. 3. Tronic-Verlag. p. 98. ISSN   0933-1867. Preis/Leistung: 10/12
  10. ↑ "Tests - Dino Wars". Joystick (in French). No. 18. Sipress. July 1991. p. 229. ISSN   1145-4806.
  11. ↑ Hautefeuille, Oliver (September 1991). "Rolling Softs - Dino Wars". Tilt (in French). No. 93. Editions Mondiales  [ fr ]. p. 79. ISSN   0753-6968.
  12. ↑ Labiner, Michael (October 1990). "Games im Test - Dino Wars". Amiga Joker  [ de ] (in German). No. 10. Joker-Verlag. p. 17.
  13. ↑ Friskytt, Magnus (August 1991). "Nöje - Dino Wars". Datormagazin  [ sv ] (in Swedish). Vol. 6, no. 13. Bröderna Lindströms Förlags AB. p. 58. ISSN   0283-3379.
  14. ↑ Allain, Sylvain (December 1990). "Tops Softs - Dino Wars". Micro News  [ fr ] (in French). No. 42. Sandyx. ISSN   0986-2153.
  15. ↑ Forster, Winfried (February 1991). "Power Tests - Computerspiele - Dino Wars". Power Play  [ de ] (in German). No. 2/91. Markt+Technik. p. 134. ISSN   0937-9754.
  16. ↑ Forster, Winfried (April 1991). "Power Tests - Computerspiele - Dino Wars". Power Play  [ de ] (in German). No. 4/91. Markt+Technik. p. 119. ISSN   0937-9754.
  17. ↑ "Taking a Peek - DigiTek Software". Computer Gaming World . No. 79. Russell Sipe. February 1991. p. 8.
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