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Description

A meteor struck the Earth, and caused great chaos. Seven gods from ancient times awoke, and are now attempting to take control of the post-apocalyptic world.

Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation. Gameplay is similar to Mortal Kombat in that it is viewed from a side perspective, and features deadly finishing moves at the end of the match.

Screenshots

Primal Rage Jaguar Monster Selection
Primal Rage 3DO Intro movie - asteroids fall on Earth.
Primal Rage Genesis Sauron progresses...
Primal Rage DOS Chaos vs Diablo

Promo Images

Primal Rage Magazine Advertisement
Primal Rage Magazine Advertisement Inner back cover

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User Reviews

An underrated classic DOS Medicine Man (374)
EXCELLENT Genesis Laura Rosenberger (7)
Street Fighter with dinosaurs. SNES Asinine (1006)
Mortal Combat just got an upgrade! PlayStation Indra was here (20871)

Critic Reviews

PC Gamer DOS Dec, 1995 90 out of 100 90
Mean Machines SEGA 32X Mar, 1996 80 out of 100 80
Computer and Video Games (CVG) SNES Sep, 1995 80 out of 100 80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment SEGA 32X Dec, 1995 7 out of 10 70
3DO Magazine (UK) 3DO Apr, 1996 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
Sega-16.com Genesis Jan 31, 2011 6 out of 10 60
Jeuxvideo.com SNES Jan 17, 2012 12 out of 20 60
Defunct Games SEGA 32X Jul 23, 2005 40 out of 100 40
IGN SEGA 32X Nov 25, 2008 4 out of 10 40
Digital Press - Classic Video Games SEGA 32X Sep 20, 2005 4 out of 10 40

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Trivia

Censorship

Continuing with the Mortal Kombat fiasco, Nintendo censored this game as well. Chaos' Golden Shower finishing move (you can figure it out) has been 'fixed' so that a CENSORED bar appears across the screen and Chaos freezes in his 'relief' position.

Planned sequel

There was going to be a sequel, Primal Rage 2, but due to poor sales it got cancelled. However, Atari felt it needed a sequel in one form or another, so a book written by John Vornholt, called Primal Rage: The Avatars, was created instead of a second game.

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