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A Prehistoric Tale

A Prehistoric Tale is a non-scrolling 2-D platformer. Kill enemies by jumping on them. Alternately, hatched dinosaurs can be temporarily caged by jumping over them. This game is essentially a remake of Dino…

31 December 1990

A Prehistoric Tale is a platform developed by The Lost Boys, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.

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What A Prehistoric Tale is

A Prehistoric Tale is a platform game developed by The Lost Boys and released in 1990. It was published by Thalion Software GmbH. It is available on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Prehistoric Tale is a non-scrolling 2-D platformer. Kill enemies by jumping on them. Alternately, hatched dinosaurs can be temporarily caged by jumping over them. This game is essentially a remake of Dino Eggs for the Commodore 64.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Prehistoric Tale launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.

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When did A Prehistoric Tale come out?
A Prehistoric Tale was released on 31 December 1990 for Amiga and Atari ST/STE.

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