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[The Fifth Horseman]

did everyone ever manage to win the game?[/b]

I did. Takes a little patience, that's all.

[Charley W]

Wow, does this one ever take me back. A friend of mine used to work at OMSI, wherer this game was created. It was probably the first CD-ROM game that I played. Their kids loved this game and whenever I was over, we'd go on a "Dinosaur Safari". (The kids even had safari hats for it.) We often would play all day or into the wee hours. We did eventually win it and get all of the critters. I found the disc awhile back and made a copy and have been playing it off and on again. It has held up over the years better than a lot of games that I've played since. Thanks for remembering this one! (I never suggested it because I thought it was too obscure, being locally created.)

One way to get extra crystals is getting 'money shots'; the closer you are and the more dramatic the scene, the more you get. Video gets you more than still shots.

[Chef Boyardee]

Holy cow, great upload guys. I used to play this game all the time as a kid. I was thinking about it a couple days ago and couldn't for the life of me remember the name. Thanks for uploading this, this will bring back a lot of memories.

[The Fifth Horseman]

*chuckle*
Just a few days ago my mother was looking through old documents to see what to keep and what can be thrown out and found the purchase receipt for this game.
LOL

[Nazdak]

No, wait.

:brain:

I really, really cant believe it. This was my first "modern" gaming experience. I played it so much, I can still remember the "wonnngggk" sound when the dino with balls on its tail accidently whacked you as it walked by.

This has, I think, really made Abandonia something special for me. Like, I was trying to make a game design based loosely on the concept, and all the googling in the world didnt really help me. And here, it lands in my lap ^.^

Bravo, Abandonia! Bravo, the_fifth_horseman!

i used to play this game in the old days when i was a kid too. not bragging but i was actually
quite good at it. the alien at the beginning used to make me laugh, LOL how sad!!

I love this game! I used to play it all the time, back in the day. Is it sad that I remember almost everything about it even though I haven't played in like ten years? LOL. Well, I remember collecting picture/crystal things for the weird alien and traveling around in the chronosphere...I just don't remember the purpose of doing it, LOL. But I remember getting the video camera and the dino bait and the radar and stuff.....And I was always afraid of going in the water because the plesiosaurus freaked me out. I remember playing through the whole game at least once, but I don't remember what happens when you win, LOL.

[Mellers88]

Hey I just want to thank whoever put this up!! This was a childhood favourite!! Anyway I am just curious, it says my download time is approx. 5 hours, did anyone else encounter that? And once it has downloaded and the zip file is sitting on my desktop, can someone give me general tips for opening, and playing the game successfully without having to hunt through all the files?

Thanks!

[The Fifth Horseman]

I've included those with the review.

Notes on unpacking and running the game:
In order to run, the game archive must be unpacked to the root directory of your hard drive or burned on a CD. Removable memory devices (eg Pendrives) can also be used. If you unpack the files anywhere else, the game will not operate correctly.[/b]

A little later, Mighty Midget has figured out a way to run the game from a subdirectory. He posted about it here.

The game was originally for Windows 3.x/95, so you'd best read the following:

Notes on running the game in Windows XP:
Dinosaur Safari can be ran under Windows XP, if you fiddle around with Compatibility Modes. In order to do that, right-click on the executable and from the menu select [Properties] then select [Compatibility] tab. Select "Windows 95" from the drop-down box and check the boxes next to "Run in 256 colors" and "Run in 640x480".

Notes on running the game in Windows 9x:
Your color depth has to be set to 256 and the resolution to 640x480. Trying to run the game in higher resolutions will result in a black box being present around the game screen.
The game has a tendency to freeze every now and then when ran on Windows 98. I'm afraid there is no way around this issue.[/b]

Mine wont work. It keeps goes to the part with the crystal room and then it stops saying saying its missing E:Micros~1\SAFARIdata\hqglobe.mov
But I checked and that file is there. Hmm.