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MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is a game which lets you play in a sandbox and on the beach with Matchbox toys. The game lets you play at five different construction and building zones with ten different…

31 December 1999

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is a simulator developed by AWE Productions, released 31 December 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is a simulator game developed by AWE Productions and released in 1999. It was published by Mattel Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is a game which lets you play in a sandbox and on the beach with Matchbox toys. The game lets you play at five different construction and building zones with ten different caterpillar vehicles. Gameplay modes consist of exploration, beat the clock and task-based play. Completing any of the modes rewards you with a printable certificate of achievement. There are fifteen levels total, which can be played on three difficulty levels. Objectives range from saving a sandcastle from the tide, clearing car wrecks to make way for a new park and building an airport. You use various vehicles to dig, level, wreck, construct and pave your way to the next level. The…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Matchbox series

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is the second of 3 entries we hold in the Matchbox series. The next entry was Matchbox: Driving Adventures in 2024.

See all 3 Matchbox games in release order →

What it launched against

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers come out?
MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers was released on 31 December 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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