A Prehistoric Tale
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| Developer(s) | The Lost Boys |
| Publisher(s) | Thalion |
| Designer(s) | Richard Karsmakers |
| Composer(s) | Jochen Hippel |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Platform, puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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]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]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]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]- ^ "A Prehistoric Tale preview". Amiga Action. 19: 110. April 1991.
- ^ Richard Karsmakers talking to Thalion Webshrine 2003
- ^ "ST NEWS Atari Multimedia Disk Magazine". ST NEWS. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "A Prehistoric Tale". Amiga Action. 20: 74. May 1991.
- ^ West, Neil (April 1991). "A Prehistoric Tale". Amiga Format. 21: 96.
- ^ Nettelbeck, Joachim (March 1991). "A Prehistoric Tale". Amiga Joker: 14.
- ^ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b c "The Thalion Source - A Prehistoric Tale -". home.wtal.de. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
External links
[edit]- A Prehistoric Tale at Lemon Amiga
- A Prehistoric Tale at Atari Mania
- Documents from the developer Archived 2018-04-26 at the Wayback Machine in German