| Savage: The Ultimate Quest for Survival | |
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| Developer(s) | Viridis Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Discovery Channel Multimedia |
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| Release | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
Savage: The Ultimate Quest for Survival is a 1996 educational video game by Discovery Channel.
The player plays as a lion in the Serengeti who has to hunt prey in order to survive.
Rebecca B. Anderson of GameSpot wrote that while the game was aesthetically pleasing, it was not fun as a "game". [1] Bob Strauss of Entertainment Weekly thought the virtual Serengeti was the "real star" of the title. [2]
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Savage may refer to:
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