The Mega Drive port of Time Warner's Primal Rage, an arcade fighter with stop-motion dinosaurs. Original, technically dated, lovely for kaiju fans.
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Category
Fighting2 players12+
Description
Giant dinosaurs clash in arenas in this Atari Primal Rage Mega Drive port. Published by Time Warner, released in the United States in 1995. Fighting game with giant dinosaurs and apes with varied primitive attacks, arena levels and versus mode.
Primal Rage review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Stop-motion dinosaurs and giant apes tear into each other in gleefully prehistoric violence. The sheer size of the combatants lends every clash a brutal heft and a one-of-a-kind look. Biting, crushing and devouring your foes delivers a slightly guilty thrill. A wild, off-the-wall versus fighter whose atmosphere stays utterly singular today.
A port of Atari's fighting game, Primal Rage pits dinosaurs and giant creatures worshipped as gods in prehistoric arenas, with animation from stop motion figurine capture. The wacky concept and the bloody Fatalities are its whole appeal, but the Mega Drive version makes major technical sacrifices against the cabinet, with a trimmed roster and lesser fluidity. The novelty remains. For a fan of retro fighting games or someone curious about this prehistoric curiosity, the title keeps an appeal above all nostalgic.
