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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Dinosaur Hunter

Dinosaur Hunter Review

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Dinosaur Hunter Feature

CD Rom for Windows 3.1 or 95
Includes press-out Stegosaurus model
30 interactive 3D consoles, 50,000 words of text, 15 video segments, 340 fully rendered views, 650 screens and pop-ups.

Imagine a museum with the bells and whistles of a futuristic society, built back in the Cretaceous period. That's what DK Interactive's Dinosaur Hunter feels like. Granite slabs roll back to reveal maps, a mighty Megalosaur hides in a crevasse, and foreboding ambient sound echoes through the vaulted halls. If you manage to excavate a dinosaur and bring it back to life, roars and heavy footfalls add to the tension. This virtual-reality CD-ROM could be retitled "Jurassic Park meets the Smithsonian."

Dinosaur fans will delight in the 50 different species in this virtual museum. Yes, you can find Velociraptor and T-rex here, but you can also find obscurities like the thick-skulled Pachycephalosaurus and the horse-sized vegetarian Psittacosaurus. Each dinosaur display comes with an extremely handy audio pronunciation key, well-rendered illustrations, and handfuls of facts. Explorers move through the museum by clicking the cursor after it transforms into a directional arrow; folks who like to see the big picture can install a "you are here" map so they won't get lost.

Dedicated dinophiles should visit the Excavation Site and rebuild dinosaurs with missing bones. Be forewarned: paleontology isn't for the impatient. This virtual dig is nearly as slow moving and challenging as the real thing. But do stick with it, there's a payoff for the persistent. When you reassemble a dinosaur in this virtual world, it grows flesh, comes to life, and wanders the museum. In our house, we have yet to find out what happens when we add Tyrannosaurus to the Triceratops we already have roaming the halls. (Ages 8 and older) --Anne Erickson Bring Long-Extinct Creatures Back to Life!Product InformationRewind History! Oh about 200 million years! And come face to face with the terrifying T-Rex the vicious Velociraptor or the captivating Pterodactyl. In fact you'll get this close to 50 different species in all - to see where they roamed what they killed and how they survived.Get up close and personal with different species of dinosaurs follow in thefootsteps of famous paleontologists travel the world in search of fossils andeven dig up and assemble your own animated dinosaurs. It's all there beneath theEyewitness Museum plus plenty of 3D models interactive exhibits animationsand video even simulated dinosaur sounds.Enter the subterranean world beneath the Eyewitness Museum and travel aquarter of a billion years into the past when dinosaurs like the terrifyingTyrannosaurus and the vicious Velociraptor stalked the prehistoric earth. Inthis spectacular 3D environment you'll learn about dinosaurs by searching forfossils to assemble and bring to life as fully animated dinosaurs. On your wayto the Dinosaur Excavation Site travel through time tunnels visit the Arenawatch videos and animations take interactive quizzes and even listen tospecially simulated dinosaur sounds.More than just a guide to these fascinating creatures Eyewitness VirtualReality Dinosaur Hunter lets you become an intrepid dinosaur hunter as youexplore the prehistoric past.Discover the savage secrets of Earth's most ferocious creatures!Product HighlightsInside the Dinosaur Arena zoom in on brilliantly rendered fully animated 3Ddinosaurs in the Arena and learn all about dinosaur behavior anatomy andmovement through interactive exhibits.Time tunnels take you from the Triassic through the Cretaceousperiods. Along the way watch videos and animations and manipulate 3D objects tolearn more about each dinosaur.Take the elevator down to the Excavation Site dig for fossilizedbones to piece together - and when your dinosaur is complete watch it come