Dino Wars

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Description

Dino Wars is a strategic board game with some similarities to chess, with combat decided by action scenes. If you ever played Archon you know the idea behind this game.

On a chess-like board (9x10 pieces in this game) you move different sorts of dinosaurs. If you hit an square on which an opponent dinosaur stands, the game changes to action mode. This is played as a beat-'em-up, in which you must beat the opponent dinosaur to win the square. Each dinosaur has it's own strategies, movement restrictions and different combat skills - which are roughly based on the historical properties of the real dinosaurs. As a result, knowing which dinosaurs are likely to win combat is crucial to the strategy.

The action scenes can be played independently of the main strategic game.

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Alternate Titles

• "DinoWars" -- Alternate spelling on disks

Part of the Following Group

• Animals: Dinosaurs

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Critic Reviews

Amiga Joker	Amiga	Sep, 1990	87 out of 100	87
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Feb, 1991	9.8 out of 12	82
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Oct, 1990	9.8 out of 12	82
Amiga Power	Amiga	Oct, 1991	45 out of 100	45
Power Play	Amiga	Jan, 1991	39 out of 100	39
Amiga Power	Amiga	Nov, 1991		33
Power Play	Commodore 64	Mar, 1991	8 out of 100	8

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Sound effects

Some of the sound effects look like they are inspired or taken from old Ray Harryhausen films. Especially the sound of the dying T-Rex in the movie One Million Years B. C. .