A Prehistoric Tale
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| A Prehistoric Tale | |
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| Developer | The Lost Boys |
| Publisher | Thalion |
| Designer | Richard Karsmakers |
| Composer | Jochen Hippel |
| Platforms | Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genres | Platform, puzzle |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
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A Prehistoric Tale is a platform video game developed by The Lost Boys and published by Thalion Software. It was released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]The game has both puzzle and platformer elements to it. It has 80 levels and can either be played single player or simultaneous two-player.[1]
Development
[edit | edit source]The developers described the game as being inspired by the Commodore 64 game Dino Eggs.[2] The game is particularly notable for its title music, an original and much lauded composition by Jochen Hippel. The game developer team was called "The Lost Boys", a collection of Atari ST programmers and artists. TLB included (among others) the brothers Tim and David Moss, who arrived on 24 July 1990, who worked on the game across a very hot 1990 summer.[3] Tim would go on to join Sony and be the lead programmer for PlayStation 2 titles God of War and God of War II.
Reception
[edit | edit source]Amiga Action felt that despite the recent technological advancements in platform games, that this title was step back, describing it as adequate, simple, and unoriginal.[4] Amiga Format offered a mixed review, though gave specific praise to the game's music and soundtrack.[5] Amiga Joker gave the title a rating of 77%.[6] The title was also reviewed by ASM,[7] PowerPlay,[8] Amiga Magazin,[9] AMIGA Kickstart/ ST-Computer,[9] and ST News.[9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Richard Karsmakers talking to Thalion Webshrine 2003
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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External links
[edit | edit source]- A Prehistoric Tale at Lemon Amiga
- Documents from the developer Archived 2018-04-26 at the Wayback Machine in German